mcyen's Xombytes

Everyone seems to be jumping on the get-happier bandwagon. Happiness is making headlines, selling books, inspiring scientific studies and spawning laughter clubs and joyology workshops. The reasons? As the burgeoning field of positive psychology has shown, happy people thrive. They're more creative and productive, earn more money, attract more friends, enjoy better marriages, stay healthier and even outlive their grumpier peers.

Before you envy your house cat's lounging lifestyle, consider: Constant napping could be a sign of depression. As many as 40% of felines fall into funks out of sheer boredom. Why? Cats are safer indoors - away from cars and dogs - but the soft life can be downright dull. Signs of depression include overeating, lax grooming and sleeping at daybreak, when they should be up and hunting.

Many women worry about traveling while pregnant, but it's usually safe as long as you take a few simple precautions.

You may need written permission to fly from your doctor, especially if you're expecting twins or have medical problems - diabetes, high blood pressure, previous early delivery. The safest period is your second trimester (weeks 14 to 27). Arrange for an aisle seat and wear support stockings, since the risk of deep vein thrombosis is slightly higher.

Few People like air travel for long periods, but you can do a few things to make your flight more comfortable. Follow a few simple steps to reduce the physical discomforts of flying.

Travel sick? Take-off, turbulence and landing promote queasiness. Choose seats over the wings(most stable) and focus on a still object until the feeling passes.

Decide how much you want to lose and see how many calories a day it will take to make it happen by year's end. Then, work into your routines however many of these eating tweaks and exercises(it's important to do both) you need to achieve your goal:

Don't smoke
Smokers generally perform worse than non-smokers in studies of memory and cognitive function. No-one knows whether smoking directly impairs memory or is linked to memory loss because it causes diseases that contribute to poorer brain function. In addition, smoking increases the risk of stroke and hypertension, two other causes of memory impairment.

Can you identify yourself or your husband/partner/boyfriend/son below?

The Rover - Wanders off to a different department or a different shop altogether to kill time.

The Helper - Comes into the dressing-room area or even the cubicle, which can get a pretty negative reaction from other female shoppers and the heave-ho from sales assistants in some shops. sometimes known as The Invader.