I like it when three completely different things present themselves to you as gifts from the Universe and they all illustrate the same thing in different ways.

Take a ride if you will with me in the wayyyback machine – back to 1988. AAAAHHH! I was in college and besides having larger than normal hair, I was balancing 3-4 jobs, going to school full time and… searching for something. It took me a good 25 years to find it, but what happened on a particular day in 1988 stuck with me.

Here are 12 researched strategies for sustainable happiness courtesy of "The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want" by Sonja Lyubomirsky: