Britons are staying happy by divorcing themselves from the fortunes of the wider world, according to research for the Guardian that shows people are increasingly “taking responsibility for our own happiness and finding joy in small, everyday moments”.
After several years of exhaustion, hypervigilance and anxiety caused by global events, 70% of people polled said they felt like “we’ve lived through a collective trauma”. But when asked to rate their happiness, the majority said they were doing all right: 91% felt “happy or OK”.
