Status:: #🌿 Tags:: Links:: [[Happy Moments]] ___ # MEMO SNAPES In 2018, happiness researchers at the Happiness Institute conducted The Happy Memory Study. They asked people to describe one of their happiest memories. Something became clear fast. People were remembering experiences that were novel, meaningful, emotional, and engaged the senses. Using the data from the study, Meik Wiking came up with 8 ingredients for happy memories which can be summarized with the acronym MEMO SNAPES: M - Multisensory E - Emotional M - Meaningful O - Outsource S - Stories N - Novel A - Attention P - Peaks E - Ends S - Struggles Wiking expands upon these eight ingredients in his book to show how **we can begin creating more happy memories and in turn create a healthier narrative for our live.**