{"id":20168,"date":"2025-08-11T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20168"},"modified":"2025-08-04T15:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T22:35:31","slug":"finding-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20168","title":{"rendered":"Finding Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"461\" data-attachment-id=\"20085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20085\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1317&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1317\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1750356083&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00023201856148492&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3539\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?fit=700%2C461&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?resize=700%2C461&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20085\" style=\"width:447px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?resize=1024%2C674&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1011&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_3539.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cAbove the poverty threshold the determinants of happiness are marriage, children and friends, not the size of a paycheck.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Paul Collier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Author: Exodus: How Migration is Changing the World<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I took the photo of the Boston skyline on a beautiful day. You can see the towers of the Old North Church and Faneuil Hall nestled in among the office towers. We were riding the ferry up to Cambridge to visit a pub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAbove the poverty threshold the determinants of happiness are marriage, children and friends, not the size of a paycheck.&#8221; Paul Collier Author: Exodus: How Migration is Changing the World I took the photo of the Boston skyline on a beautiful day. 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