BOOSTS HAPPINESS Online shopping

You’ve been shopping for perfect gifts for your loved ones, but University of Michigan researchers suggest you should treat yourself! They found spending as little as 30 minutes online choosing a just-for-you gift heightens happiness for 80% of women studied—and cuts the risk of holiday blahs in half if you treat yourself a few times over the season. Psychiatrist Bernard Granger, M.D., says the pleasure of picking out something you want—and the anticipation of waiting for it to arrive—increases the production of mood-boosting dopamine.