AUTHOR

Hugo Huijer

I'm the founder of Tracking Happiness, which I started in an effort to find like-minded people from all over the world. The goal of Tracking Happiness is to help you better manage your mental health. I started by writing about tracking your happiness in a journal, but the content quickly grew into many other topics.

I interviewed over 100 people about mental health struggles, in an effort to destigmatize mental health issues. Together with my team, I try to turn these stories into actionable insights, lessons and tips to better help those who are struggling with similar challenges.

I'm from the Netherlands, love skateboarding, ran 5 marathons, with one of them in under 4 hours (3:59:58 to be exact). I consider myself to be a data junkie and have tracked my happiness for over 10 years!

You can read more about my backstory here.


Tracking Happiness editorial guidelines

Our team is committed to bringing you mental health information that you can fully trust. We want you to feel confident that Tracking Happiness provides unbiased, trustworthy, and accurate information about your mental health, which is why we’re so committed to our editorial process. This means that we don't depend on any AI tool to create our content. Unlike other publishers, we steer away from using automatically generated text, to protect you and ourselves from misinformation and unactionable content.

Finally, we try to include real examples and stories from our community. Mental health advice can often seem unactionable and ambiguous. We always aim to give you actual steps to help you incorporate best practices into your life.

Read more about our processes here.

All articles of Hugo

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Blog, Misc

Pillars Of Happiness (5 Foundations Of Happiness)

I’ve discussed a lot of happiness factors on Tracking Happiness so far, but have not yet covered the 5 pillars of happiness. These are fundamental happiness factors that are crucial if you want to build long-term happiness. This article covers everything you need to know about these pillars.

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Blog, Misc

When Can I Be Happy? (Answer, Tips, Examples)

Both happiness and sadness are not eternal. However, unhappiness can last quite a long time if you don’t work towards a happier tomorrow. If you’re wondering when you can be happy again, this article will try to give you the answer you need.

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Blog, Studies

Running Increases My Happiness – Data-driven Happiness Essay

This is the post I’ve been wanting to write ever since I started this website. My biggest passion is running. I love it and know that it heavily improves my happiness. In this post, I set out to find out how much exactly. This data-driven essay answers how much running really influences my happiness.

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Blog, Happiness

Can Happiness Cause Anxiety? (Yes, Apparently)

Are you ever anxious right after feeling very happy? Or do you feel like happiness actually triggers anxiety? This article covers multiple ways in which happiness and anxiety can be correlated. I’ve searched the web for multiple examples and include a personal example as well.

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Blog, Misc

The Key To Happiness: How To Find Yours + Examples

The universal key to happiness is non-existent because happiness is one of the most difficult things in life to define. That’s why I’ve asked others what their key to happiness is as examples. After reading this, you should have a clear idea of what you can do to find your key to happiness.