Morning Updates: How to enjoy your vacation and annoy coworkers at the same time
Good morning, Boston! The World Cup is ours, science explains how to enjoy your vacation the most, and the rest of today’s news.
Science says to tell your coworkers all about how great your weekend vacation was: “A lot of past research has suggested that experiences in general provide more happiness than material goods. That’s partly because — excited new owners of the latest iPhone who won’t shut up notwithstanding, humans generally have more of a tendency to talk about experiences than mere stuff. ‘When one buys an experience, they seem to be buying themselves a story as well,’ said Dr. Amit Kumar, a social psychologist and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business who studies the relationship between money and happiness. ‘So one way vacations continue to provide hedonic benefits even after they’ve long since passed is because they live on in the stories we tell.’’’ (New York)
Four steps to getting a medical marijuana license: “You may have a passion for the product, but getting the go-ahead to start growing and selling marijuana in Massachusetts can be a long, expensive and difficult path. … ‘It’s been an uphill climb,’ said [Jeffrey Roos, CEO of Mass-Medi Spa]. ‘And it’s been rather arduous but we’re still on track and still very positive. Getting the medicine out there is my number one motivation.’ Right: medicine. Pursuing a dispensary license isn’t like deciding to open a bar or a restaurant. It’s more like opening a pharmacy.’’ (Boston.com)
A gruesome July 4: “A 22-year-old man who was drinking and celebrating the Fourth of July tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, killing him instantly, authorities said Sunday. … ‘There was no rushing him to the hospital. There was no Devon left when I got there,’ said [the victim’s brother] 25-year-old Cody Staples, who called it an accident.’’ (Boston.com)
Ready for Hillary (press conferences): “Hillary Clinton has decided to make herself more available to the media and will begin doing national television interviews in the next week. … [A] consensus has formed around the notion that allowing more routine access will drain the drama from each encounter. ‘The more media interviews you do, the less any one interaction matters,’ [the Clinton campaign’s communications director] says.’’ (Fox News)
Burt of Burt’s Bees fame has passed away: “Burt Shavitz, the Maine beekeeper who co-founded the Burt’s Bees natural cosmetics company and lent it his name and likeness, has died. He was 80. … ‘Burt was a complex man who sought a simple life in pace with the seasons of nature on his land,’ the company said. ‘If there is one thing we will remember from Burt’s life, in our fast-paced, hi-tech culture, it’s to never lose sight of our relationship with nature.’’’ (USA Today)
A cracker of a win for the U.S.: The U.S. Women’s soccer team celebrated Independence Day by bringing home the World Cup title with a 5-2 blowout win over Japan.
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The Goodbye: A round of applause for the World Cup-winning U.S. women’s soccer team.
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