I've been watching this neat PBS series Philosophy: A Guide To Happiness from a few years ago. It's based on a book called The Consolations of Philosophy, which is definitely a more appropriate title. It's presented as a marginally cheesy self-help guide, but what I really like is knowing that people had all the same problems two thousand years ago. I guess it is good to be reminded of things you already knew, like "buying lots of shit won't make you happy" and "make time for your friends, really" and "lower your expectations and bad drivers won't make you so crazy."