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Today on \\u201cPost Reports,\\u201d we dive into research on happiness and talk about finding joy in mundane experiences to cultivate a more meaningful life.

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Here\\u2019s an antidote to an ever-stressful, busy and uncertain world: Try finding and savoring little bites of joy throughout your day. Our Brain Matters columnist, neuroscientist Richard Sima, calls them \\u201cjoy\\u201d snacks.

By mindfully tuning in to the pleasant, nice and sometimes routine experiences of every day, we can transform an otherwise mundane moment into something more meaningful and even joyful.

Lunch with a co-worker. Walking the dog. Texting with a friend. Watching a favorite show. Eating a favorite meal. Calling your mom. Just hanging out.

New research shows that finding and savoring these nuggets of joy can be a way of consistently cultivating a good, meaningful life.

\\u201cIt\\u2019s not these big things that we sort of create in our heads, but these smaller day-to-day experiences that bring us meaning,\\u201d said Joshua Hicks, a psychologist at Texas A&M University\\u2019s Existential Psychology Collaboratory.

To learn more about joy snacking, check out Richard\\u2019s column or this video about three ways to snack on joy.