Happiness Vs Happiness

As human beings we are very diverse. We vary from numerous backgrounds, ethnicities, morals, and cultures. However, as much as we are unique, we all share one common goal in life. Everyone has a desire for happiness. I found that throughout my daily life I based my decision off of what would make me happy, whether it was for a long or short period of time. Often happiness is associated with successfulness and achievement. Though, like the saying, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”, happiness can be found in different ways by different people. This along with reading The Driest Season by Meghan Kenny, is what influenced me to want to find out more about happiness, if it is truly attainable, and how people achieve it.

Jennifer Senior discusses her research concerning positive psychology and whether or not happiness is teachable and highlights some of the darker sides of happiness. To start the article, Senior reveals her score on her test from the Authentic Happiness Inventory. The test designed by Chris Peterson of the positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania. This test is intended to numerically score ones level of happiness. In a scale of 1 to 5, Jennifer got a grade of 2.88. This indicated she was below average for most rankings such as “age, education level, gender and occupation” (422). Senior states she is at the 50 percent mark for her given zip code. She stated that liking her

In “Happiness: Enough Already,” Sharon Begley argues that happiness is overrated and it should not always be a priority in your life.

In the article, “Does Trying To Be Happy Make Us Unhappy?” Adam Grant argues that putting too much effort into life changes will actually me people unhappy. Grant point out two countries and how they give the right to be happy to their citizens. The U.S.A grants life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and in the kingdom of Bhutan they have a national index to measure their happiness. Grant then goes on presenting a psychologist study done about happiness, this study reveals that the more pressure people puts on trying to be happy the less happy they are.

In order to find that happiness we have to decide what makes us happy, and from the statements above we can say that it is opportunity, freedom and family. The sad part of this is a lot of us still manage to misinterpret what happiness means. Like several characters in Death of a Salesman, including Willy, many people think luxury and money is going to make them happy.

While reading this chapter I was very intrigued and engaged in the reading due to the interesting studies and tips shared. I thought it was really cool that there were some studies done that proved being happy can actually alter relationships, our mind, and so much more. Authentic happiness stated, “ Lisa Aspinwall gathered compelling evidence that in making important real-life decisions, happier people may be smarter than unhappy people.” This fact, along with many other like it, really got me thinking about the type of person I am. I was really interested on how I can be a happier and more positive person, which is why this chapter was really easy to read. My main goal in life is to be genuinely happy and I think that the studies in this

Happiness cannot be reached when it is being searched for, it can only be achieved by focusing on things other than your own happiness.

Being happy is something everyone wants to be, but truly being happy is difficult. How can I truly be happy if I don’t know what happiness is. Every day I wake up and wonder what will make me happy today. I ponder on this question every morning as I look in the mirror. When I walk outside I wonder if the person walking beside me is happy, if so what makes them so happy. Is it something I’m missing, will I ever be happy, or am I just not happy with myself. I discovered while reading this book that happiness starts with me and it’s something that can’t be found. And all those outside factors such as relationships, school, and friends are just contributing to my happiness. But those factors are the only thing that makes me happy or at least I thought they did.

putting a hat on a snowy day. waking up early on a Sunday morning. avoiding that cheesecake after a great meal. choices. we make those choices in our everyday life.we don't question these choices because we already know why we choose to do these decisions. we put on a hat because its cold. we wake early to feel revived.we avoid that yummy cheesecake because we want to avoid those extra calories. while reading, The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and Arriving at perfection by Benjamin Franklin, coming to a conclusion on how a person can choose happiness was not as complicated as it seemed. A person chooses happiness through self-motivation, in other words to make one a better self. There are times where we want to better ourselves but for

This novel is an overview of the year of a woman who decided that she wanted to improve her health by increasing her happiness. She sets different resolution topics for each month, for example, one of them was “Boost Energy”, and then she makes a list of specific subset resolutions that fit under that category, such as “Acting More Energetic. Another one of her resolutions was to start a blog. She end up using the blog she created to talk about her Happiness Project and document her journey as well as connect with other about their thoughts on happiness. The resolutions that she makes are a compilation of things that she knows she enjoys, things she wants to get better at, and new things she wants to try that she’s never done before. Throughout the book, she talks about how she accomplished each one of her resolutions and what

First, The Happiness Project taught me to be myself; it is an important factor to achieve happiness within you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being yourself; this will determine who us going to judge, who is going to leave, and who is still there for you. Second, the book taught me let go of the things which brings negative effects in your life; it requires a lot of understanding, faith, and patience but it is worth it. Third, I learned how to acknowledge the reality of people’s feelings which is important as I make my own happiness project. I recommend this book to those people out there who are struggling to find their own happiness, and to those who feel like they cannot solve their own

Essentially, seeking happiness is necessary in life. We often hope to find happiness from other people, other things around us and forget that we can create it by ourselves. The novel “The happiness project” by Gretchen Rubin is sufficient evidence. The author states, “I am happy – but I’m not as happy as I should be.”(13) Then she started a project within a year to change her life and seek for a happier life. By making a list of things she has to do in the next twelve months, the author have done many things which affects her “Vitality” (1), her “Marriage” (38), her “Leisure” (112), her “Friendship” (141),etc. positively so that she can achieve her goal, which is a life full filed of happiness as she dreamed before. We can also do that. We know that if everyone of us set a goal and live purposely, we are all happy. However, we can be happier if we know how to change ourselves on the right way. We can make ourselves happy by doing simple things in our everyday life.

According to authors Kottler and Chen, domains for enhancing happiness are relationships, environment, physical state, productivity, recreation, and distressing emotions. In addition, strategies that are related to these enhancements of happiness are finding a romantic partner, securing reasonable physical and financial safety and comfort, periodically enjoying fine weather, living in a stimulating environment (based on one’s value), eating healthy, engaging in regular physical exercise, achieving success and approval at work that is interesting and challenging, working towards a coherent set of goals, making leisure activities a priority, diversifying one’s life with multiple interests, experimenting with new and exciting options, avoiding distressing situations when possible, focusing on the positive as much as one can and practicing compassion and empathy toward others.

the study in the Journal of Positive Psychology. She states that, “Happiness was linked to

The everlasting question of "What is Happiness?" has been inquired since the creation of men. Unfortunately, the only agreed answer that humanity came up with is that all the creatures seek happiness, but no one has the concrete directions for achieving it. Our libraries are overwhelmed with books about happiness, but no dictionary definition explains which path men must take to be happy. No mathematician gave us the axiom which we could use to solve the problem of living in bliss. No scientist brought up the formula of fusing certain ingredients to produce the "drink of happiness". Still almost all the people consider that their ultimate purport in