In this blog post, I will be posting the results of a Happiness Quiz that I took online. I got this idea from another student's blog post and felt that it could help me get a better understanding of my own happiness. I also thought that it could contribute to my process of writing my research paper. I have started writing my paper however I am not finished and figured this would give me some good insight to support my idea. Before I took the quiz I thought about my mental state and how happy I am on a daily basis. I tend to have many days where I am feeling happy and optimistic. However I do suffer with bad anxiety and I find that sometimes it puts me in a bad mood for a day, or a few days at a time. I just get caught up in my thoughts, worrying about my future and being successful. I also stress myself out about school a lot because I struggle with managing my time well.
Just for fun, I interviewed one of my friends and had him take the quiz before I did. I just wanted to get an idea of what quiz was about and how accurate it is because I think I know him pretty well. He scored a While taking this quiz I thought about what goes through my head on a regular basis. Some of the questions were simple, like how often do you exercise and do you take part in a spiritual activity or group. Some of the other questions were more along the lines of do you feel a sense of gratitude towards people/events from your past, and do you find yourself worrying about your future. I was actually pretty surprised to learn that I got an 89 out of 115 points. Sometimes I'm a little hard on myself and think that I have a hard time being positive about certain things. I know this quiz isn't entirely accurate on measuring my internal happiness, however it was nice to see myself receive a pretty good score from it. The quiz encourages you to read The 7 Habits of Happy People. It describes 7 of the most important aspects of being happy. I highly encourage everyone to read this short display because it really gives a good outlook on the important things in life. I believe I have a pretty strong relationship with almost all of the habits. It's all about how you look at life and appreciating the things you should. I am definitely going to recommend people in my life to read The 7 Habits of Happy people.
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For this weeks blog post we were able to choose what we wanted to write about, related to our Research Project. I chose to post the letter I wrote to Dr. Martin Seligman during last weeks class expressing my feelings about completing his "3 Good Things" exercise. As I said in my letter above, completing Dr. Seligman's "3 Good Things" exercise really made me feel good at the end of my days, no matter how I felt throughout that day. I think it's important to be aware of the good things that happen to every person every day. Even if you think you're not one of those people that good things happen to, you're wrong. Good things aren't necessarily winning $10.00 on a scratch-off or making a new friend. There's so much more to gratitude than the things people assume. Even just a smile from a stranger or a stranger holding the door open for you. Or even a stranger saying thank you when you hold the door open for them!!! There are many miserable people out there and I've noticed now more than ever how things as simple as smiles and thank you's are worth being grateful for.
This blog post will consist of dated journal entires over the course of 7 days. At the end of each day, I wrote down 3 things that went well for me that day with an explanation as to why. In preparation for this assignment, I read What is Positive Pyschology & Why Is it Important? (Positive Psychology Program), Greater Good in Action: Science-Based Practices for a Meaningful Life (UC Berkeley's Project Home Page), & Three Good Things (Greater Good in Action).
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I will be using the PERMA model to analyze my data from the "three good things" approach. P= Positive emotion, pleasure, optimism E= Engagement, fulfilling work R= Relationships, social connections M= Meaning, having a purpose A= Accomplishments, ambition, important achievements P: 13 E: 6 R: 11 M: 6 A: 6 |
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