Everyone wants to be happy in life, but what exactly is happiness? Many things come to mind when I hear this word but not a single one can fully define it. The definition of ‘happiness’ varies from person to person, and I am still trying to figure out what that word means to me. During my junior year of high school, I began to seriously think about my future. I wondered where I would go for college and what I would study. Today, as a college student, I have those answers but more questions have emerged. Did I make the right decision? Will it be worth it in the end? The process of change and the division between positivity and negativity have caused me to struggle with finding a way to settle into college, but there are ways to cope with it and factors that could help ease my anxiousness. I’m very glad I decided to attend UOP because it offers so much help and support but even so, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to settle in soon. Ever since school started, I’ve been nothing but stressed and worried. My classes are extremely difficult compared to high school, it’s not easy making friends especially since I live off campus, and there doesn’t seem to be any more free time. I try my best to focus during lectures but so many of the aspects seem new to me and I’m not sure if I’m the only one who feels this way. Most of the students seem to know each other since they are roommates or live in the same building, so it’s hard for me to befriend them when they’re all
While I will have to sacrifice time with my husband and children, by completing my graduate degree by January 2017, I will have the necessary knowledge and training to compete for advanced positions. I have always been told that anything worth having is worth working for and a little hard work never hurt anyone. As I began this journey and decided to return to school to complete a graduate program in nursing, I had to make a list of my priorities. I wanted to see if continuing my education was really worth the sacrifice and hard work. With the cost of higher education continuing to grow, making a decision to return to school would
What does it mean to be happy? There are so many definitions of the word “Happiness” because it means different things to different people. According to oxford dictionary, happiness means “The state of being happy”. For some other people happiness can be purchasing of things like clothes, shoes, gadgets. Many people feel happy when they go shopping and get new stuffs, but is that truly happiness? From my own point of view to be happy you have to understand that everything near you is good, you have to be happy with the people around you, do things you know that will make you happy and don’t think about others opinion. Like the say everything happens for a reason, don’t let your past bother you, rather think about your present
Happiness is something that all people, no matter what race, gender, or social class, strive for. Based on lifestyle or perspective each person has their independent idea of what happiness is, but everyone shares an end goal to live their definition of a happy life. Many people, though, struggle in finding their way to this goal. They face hardships and challenges that test their happiness every day. Happiness, though somewhat indirectly, does take learning and training to discover and maintain.
After finishing high school last September, I didn't go to college. This wasn't really a choice I wanted to make - it's been my dream for years to study in the US, but when the time came to do it, I didn't have the money. And this, as much as it was something I couldn't control, made me feel stuck in life. Still does at times.
Happiness. It is not tangible, measurable or even understandable. Yet, above all other things, it is what people seek the most. Individuals draw happiness from a number of different sources,presumably causing the confusion as to why happiness can not be traced back to a specific object. Still, how can you possibly meet the expectations of being happy? This article will attempt to demystify the subject of happiness.
Another challenge I am going to have is making the right friends in a new place. A way
When I was in my last year of High School, I didn’t know what college I wanted to go to. So I began looking
high school and I let my so-called friends influence me in making some bad decisions. I went
When I was in middle high school, I wasn’t like any other kids my age I knew. It seemed like all the kids new what they wanted to do in life. Most of my classmates had a mindset that they were going to college, but I was focused more on graduating middle school so that I can make it to high school. By the time I made it to high school, there was more pressure on me to think about going to college. My parents wanted me to further my education. My mother asked me if I was thinking about college yet. At that point, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I was confused so I
Happiness. It’s something everyone strives for. Many people believe that a world where everyone is happy would be perfect. Happiness means stability and security; knowing that tomorrow you, all that you own, and your life’s work, will be safe. However, there is a price for happiness; something that everyone must give up in order to maintain the balance of society.
Happiness is being surrounded by loved ones, having hobbies, and being challenged. Each one of
Throughout history humankind has been trying to define happiness. What is it exactly and how do we obtain it? We always think that happiness is a place to be or a destination and technically, that is the main premise or goal of our lives; to obtain happiness. So our whole lives go by from the minute were born to the last breath we take in a quest to work hard in order to reach that destination. Naturally, many philosophical writers have jumped on the bandwagon and put in their two cents of their views on the matter of happiness. Alexander Pope talks about the relationship and purpose man has to the universe in An Essay on Man, Voltaire wrote about living in blind optimism with a false notion of happiness in Candide, and Samuel
Happiness is not a strange term to us. We usually use that word to express our feelings in every day. Additionally, more than a word, “happiness” is what we really need and always seek in life. However, finding and understanding deeply its meaning is not easy. The online dictionary, “vocabulary.com” defines, “Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, or safe, or lucky, they feel happiness.” Thus, we always wonder if we are happy or how could we be happier in our life. Happiness, therefore, becomes a goal for everybody.
In a textbook dictionary, happiness can be defined as “the state of well-being and contentment” (Merriam-Webster) , but the plan is for us to find out what happiness means from a psychological standpoint. A psychological definition of happiness is “a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.” (Wikipedia). Common people's happiness may consist of having a good paying job, a happy family, good friends, the list could go on and on about people's different way of defining happiness. No one would know the struggle behind to people's happiness, a well paying job would of consisted of years of tedious schoolwork while
Happiness is what all human beings/rational beings desire. It is always the end (goal) of our activities, it is an unconditional good.