Mchugh's Analysis

Happiness, an elusive eight letter word with a mighty punch! Many have sought to define happiness, but found it a difficult task to do. While reading an article published in the New Yorker by Will Sorr on July 07, 2017 titled “A Better Kind of Happiness”, I was informed that happiness is more than just a word, happiness is essential to the well-being of human health. Dating back nearly two and half million years ago an ancient Greek Philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, proposed the idea of eudaemonic happiness. He stated that “happiness was not merely a feeling, or a golden promise, but a

First, if one is living in a healthy environment they are more likely to be happy than someone who is living in an unhealthy environment.The article, “9 Lifestyle Factors That Can Affect Your Mental Health” by Joel L. Young M.D. from Psychology Today is explaining how

From the perspective of positive psychology, there is a well-being formula invested by Martin Seligman to achieve a higher well-being. Martin Seligman (2010) defined as happiness: H (to maintain the length of happiness) = S (happy range breadth) + V (you can control the factors) + C (your living environment). Happy length: the distinction between "temporary" happy and "persistent" happy. Temporary happiness can be achieved by food, comedy, bunch of flowers. While the persistence of happiness is mainly affected by genetic, and this genetic trait can be changed. The breadth of happiness: psychologists think that we are born with a happy constant point, like a thermometer. If there is a happier thing, even if we are upset, it will be dedicated

Happiness is a key to everybodys life. Even the most depressed man on earth has a little happiness deep down inside. Its what keeps us striving to fulfil our needs and wants on an everyday basis. There is not one kid who does not get excited over a dollar to spend at the candy shop. What about the feeling of getting a promotion at your job, or even finding the cure for cancer. Being happy is not just healthy, but it is also rewarding for each and every individual. We strive to find anything that will turn a bad day to a good one. Individuals will compromise to attain their happiness. You can not get what you want without giving something first.

Happiness is a result that we deserved, furthermore, it becomes a motivation for us to keep trying and getting success in life.

Pursuing happiness seems like it is a good idea, after all increased happiness has been linked to better overall health and well-being

In The United States of America, their are two aspect of life that most people value the most: being healthy and being happy. Depending on how you live your life, these two things may be left unbalanced. There are many arguments and opposing ideas that can be made to figure out how to balance being happy and being healthy.

Happiness is a crucial part of human existence. Like food and water, happiness is a requirement for a healthy lifestyle. Balance in a person’s life is something that can be achieved, albeit, coming with varying degrees of difficulty (depending on the person.) Religion and Science alike have made attempts to define happiness and its unending mysteries, not many have truly done so. I believe both make excellent strides in the right direction, but both do not achieve the true definition.

The world seems to be a dark and unforgiving place, but happiness is hidden within. It is found in a beautiful view, an uplifting song, or a compliment from a friend. According to the Ted Talk video, The Habits of Happiness, Matthieu Ricard claims that everyone “has a deep, profound desire for well-being or happiness”(Ricard 2:39). Ricard uses the three techniques of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to captivate and move his audience. With the use of metaphors, personal experiences, and even graphs Matthieu explained to his audience the full force and perception of the bendable word that is happiness. This Ted Talk dove into philosophical meaning on just how to achieve well-being, without having everything in the world.

In chapter one it mentions four essentials in life for happiness, which is good health, social activity, religious belief, and culture (Weiten, Dunn, & Hammer 2014, chap.1). The reason for mentioning chapter one to this exercise is because those things do matter for happiness. Without having good health in my life, it would be difficult for me to live happily. In the happiness profile exercise my two highest scores were pleasure and victory. I do think the two orientations reflect on my life in many ways. I strongly consider life’s too short to be miserable, so I constantly do things that make me happy. For example, if a job causes me to lose sleep or become depressed from the negative environment, then it 's apparently not worth having in my life. I enjoy the positives in life and try to avoid negatives to bring me down. Another thing I noticed about myself from this exercise was the amount of success in my life does affect my happiness. Success for me is more than just having wealth but being able to accomplishing my goals. For example, to earn my

Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. A variety of biological, psychological and religious and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources. Various research groups, including positive psychology, endeavor to apply the scientific method to answer questions about what "happiness" is, and how it might be attained. It's of such fundamental importance to the human condition that Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were deemed unalienable rights on the United States Declaration of Independence.

We began this course with the question “What is happiness? and Can we all achieve authentic Happiness? In our life we are taught many things, but we are not taught how to achieve our own happiness. Over the last five weeks we truly learned what happiness is and I believe we all can achieve authentic happiness in our life. In Authentic Happiness, Martin Seligman uses happiness and well being as the terms to describe the goals of Positive Psychology. The desired outcome of Positive Psychology is happiness and well being. We learned from this course how to embrace both our positive feelings and activities to achieve authentic Happiness.

Happiness may have diverse meanings to diverse individuals. But regardless of how we define happiness, our distinct passions and life experiences contribute in making each one of us cheerful. Undoubtedly, the secrets on how to live a happy and healthy life depends on how we sort out all the factors that play an imperative role in accomplishing the level of happiness we desire for ourselves.

Many people wonder why happiness is so important in our lives. As human beings, our main goal in life is to find happiness. “So, why is happiness important?” (Madewell). Happiness allows us to live out our lives to their full extent. “How can you achieve happiness?” (Madewell). To achieve maximum happiness, you have to do what you love, be with who you love, and bring

Happiness is not an easy goal, but is move forward as result of attempt, probing, discovering and keeping self-actualizing work and fun, even when it is as mysterious as ever. Being happy often means finding achievement, comfort, feeling enjoyable and becoming aware of that your life is worthwhile. Nobody is laughing and very happy all the time, but some singular people are definitely more complete than others. Some studies show that happiness has little to do with ownership. So what is it about? Now, since being happy is good for your health, what can we do?