Personal Statement : Practicing Happiness Activities

The first two strategies were temporary stress-reduction techniques. These were necessary to immediately address anxiety. By listening carefully and reaching back, the author changed the focus of his or her thoughts on something more pleasant. Also, going to the beach, removing his or herself from the stressful environment was a form of a temporary enactive strategy. The last strategy, reexamining motives, allowed the author to reevaluate his current life balance, perhaps to redefine his set of personal principles and values.

My passion and determination to undertake study within the mental health sector dwells from the insight I have been privileged to gain in my current role as a link care coordinator, working with people who suffer from a range of ailments within the mental health spectrum; from learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s, Dementia, OCD, Autism to name but a few.

I know in my own life that once I stop to analyze how I think my life is going, I don’t just look at the good things, I look at the negative things as well. This dwelling on the negative is what brings me dissatisfaction in my life. When my life is so busy that I have no time to think is when I actually feel less depressed. When life slows down, that is when I begin to feel gloomy, or as my husband puts it, “You have too much time on your hands and you’re overthinking.” By helping others, raising my children, and teaching students, I feel good about myself and my life, and that is when the feelings of joy and happiness creep

I’m not here on this Earth to simply follow societies “Norms” by just going to school, getting some desk job that I have absolutely no interest in, and then slaving away at that job for the majority of my life while I count down the days to retirement. I’ve never been one to see the value in working your whole life to not work. While I’m living my life, I want do something much more meaningful and exciting than that. I want to change things, and I want to be happy doing so. I do what I do so that I can lead the life that I want to live.

Have you ever truly sat and considered what makes you truly happy? Often times, people answer directly with the response of money. We say this without deeply considering all that we have to be grateful for. Happiness is not achieved through wealth instead through experiences, the family we love, and the nature that surrounds us, literature has created a great impact upon the ideals we consider to create our happiness.

In “Happiness 101,” Harvard professor Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar presents his ideas pertaining to the achievability of happiness. He begins by discussing how individuals must give themselves permission to be human, so that they can feel the negative feelings before they reach the positive feelings. If negative feelings are held back without release, then they only intensify eventually blocking out the positive feelings. Ben-Shahar continues his presentation to the topic of managing stress on the micro, mezza, and macro levels. These levels include the ideas of meditation, sleep, taking time off, vacations, and the “three deep breaths.” Simplifying agendas and practicing quality over quantity has a positive effect on stress levels as well. At the conclusion of his presentation, Ben-Shahar discusses the positive effect of practicing gratitude on health, happiness, and well-being. After listening to Tal Ben-Shahar’s presentation, I completely agree with every point that Ben-Shahar uses over the topics of giving permission to be human, stress management, and practicing gratitude covered throughout his presentation over happiness.

In today’s society, we are expected to take on so many different activities and be successful at all of them; it becomes a constant struggle to meet everyone’s expectations. Most parents not only have to work forty hours a week, but also are required to be the Little League coach, Cub Scout leader, Sunday school teacher, Parent-Student-Teacher Association President, and the chauffeur. Spending quality time with the family easily gets pushed aside, which adds more anxiety. Whether it is succeeding in school or work, or even just being a conscientious parent, it becomes easy to let being successful at something consume you. When for some reason you are not able to perform well, it causes additional stress and pressure to do

One of the positive lifestyle choices that I am making is to play sports regularly, my favorite sport is soccer, and I motivate myself to do it because I like doing so. Another positive lifestyle choice that I make is to do my best at school and always aim for A’s, and the reason I do this is because I want to have a good GPA to get accepted in college. The third positive choice that I am making is to…

As I began to pursue my dream to become a nursing professor, I realized there a was a knowledge deficit; not a total lack of awareness, but definitely an opportunity to grow as a holistic practitioner. I have always been an advocate for my patients, but the concept of wellness in wholeness is very intriguing and an area of growth for me. As a nurse leader, I am learning self-care is essential to caring for others; living a full life can be a challenge. I am learning to take time for myself and to encourage those I have a direct connection with to do the same. When leaders learn they share and teach others the lessons they learned. As an aspiring professor, I feel very fortunate that my nursing school emphasizes holistic care because I

I am a ambitious, self-motivated, work alcoholic but down to earth person. I like to balance professional and family life. Professional life gives you exposure, confidence and a sense of achievement. I believe the fulfillment one gets from one’s work is very important for wellbeing. I am looking to work for a progressive organization in a highly motivating and challenging environment that provides the best opportunities to grow and utilize my potential to the fullest to achieve the organization’s goal while achieving my personal goals.

Inspirational and uplifting films with dynamic characters and emotionally charged themes have always been a mainstay at the box-office. High quality drama films are the category of indie films that actually make money. The public has embraced films such as Lost in Translation, Juno, Slum Dog Millionaire, and Little Miss Sunshine. Each of these highly acclaimed motion-pictures are at their roots, strong character driven dramas. Happiness Attainable is such a piece, and deals with many prevalent social issues while retaining threads of romance, adventure and suspense. It also features a feminine protagonist; a valuable asset in attracting a strong female and couple-oriented audience base.

My personal definition of happiness is all of the little moments in life and finding the inner strength within yourself, and knowing when things get rough in life you will always have the little moments in life left with you and that inner strength to guide you through. One of my parents passed away while I was at a very young age, and this is a lesson I have definitely learned and kept close to my heart over all of these years. I do not necessarily think that defining happiness first helps one achieve happiness. I think that the definition of happiness is derived when there has been a point where you have achieved happiness. I also think that in a sense one can choose to be happy. I do not think parents can teach their children how to be

Of the 7 challenges to being an exceptional manager listed in my text, I see challenge # 7: Managing for Your Own Happiness & Life Goals as the greatest to overcome. I chose challenge # 7 because I am not sure if I can handle the career path that corporate America has to offer like Ann Garcia in our text (Kinicki & Williams, 2003). According to Reh (2014), “A manager is the person responsible for planning and directing the work of a group of individuals, monitoring their work, and taking corrective action when necessary”. I do not have any managerial experience professionally but, I am a full-time stay at home mother of eight children in the age ranges from 2 years to 18 years old. I do not think that I could maintain my sanity without

"A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it." -- Plato

It is common sense that all the human beings would like to live a happy life and they will spare no efforts in order to realize the purpose of really living a happy life in the end. However, different people have different definitions toward what a happy life is and they tend to have different standards as for how a life is that can be regarded as a happy life. There is no doubt that people will then try different means in order to pursue a happy life based on their definition toward what a happy life is. Therefore, the following will talk about the pursuit of a happy life from the perspectives of both Dalai Lama in The Art of Happiness and Viktor E. Frankl in Man’s Searching for Meaning, during which the experiences of some characters from the film Forrest Gump will be applied as evidence. Generally speaking, the pursuit of a happy life in the minds of Dalai Lama and Viktor E. Frankl can be achieved via experiencing sufferings and adversity. It is hoped that this analysis can help people understand what a happy is from a different point of view.