Articles+on+Happiness

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Jordan H http://www.la-confidential-magazine.com/celebrities/articles/fantasy-fulfilment ESPN's Matthew Berry on Sports, Comedy, and Happiness He talks about how he was the right man at the right time and how happiness comes with the job.

Courtney Ford Unknown. "Csikszentmihalyi on Happiness — Pursuit of Happiness." Pursuit of Happiness — Happiness Is Understandable, Obtainable, and Teachable. 2011. Web. 23 May 2011. . This article is about a Hungarian psychologist named Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi (it's pronounced mi-ha-ee cheek-sent-mi-ha-ee). He said the way to achieve happiness is to achieve "flow", which means if you do something at a certain challenge level, and you have an equal amount of skill, the two will balance out and you'll feel a certain way. The only way to achieve actual flow is to do something at a high challenge level and you have a high amount of skill. I think we all agree that if you really well at something hard you feel happy. This article even touches on Frued's theory of personality and also Carl Jung was a big inspiration in Mihalyi's choice to become a psychologist.

Nico Iademarco

Alisa Bowman, How to be happy: part 1, Project Happily Ever After with Alisa Bowman, Feb 16 2009, [] Part one (you don't have to read the others) is basically about how to be okay with being unhappy, how it works, and how it helps, along with a personal story. I thought this article was interesting because it was different than the now-known-to-me saying "Fake it until you make it.", and was saying "Don't fake it, be okay with it, until you make it."

Michael w.

Kashdan, Todd B. "Happiness | Psychology Today." //Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness Find a Therapist //. Web. 23 May 2011. . this is a website much like the pbs one with links into certain details and a overview on the main page.

Alec M.

http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2007/04/seven_tips_for_.html. I chose this article because I feel we all have struggles keeping ourselves happy. I have personally tried some of these things and it has worked. I hope people read this and try it out!

__John:__ Begley, Sharon. "Money & Happiness - Newsweek." //Newsweek - National News, World News, Business, Health, Technology, Entertainment, and More - Newsweek //. CNN, 15 Oct. 2007. Web. 23 May 2011. [].This website was surprising to me becuase i have always heard that money doesnt buy happiness but the reaserch shows that really it does.

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Marc. "The 7 Habits of Highly Happy People." // Marc and Angel Hack Life - Practical Tips for Productive Living //. 5 June 2008. Web. 23 May 2011. . This article talks about what somebody does to become happy, and it was very fun to read because it can relate to me, and other people that I know. I really enjoy articles that don’t have big words, and that don’t bore me, but this article was very straight forward, and I really enjoyed reading it. =====

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The one I need to work on to make my life better is the 2nd one, which is spending time with friends and family. I am a very quite person who when I get home from school I go up stairs right away, and not speak with my family much, and friends.=====

"12 Techniques to Help You Live a Happy and Fulfilled Life - by Dumb Little Man." //Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life//. Web. 23 May 2011. . I chose this article because I find these dozen tips and techniques to be very useful. The main one I need to work on is number Five, because I am picky when it comes to people. My pet peeve is incompetence, I hate when people are a deadweight to my team, group, etc. However, according to this article, if I learn to like them, I will be happier myself.

Celeste [] I really liked this article. It's basically filled with tons of things that you can do to make your self to be happy. To me, it sounds like it's' trying to be a checklist, so making it one wouldn't be such a bad thing to try to do over the summer. Number 10 (Don’t close your heart so tightly against life’s pain that you shut out life’s blessings.) seems like it would be difficult to me though, but in order to try to make myself be a happier person, I'm going to put my efforts into that one.

Eli H. Article found at: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1015902-4,00.html This article is about happiness. This may sound broad but the four page article seems to cover everything. The article starts out talking about the history of researching happiness. Then, the article progresses to questions like where are people the happiest, what makes people happy, and can one become happier. "Science of Happiness: New Research on Mood, Satisfaction - TIME." Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews - TIME.com. TIME. Web. 23 May 2011. .

Ben S. "Can Happiness and Parenting Coexist? - Newsweek." //Newsweek - National News, World News, Business, Health, Technology, Entertainment, and More - Newsweek//. Web. 26 May 2011. . This article is very interesting, because it is saying how kids make married couples happier. Although the first child is said to barely improve happiness the second one improves the parents happiness by a lot. The article also says that despite making us happy kids also give us more to worry about so in the long run the two cancel each other out.

Eliot H. Brownstein, Joseph. "Want to be happy? Stop trying." __Msnbc.com__. 19 May 2011. MSNBC. 23 May 2011 . “While the pursuit of happiness may seem like a reasonable aim, new research shows that making happiness a personal goal will only stand in the way of your achieving it.” In a test, women who reported valuing happiness more had on average 17 symptoms of depression compared to 4 for women who valued happiness less. This shows that if you look for happiness it will be harder to find. Why is this? For one, you set higher goals for yourself. And setting goals for personal happiness may lead some to neglect relationships with friends or family.

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Yeager, John. "Positive Psychology News Daily » Sports – A Vehicle for Happiness." Positive Psychology News Daily. Web. 23 May 2011. < [] >

Sports can can make you happy in the three main types of happiness, t he pleasurable life, the engaged life, and the meaningful life. Sports give you positive emotions making it pleasurable, it makes you connected and engages you, and playing sports can easily give you a sense of purpose. Read this article to find out more on how sports make you happy.

Kendall P.

The three keys to happiness: http://frugaldad.com/2008/05/12/three-keys-to-finding-true-happiness/

This article is about how to become happy by doing three things. These three things are: Something to do, Something to love and and something to hope for. Something to do would be like sports and art which are things that can make you happy. Something to love could be anything. You can love anything that will make you happy. And something to hope for would be something that could get you to your goal.

Calvin

Angel, Jen. "10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy by Jen Angel — YES! Magazine." //YES! Magazine — Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions — YES! Magazine//. 23 Oct. 2008. Web. 24 May 2011. . This article is about how scientists have been studying peoples happiness and how they can become happy

Reed //Szalavitz, Maia. "Why the Happiest States Have the Highest Suicide Rates – TIME Healthland." TIME Healthland - A Healthy Balance of the Mind, Body and Spirit. Time Magazine, 25 Apr. 2011. Web. 24 May 2011. [].// This article in Time Magazine discusses the realationship between happiness and suicide. One would not normally make a connection between happiness and being so depressed that one kills themself. But as Time Magazine shows there is not only a realtionship but a __strong__ realationship. You will just have to read the article in the URL above to learn more about it.