Blog 7

1. How happiness affects the brain/ your mood.
2. How happiness affects relationships with people around you.
3. How happiness affects your daily life.

Blog 6

           Many people around the United States think that happiness and success are heavily correlated. They think that you have to be the happiest person ever to be the most successful, or they think if you are really successful then you are the happiest ever.

          Megan Tull believes that so many people don't recognize the difference between happiness and success. In Megan Tull's article The Difference Between Success and Happiness on the Pop Expert website, she states that, "Understanding the difference between being successful and being happy is vital". She then goes on to say that success is great, but not if it costs you your happiness. If you're meeting your goals and overcoming challenges with a light and free heart, then you're doing life right. She then goes on and lists 10 keys ideas that will change the way you understand the difference between success and happiness. They are success is meeting deadlines and happiness is working towards your goals, success is working your way to the top of your field and happiness is flowing in your purpose and gifts, success is focusing on accumulating wealth and happiness is focusing on improving your life, success is being promoted above your peers and happiness is being respected by your peers, success is lying awake at night worrying and happiness is sleeping in peace, success is finding a life partner and happiness is keeping your partner for life, success is keeping the knowledge you develop to yourself and happiness is sharing your expertise freely, success is striving for more and happiness is being content with what you have, and success is living a driven life and happiness is living a life fueled by passion. In Megan's article The Difference Between Success and Happiness on the Pop Expert website, she states that, "Money is never a guarantee of happiness". Then goes on to say that some of the most miserable people on our planet are also the richest.

          I do believe there is a difference in happiness and success. You can be happy and successful, you can be not happy and not successful, you can be happy and not successful or you can not be happy and be successful. There were a bunch of quotes in Megan's article that was mentioned above but two really caught my eye. One quote was by Frederick Keonig that said "We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have." This quote caught my eye because many people don't recognize what they have in front of them because they are too caught up in with what they want to have and what they want their life to be and look like, rather than seeing and knowing what they have. The second quote that caught my eye was from Albert Schweitzer said "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." I think that everyone should live by this quote. It really does make you put a perspective on life and how to view yours. I think that happiness depends a little bit on success but success doesn't always have to depend on happiness. I guess it just depends on how you think your life should be lived by.

Blog 5

For my project I completed field experience because I thought that would be more beneficial for me and this project, actually being able to have real life experience and doing it myself. Being outside and adventuring in the nature always makes me happier, so I decided I was going to incorporate that in my field experience somehow.  At first I was going to go out to a nature trail and just explore around for a little bit, but I didn’t have time for that this weekend. So I decided to just sit outside with family on Easter because that makes me happy as well and I’m outside so it fits in well with the category. When I have more time I definitely will go find a nature trail and explore around because I think it would still help a lot with my project. It helped me move forward in my project by realizing the natural beauty of things in nature as well as outside and making me a little more confident in my natural beauty as well.

 

 

 

 

Blog 4

            Half of the people in the world say that it is never a good idea to take people or things for granted, the other half say that taking things for granted is a good thing. They think you’re just born with all the good things in life and that you don’t necessarily have to try in life to get everything you want. They think that just because they might have it all that everyone does has it all.  They assume that just because you are a happy go lucky person means you were born with it, not that it grows on you from your earlier years in life to now.

            Juliana Breines (Ph.D.) believes that it is okay to take things for granted, sometimes. She states in her article Why It’s Okay to Take Things for Granted (Sometimes) on the Psychology Today website that, “We don’t stop to consider what a miracle it is that we were even born in the first place or recognize that each moment could be our last”. She then goes on to explain what meant when she said that, “That with this mindset it can lead us to behave in carless ways, to mistreat the people we care about, and to fail to say or do what is really in our hearts”. Taking something for granted in typically defined as assuming, without question, that you will not lose it, or at least not lose it anytime soon. Also means feeling a sense of security and permanence about something that is not, in reality, secure or permanent. Also stated by Juliana Breines in her article Why It’s Okay to Take Things for Granted (Sometimes) on the Psychology Today website that, “In addition to taking our partners for granted, we often take life itself for granted”.  Which she means by avoiding the problems in your relationship or in your lives because of the impact it has on you.

            I think that there are some things in life you can take for granted and some things in life you shouldn’t take for granted. It really just depends on who you are as a person and the environment you were raised in. I do not agree with some of the people in the world who think that you are just born with all of the good things in life and that you don’t really have to try to get everything you want. To me that statement is so false unless your parents literally do everything for you, then you’re good until you are on your own. But many people don’t have it that easy, many of us have to work really hard for what we want and actually gain it. To me those people that work hard for what they want are the more genuine ones and the happier ones because they get to actually experience life and see what it is all about. Those people are usually the ones who don’t take many things for granted. In my opinion the people that take many things for granted are the ones who “have it all” or the ones who think they are better than everybody else. They don’t live by the moments; they live by their wealth. They don’t get to truly experience life the way it is actually supposed to be. People also believe that wealth and happiness are there with you right when you’re born. To me wealth and happiness has to grow along with you, you are born with happiness but learning and experiencing new things can easily make you a genuinely happier person rather than someone who gets everything handed to them.

Blog 3

The progress I have made so far has been really helpful with the choice of my project.
One of my progress makings has been writing down in my journal once a day, every day the one thing that I have accomplished in life, something I am thankful for, or something that made me smile that day. I started writing them down on Monday February 6^th and plan to go on until the end of the school year, when this project is completed. Another thing I have been working on is researching and reading articles on happiness, mood, and taking things for granted. I have learned a lot of information already and I plan to learn more information as the research continues. I have also made progress on being more genuinely happy with myself and the others around me. I can already feel a difference and so can the people around me. And to me it is one of the best feelings, but I hope to grow even more after the completed project.

Blog 2

1. What values go into being happy?




2. What makes something a good or bad memory?




3. What impact do memories, whether they are good or bad, have on your life?




4. How does happiness affect your mental health?




5. Why do people take things for granted and when is the limit?

Blog 1

My idea for my 20 Time Project is to help myself.  For my project I will write down in a journal once every day until the end of the year about something I am grateful for, something I’ve accomplished in life, something that made me smile that day or something I will want to remember forever. My parents think this is a good idea for me because it will help me realize the greater things in life and help me be happier about life and what I have. They think it will also think it is a good idea for me because they think it will also help me later on in life with everyday experiences. What helped me move forward in my thinking was just thinking of ways that I could help myself become happier of a person and more eye o0pening towards new people and new things. It will show me the many great things in my life and what I have to be thankful for. I have accomplished a couple things so far with this project like believing in myself and coming up with an idea for this project that will help me. Nothing has gone wrong yet but I’m sure some hard coming with cross. Next week I would like to accomplish finding more research about my topic and to start my journal.