Happiness Project at AlexShalman.com
Posted by Pixelhead
Just a quick post to remind everyone to visit AlexShalman.com to read his Happiness Project series. In the Happiness Project, Alex is interviewing some incredible people and getting their opinions on Happiness.
The Happiness Project Questions include:
1. How do you define happiness?
2. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your happiness now, versus when you were a child?
3. What do you do on a daily basis that brings you happiness? (and how consistent is the feeling of happiness throughout your day)
4. What things take away from your happiness? What can be done to lessen their impact or remove them from your life?
5. What do you plan on doing in the future that will bring you even more happiness?
Each interview in the series starts out with a little author bio, and lists any sites the author has, and any publications that the author might have published.
The Happiness Project is a great series that I have enjoyed reading all week, and I highly recommend everyone check it out.
Update:
Alex just sent me an email and asked me to include my answers to the questions in this post, so here they are:
1. I am not sure how I define happiness, but I suppose it has to do with having positive feeling towards myself and others, and feeling like everything is going to be alright. If I am not feeling happy I am able to appreciate the small things like coffee in the morning, or having time to write a post.
2. I have a hard time with this, because there are different times of my childhood that stick out, somewhere happy some were not so happy. If I were comparing my current self to my teen years, I would have to say I am a ten. Sadly, Teen-age angst was pretty dominant in my life at that time.
3. To bring myself happiness throughout the day, I take time out for small pleasures such as healthy snacking, kissing my wife periodically, lending a helping hand, communicating with others via phone, email, or IM. My general happiness does fluctuate, but I am more in tune with it and can usually change my mood if I watch for signs that it is dipping.
4. When my resources are tapped(physical, mental, financial) and I am unable to accomplish a task due to limitations, that really takes away from my happiness.
5. To bring myself more happiness, I intend to increase my resources(emotional, physical, skill sets, financial) so that I can accomplish more, and overcome limitations. I am also planning on experiencing joy and happiness by being able to appreciate the accomplishments and successes of others to include my wife, my children, my parents, my bro and his family, and any other individuals that I may have the pleasure of having my life touch.
What are your answers?
Since I have not done a Meme in quite some time, please consider yourself to be tagged. Please write a post that answers Alex’s questions. Linking to this and or Alex’s post are optional.
Written by Pixelhead on February 15th, 2008 with
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#1. February 16th, 2008, at 11:12 AM.
Thanks for participating bud! *here’s to my resources for you!