Happiness economics

lives. Some people compare happiness with factors like money, social status etc. while some mean satisfaction by happiness. I personally feel that it is our desires that control our happiness and these desires if controlled can lead to positive feelings like satisfaction. It has been rightly said, “Satisfaction is the death of desire.” Out of the four accounts that we covered, I would select the views of the Epicurean and the Stoic accounts for the description of happiness. Both these accounts…

In the third chapter of Gretchen Rubin’s book “The Happiness Project”, she focuses on the concept of how working on a daily basis can contribute to an individual’s happiness. Rubin’s main focuses include the following topics when referring to the contributions working has on one’s happiness: launch a blog, enjoy what it feels like to fail, ask for help, work in a smart manner, and enjoy the present instead of worrying about the future. Throughout the opening pages of the chapter, Rubin…

in their life. Individual happiness can be defined in a number of ways, for many people wealth is the answer to becoming happy while others may view health as an important component to happiness. Seneca, a wealthy and notable philosopher during the Roman Imperial period, does not consider wealth nor health as essential to our own happiness. Instead, he regards virtue alone as being sufficient for happiness (Vogt 2016). Aristotle, on the other hand, does not regard happiness as a human feeling…

The Pursuit of Happiness Wonu Seo Would you rather have millions of dollars or enjoy a life with happiness? Regarding this question, most of the people would be saying, “Duh! Of course, I would choose to be happy”. And it is mainly because the goal of working hard is to live a life with more happiness. Then how do people try to achieve this goal of being happy? Not surprisingly, majority of the crowd seems to approach and see this goal of ‘happiness’ as being successful, translating into…

As Confucius ones said “choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Every job has people that love what they do and enjoy it. Where they wake up every day happy to be going to work and happy with what their job is and requires them to do. The ones that work with a smile in their faces and don’t mind showing up to work. And then you have the ones that hate their jobs that complain every morning on their way to work and every night that they have to get up the next…

Money can cause happiness and pain in everyday life, whether you have it or not. Take famous people for example, when they got rich and famous they didn’t bring up all their friends. They chose their happiness over their friendships. Memes today have pictures about whether or not you would slap your best friend for a million dollars and then seeing someone getting smacked in the next picture which shows how quickly money can turn your best friend into a paycheck. In “The Pardoner’s Tale” it…

Ditching the Negativity Many describe happiness as the feeling of being enlightened and complete. Many think happiness is as the bright, warm, sunny days of the year and sadness as a cold, dull looking, piece of useless scrap metal. Happiness results when we refuse to think negatively, but before realizing this we must have a well knowledge of what happiness and sadness are. Happiness is when you feel complete and is related to positivity. Anything that is good is happiness. If it is in any way,…

Everyone wants to have a joyful life, although it is easier for some and harder for others to achieve the goal of being satisfied. Relationships, success, and respect are just a few factors in determining the happiness of each individual, not to mention helpfulness. The smallest act of kindness can potentially make someone’s day. Doing unselfish actions can also make one feel respectable. Inviting someone over for a meal is certainly a wonderful action, as long as the motives are not selfish.…

achieving happiness, basic needs, and goals. Happiness plays a tremendous role in living a good life. However, the definition of happiness can vary among different people from different backgrounds. Some people might need a fancy car or a luxurious house to be satisfied and others might only need the love of a family member to be truly content. Because the level of satisfaction of every person is naturally divergent, it is hard to truly figure out whether a life is well lived, so just happiness…

Tips to Happiness 1. Happiness is not directly proportional to money. Sometime in the 70s, a team of researchers extensively followed people who had won a big lottery. Initially, they were extremely happy. But after a year, they found that those people were no more happy than the ones who had not won any lottery. So one cannot be dependent on money to be happy. Human beings are a greedy species. We want more than we already have, and that affects our happiness level. “I have learned how much…