Happiness by Alexandra Corbett https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn Made with big dreams en-us 2017-03-28 15:36:23 UTC 2024-07-20 18:08:47 UTC hello@padlet.com Lottery Winners and What happens to them acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163170448
  • “about 70 percent of people who win a lottery or get a big windfall actually end up broke in a few years, according to the National Endowment for Financial Education.” (4)
  • “ On average, the winners’ ratings of everyday happiness were 3.33 out of 5, and the accident victims’ averaged answers were 3.48.” (1)
  • “an oft-quoted study of 35,000 lottery winners in Florida found that 1,900 winners filed for bankruptcy within five years—and that while the large infusion of cash reduced the probability of bankruptcy during the first two years of winning, it increased the odds of bankruptcy three to five years out.” (2)

    • ]]>     2017-03-28 15:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163170448     What is Happiness? How can We Possess It? acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163170912 2017-03-28 15:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163170912 What Actually Makes People Happy? acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163171600 In the Documentary Happy  it was found that the simplest things in life brought about the most happiness. (5)
    • Seeing children and/or family after a long day’s work - Spending time with family
    • Actions we choose to do - Hard work - A purpose - Finding something to care about that is bigger than ourselves
    • Nature
    • Physical activity
    • Doing what you love
    • Helping others - Compassion - Acts of Kindness
    • When we lose everything we recognize what is truly important - Finding we can recover from adversity
    • Close and supportive family and friends - Social Interactions
    • Personal growth
    • Tradition - Culture
    • Monchu, Okinawan for One family / Unity

    ]]>     2017-03-28 15:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163171600     Where is Happiness? (5) acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163171812
  • Happiest Country: Bhutan
    •  Recognized that GNP is not as important as GNH (gross national Happiness). Believed that it was the government’s role to maintain their people’s happiness.
  • Unhappiest Country: Japan
    • Everyone is so focused on work and business that they are working themselves to death.

    • ]]>     2017-03-28 15:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163171812     What can you do to stay happy? acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172063 2017-03-28 15:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172063 1 Momentary vs. Prolonged acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172375 Drastic lifestyle changes are like atomic bombs to your psyche although it's fun to spend money don't go overboard with the new material things. Remember we become accustomed to having things around us, however "An experience, on the other hand, can be enjoyed again and again when you remember it and tell others about it." (3). The more you spread out your money the more enjoyable you will find it to be.]]> 2017-03-28 15:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172375 2 Serve Others acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172435 No I'm not saying give all your new money away to the greedy crocodiles that will undoubtedly come around asking for a loan or money in general but helping others in need or donating to charities is a sure way to gain a spark of happiness and joy. “ A 2008 study in Science found that people were happier spending $20 on others than they were on themselves. In general, research supports the idea that people feel good when they feel they are making an impact with their money in a personal way and a sense of shame when they are stingy.” (3)]]> 2017-03-28 15:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172435 3 It's Okay Not to Be Okay acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172574 Life is made out of ups and downs, we wouldn't be able to grow with out them, so a key to happiness is to be okay with not being okay sometimes. You have to have those bad days to be able to fully appreciate the good ones. Buy things in an effort to cheer yourself up is actually counter productive. You'll train yourself to make a large purchase every time you feel down and when you get used to it that momentary happiness will fade and you'll start the cycle over and over again until you have no money left.]]> 2017-03-28 15:45:07 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163172574 The Great Gatsby acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163173020 The American novel The Great Gatsby, written by F Scott Fitzgerald,is a fantastic example of how more money does not always equivalent to more happiness. “... as well as being a tragic romance, it's also a prose-poem, an elegy to its author's lost love, a hymn to the anxieties of the American dream, and a jazz riff on postwar trauma.” (Robert McCrum, theguardian.com).]]> 2017-03-28 15:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163173020 Gatsby’s plan acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163173193 Gatsby thought that if he had money then he would be able to make Daisy happy and therefor he would become happier. He thought that since Daisy had married money that was what she was going to notice. He bought a grand house even though he was the only one living there, he had a fancy car even though he rarely left his house and when he did it was to go into the city where he mostly walked to place to place, he had a big pool but didn’t even use it the entire summer, and he threw huge parties but most of the people didn’t even know who he was or what he looked like. He had all of this wealth but when he died no one seemed to have the time to spend to attend his funeral. He died alone for no reason and no one except his father (who he hadn’t seen in a long while) and Nick were there to see his body off to it’s final resting place.]]> 2017-03-28 15:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163173193 Works Cited acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163173380
  • http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/01/classic-study-on-happiness-and-the-lottery.html
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/lottery-winners-research/423543/
  • http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/01/07/lottery.winning.psychology/
  • http://www.cleveland.com/business/index.ssf/2016/01/why_do_70_percent_of_lottery_w.html
  • http://dvd.netflix.com/Search?v1=happy&ac_abs_posn=-1&fcld=true&ac_rel_posn=-1&ac_category_type=none&raw_query=happy
  • https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/08/100-best-novels-great-gatsby-scott-fitzgerlad-robert-mccrum
  • The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald
  • https://twitter.com/GraysonDolan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

    • ]]>     2017-03-28 15:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163173380     What We Can Learn acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163475532 Gatsby thought that the key to solving all of his life problems was procuring more and more money. He thought that the fame, fortune and popularity was all he needed to gain the affections of Daisy and the respect of the other men and women he interacted with. However he was met with the sad truth that tells us that money doesn't fix everything. The popularity and "friends" he had via his lavish frivolous parties were about as real and tangible as the late night mist over the water. The unfortunate truth is that there will be those people who only see you for what you have and not what you are. These are not the kind of people you should be surrounding yourself with. People with these leech-like traits are more likely to drive the people who genuinely care about you away before leaving you themselves once they find someone that is bright shiny and new.]]> 2017-03-29 16:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/163475532 Example of Creating Happiness by Giving (8) acor5573 https://padlet.com/acor5573/g4pv7ztkzywn/wish/167892126 A 17 year old boy was walking the streets of LA when he came across a young boy giving out free lemonade. The teen took to Twitter to share his small experience saying "This little kid was giving out free lemonade so I gave him money and told him to keep the lemonade to give to other people and..." "His eyes lit up and he got so happy cutest thing I've seen in a while I'm so happy rn hahah" "That was the best thing that I could've possibly spent that money on"

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