Unit 4: Pursuing Happiness PBL Seth Wellner by Seth Wellner https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw en-us 2018-04-03 16:43:38 UTC 2025-10-07 01:34:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRSkXY3TaRwI2Szqc9MvuhjAR8CVIX_HCFmAmXORu85TP1QIcPl KWL Chart sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/249896932 2018-04-09 16:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/249896932 How to Be a Happier Person Article sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/254487467 This article points out 
some of the things that can do to help improve your level of happiness.
-Be around those who make you happier
-Hold on to your values
-Accept the good things in life
-Have a "glass half full" mindset
-Do things you're passionate about
-Find a purpose in life
-Listen to your heart
-Accept that things will change
-Cherish the simple things
I agree with all of the things that were included in this list. I don't think a person necessarily needs to follow or do all of these things to be happier, just a few can help.]]> 2018-04-23 16:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/254487467 Happiness Graphic sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/254493414 This image depicts many of the common things that people say make them happier. Family and other relationships were the most common result. Food/ eating being number two on this image kind of surprised me. The rest of the results didn't really surprise me because they are many of the same answers I have gotten while asking other people.]]> 2018-04-23 16:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/254493414 Addiction to Unhappiness? sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256595376 This article bring up some interesting points about why some people are almost always unhappy. Some of the common reasons discussed in the article for why some people are always unhappy include a low self-esteem, childhood trauma/other past trauma, they might be suffering from a mental health disorder, and having a "glass half empty" attitude. I feel like this relates to Holden because after Allie died, he felt like everyone else was "phony" and always looked at the negative side of a situation. ]]> 2018-04-30 16:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256595376 Money and Happiness sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256601789 This article describes the common belief that money can buy happiness. The article says that an individual's happiness normally increases logarithmically with their income. I found it interesting how it said that two people of different income levels will both receive about the same increase in happiness if both of their incomes were doubled. It also talks about how people who were more invested into the importance of materialistic things normally had a lower level of "emotional well being" and life satisfaction. ]]> 2018-04-30 16:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256601789 Happiness in the Great Gatsby sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256603531 Similar to the real world, almost all of the characters in The Great Gatsby have different things that make them happy. For Gatsby just being around Daisy is enough to improve his mood. Even though he is one of the wealthiest people in the country, no amount of money would make him feel as happy as being with Daisy would. On the other hand, just being around money and expensive things seem to make Daisy happy. Tom appears to be happiest during the novel while he is in full control of whatever is going on. He tends to make ill advised decisions when he doesn't have control of what's going on.(Example = when he broke Myrtle's nose in the apartment)]]> 2018-04-30 16:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256603531 Holden Caulfield and Happiness sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256604277 Throughout the Catcher in The Rye Holden struggles with happiness and fitting in with society. Throughout his life he has struggled to figure out what he really want to do/accomplish. He tries many things while in the city in an attempt to become happier but in the end he isn't really able to find anything that can truly make him happy. ]]> 2018-04-30 16:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/256604277 The Correlation Between Happiness and GPA sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/258614597 This article discusses a study that was completed relating to students happiness and their academic achievement. The article says that "Happiness is also positively associated with GPA for students in grades 4–12". I agree with this to a degree, but personally think that a students happiness would begin to drop off after a certain point. I think this because in order to have a very "high" GPA one must put in a lot of time studying/preparing for school activities. All of this extra time spent would result in the student being more stressed because they have less time to do things that they enjoy than other students who put less time/effort into school. ]]> 2018-05-07 16:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/258614597 Happiness Ted Talk sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/260543202 This Ted Talk by 

David Steindl-Rast discusses how everybody want to be happy, but not everybody is able to truly feel happy.He claims that one of the key things that many people are missing in regards to being happy is "gratefulness". I think this can apply to everyone's life because whenever we are feeling really bad about things we can take a moment to reflect about how fortunate we truly are and how things could be much worse.

]]> 2018-05-14 16:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/260543202 Family and Happiness sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/260543563 This article(and info-graphic)talks about how a person's family can impact their happiness in both the short and long term. It describes how almost everybody depends on their family for emotional support and advice all throughout their life.  ]]> 2018-05-14 16:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/260543563 Happiness Interview sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261423251 I asked my dad some questions relating to overall happiness. Here's what he had to say:]]> 2018-05-17 01:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261423251 What Makes me Happy sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261431086 Some of the things that consistently make me happier include 
-playing or watching any kind of sports
-playing video games
-spending time with my family
-traveling


]]> 2018-05-17 01:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261431086 Happiness Info graphic from Article sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261443815 2018-05-17 03:06:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261443815 Final Conclusions sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261445464 After going through this whole process I've come to several conclusions about happiness. First, it's hard to create a general definition of happiness because everybody has different things that make them happy. Many of the texts that we have had to read display this. For example, in The Great Gatsby all of the main characters have different things that make them feel happy/content and Santiago was a good example of a person who didn't really need anything materialistic to feel happy. Going off of that, I concluded that money can buy happiness to an extent because it can allow people to do things that they otherwise would be able to do. This happiness through money will not last very long if people don't have other things that make them happy besides their wealth. In order for a person to be happy for an extended period of time, they need to reflect about what they truly like and learn about their identity. I also concluded that the things that make an individual happy can and will change throughout a person's life. These things normally go from being very materialistic early in life to being very family and goal oriented later in life. ]]> 2018-05-17 03:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261445464 Video sethwel0961 https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261445477 2018-05-17 03:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sethwel0961/l4yptejb2wxw/wish/261445477