Top Artifact Week 14
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My result was a five which was around average but slightly above average for college students. I don’t agree with this measuring system. It’s very vague and also asks to compare your happiness scale to others as if that’s something you need to look at. Comparing yourself to others to see if you’re happy by seeing if they’re happy isn’t accurate. I could be happy compared to someone else’s happiness, but am I truly happy without an indicator to go against? You should focus on yourself and not within that moment because how you’re feeling taking that survey isn’t a figment of your overall happiness. I feel like people often answer based on their general mood within that moment reflecting on that day or week. So, I don’t believe this survey really encompasses an actual depiction of happiness. To me, happiness is a goal. One can feel happy within a moment but happiness overall, takes time. Sometimes people don’t make it to happiness. Happiness is happiness over work, school, friendships, love, success, children, adventure, etc. How can one ever meet all of those? I want to. Happiness over those areas is the goal, but not everyone would meet that goal based on my interpretation. I want to feel happiness and fulfilled in those areas because that would make me happy. This involves me enjoying what I do for a career, paying my bills and having money left over, being surrounded by kids and grandchildren, being in love and having a healthy loving relationship, life-longing friendships, the ability to say I have traveled and had adventure, and more. Since I am only 20, I won’t say I’m happy. I still have a lot to go and more to figure out. I wouldn’t say I’m unhappy either just because I wouldn’t consider myself happy. Currently, I am building happiness for me, a life-long goal for myself. I’m going through the motions of life that’ll get me to that point and that involves feeling many different emotions. I am fine because I am leading into the right direction.
I chose this picture because encompassing happiness as a whole is having a happy family and a family that enjoys adventure and exploration across all contexts. This is a family enjoying the outdoors maybe on a vacation. Enjoying the little things in life. This assignment had me think about what happiness means to me and I have sort of forgotten what it has meant to me, so I was able to revisit the subject and remind myself to stay on tract.
Top Artifacts Week 11
The happy and unselfish pairing had the greatest tally which fell into the norm. Unselfishness is associated with happier people because it has been shown in research that people are happy or satisfied when they are helping others. It produces a sense of accomplishment and endearment that sometimes can produce happy emotions. Happiness can often come from others and if helping someone makes them happy and you can see that, then you are most likely to experience happiness because you provided that for them. Selfish people are constantly thinking about themselves or how to one up others. They are less likely to help others because it is all about them, so they won’t understand that happiness that others get when helping one another. They may pretend that they have everything, but no one enjoys being surrounded by someone where it is all about them and doesn’t matter what’s going on around others. They are more likely to have fewer caring people in their lives and perhaps some emptiness, so they are less likely to be satisfied in life. Dissatisfaction comes with unhappiness. This assignment had me think about the people in my life and question if I believed them to be happy and if they were selfish or unselfish. Realizing that one friend was truly unhappy and selfish made me sad.
Top Artifacts Week 5
These tactics can be used in multiple occasions just like the ones listed. Self-enhancement tactics can be beneficial in promoting oneself and their qualifications, but over self-enhancement can have a negative impact on the impression you leave. Staying groomed, exemplifying your strengths, staying engaged, etc. are good tactics but over flattery is a negative. Teaching these to oneself can help you in their personal life.
Top Artifacts Week 7
How I choose to deal with dissonance on beliefs I don’t believe in or do believe in but choose to do the opposite, is by rationalizing by actions to my beliefs. This causes a relief on dissonance because I’m giving a legitimate reason for my actions although I know and believe them to be wrong or opposite of what I know I choose to follow. Depending on the topic sometimes I force myself to just simply choose a side. Being inconsistent with opposite attitudes and behavior can cause extra strain and stress when choosing to make the right decision to who you are. We always strive to be the best version of ourselves and when we know we aren’t we sometimes feel like we’re betraying ourselves and a form of guilt arises. To minimize that we often have to talk to ourselves and come to realization that when it comes to this choice again, I am not going to make the wrong one because I need to be true to who I am and who I want to continue to be. Something I have experienced with personally is I don’t believe in finding a cop out when things get tough. It’s always okay to experiment with things that help you relieve stress and relax, but when things are really dark, I believe you have to remain strong and fight through it not find something like a cop out to fix the problem. However, I have done that recently and I still don’t feel proud over it. I knew it was something I would tell myself I was never going to do but ended up doing so when things became really tough for me emotionally. Looking back, I don’t find it to have been worth it and dealing with my own betrayal was hard. When the similar situation arose again I had to make a choice as to whether I was going to make the same choice, but I did not because I simply repeated in my head that I wasn’t. That I was better than that before and I was not going to disappoint myself once again. This isn’t the best strategy because it’s very easy to not have self-control. I’m sure there are better methods out there, but it’s something that works for me because I am very in tune with myself and who I want to be.
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Top Artifacts Week 8
I think certain stereotypes have changed and some have stayed the same. The black stereotype has changed slowly. I agree that they have become more athletic and think they are becoming more intelligent as more assistance for those in lower class are available. They are also trying to make a better mark for themselves when they can too. I think the American’s stereotype has changed to be more negative. The world is starting to see us less patriotic, ignorant, lazy, and selfish to an extent. I think stereotypes associated with Jews and English have typically stayed the same. Social transitioning causes these changes too. When people become more aware and want to see change, however it comes across, society will band together to shift. It’s normal for it shifts like that to happen within a society. I am a white female and I feel as if the stereotypes for Caucasians are turning negative. People view us to be privileged and materialistic. Some of us view us as rude and snobby. I think the values we had before are still there but as society changes the shift for us has slightly changed.