alex tarling: meta-effects of happiness tracking
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how happy are you right now?
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how happy are you right now?
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how happy are you right now?
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how happy are you right now?
...not just a feeling in the moment, but also a social and contextual
expression about quality of life...
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Experimental bias?
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measuring things changes things...
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happy or unhappy?
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happy or unhappy? I get on the scales, and then I get
happy or unhappy -‐ because of my thoughts and beliefs...
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raCng my happiness several Cmes per day...
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charCng my personal results...
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what am I happiest doing?
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what am I happiest doing?
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what am I happiest doing?
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...it was quite hard work raCng my happiness 3x per
day!
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...but what is happiness anyway?
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what is happiness?
A. a feeling or assessment we make about our current feelings
B. an assessment we make about the ‘tone’ or ‘quality’ of our life in general
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what is happiness?
A. a feeling or assessment we make about our current feelings
B. an assessment we make about the ‘tone’ or ‘quality’ of our life in general
For me: my rating was often a cognitive outcome brought about by thinking about:
• my ambitions and goals • my responsibilities • my values and my faults of character • wanting to be a good person
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what is happiness?
A. a feeling or assessment we make about our current feelings
B. an assessment we make about the ‘tone’ or ‘quality’ of our life in general
For me: my rating was often a cognitive outcome brought about by thinking about:
• my ambitions and goals • my responsibilities • my values and my faults of character • wanting to be a good person
Underlying belief: being unhappy helps me to be a
be=er person!
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what is happiness? my experience is, basically: I made it up...
“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be”
Abraham Lincoln
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so given that its the result of habitual thought... can I change it?
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own acCons”
Dalai Lama
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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
Omar Khayyam
...not an a=empt to banish unhappiness, but an experiment in behaviour change
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engineering a cogniCve habit: “How do you feel?” • Relax • Become present • Become mindful • Be grateful • Be loving (of self, mainly!) • Happiness = absence of unhappiness
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engineering a cogniCve habit: “How do you feel?” • Relax • Become present • Become mindful • Be grateful • Be loving (of self, mainly!) • Happiness = absence of unhappiness
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engineering a cogniCve habit:
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what I learnt:
• I can’t measure my own happiness without affecting it
• Happiness is a habitual pattern of assessment
• Habits are open to intentional change
• Outcome is not to banish unhappiness forever, but to be more resilient, less a victim.