Find Your Happy

Slides for KalamazooX talk: It can be easy to get caught up in the day to day and lose sight of what we really want in life. Ask practically anyone what they want in life and you’ll likely get an answer that includes the desire to be happy. Are we actually happy? What does it even mean to be happy? Over the last year I’ve been on a quest to find my happiness at work and in life. We’re going to explore what it means to be happy and learn some easy ways to add a bit more joy to your daily life.

Transcript

1. Find Your Happy Layla Driscoll Kalamazoo X 2013
2. Less than 50% of Americans are happy http://www.gallup.com/poll/151172/Mood-Quarterly.aspx
3. Happiness hap•pi•ness noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\ ?
4. Happiness is NOT harder fake smiles being perfect ignoring reality never feeling sad rainbows and unicorns
5. Happiness is NOT harder fake smiles being perfect ignoring reality never feeling sad rainbows and unicorns
6. Happiness hap•pi•ness noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\ 1. obsolete : good fortune : prosperity 2. a : a state of well-being and contentment : joy b : a pleasurable or satisfying experience http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happiness
7. Happiness hap•pi•ness noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\ Happiness hap•pi•ness noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\ Subjective well-being (swb) 1. People’s cognitive and affective evaluations of their lives (measureable)
8. Happiness hap•pi•ness noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\ 1. Feeling good most of the time and being resilient when I don’t 2. A sense of purpose 3. Being true to myself 4. Awesome people
9. Happiness hap•pi•ness noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\ 1. Feeling good most of the time and being resilient when I don’t 2. A sense of purpose 3. Being true to myself 4. Awesome people 5. Squirrels
10. Happiness hap•pi•ness noun \ˈha-pē-nəs\ What does it mean to you, to be happy?
11. Happiness Time
12.  meditate buy it show compassion recharge listen to music read take the time build relationships be outside         try something new  flow disconnect  Ways to get more happiness  laugh or cry  feed squirrels  fix something
13. Know thyself (Sit for a minute in silence or listening to “All is Well” from http://joefredandfriends.bandcamp.com. Then write about what makes you you)
14. http://www.wolframalpha.com/facebook/ https://www.facebook.com/layla.driscoll
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16. Write three gratitudes
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18. Gratitude is a muscle
19. Define happy Get to know yourself Find the happy your already have Find Your Happy
20. happy->success (TED) meditation simple tasks (TED) identify strengths brains = weird (TED) happy places quant. of emotions self-inquire anatomy of results (TED) All is Well (Music)
21. http://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work.html http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxNewHaven-Gretchen-Rubin http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxBend-Eric-Plantenberg-The- A;search:eric%20plantenberg http://www.ericplantenberg.com/# http://joefredandfriends.bandcamp.com/album/namaste-some-of-the-preliminary- recordings-for-the-upcoming-album Links from previous page