Reflections: Happiness Research Part 2
This post continues on the last 5 happiness sources of 10 from happiness research according to wikiversity.org:
6. Too much TV can make you unhappy. Research has shown that for every hour of television the general quality of life can be lowered by 5%. According to David Niven, TV orients us towards superficial things and superficial happiness.
More healthy TV viewing consists of:
a) choose your programs carefully, avoid negative films.
b) Find a balanced amount of TV
c) After watching TV, practice some form of spiritual exercise such as yoga, meditation, walking, reading, contemplating
7. Foster friendship: Build on your positive friends. Research shows that women who talk to others reduce their worries by over 50%. Cancer stricken women who met with a group once a week raised their survival chances to twice as high.
8. Facilitate joy: Finding even small elements of joy in our lives can raise overall happiness by 20%. Just a bit of outer enjoyment is enough for experiencing higher inner happiness.
9. Humor: Having a good sense of humor raises positivity by 33%. So foster humor, read and watch cheerful things, and practice not to take things too seriously – we need to be able to laugh with compassion at ourselves.
10. Self-confidence: Happy people believe in themselves, in their goals, wisdom and their power, knowing that they will prevail in the long term. To pursue inner happiness it is important to focus on wisdom, self-discipline and self-confidence, as well as less focus on materialism and doubt.
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