Got a credit card? use our Credit Card & Finance Calculators
Thanks to Rhyd6,eyeball08,Wondergirly,bofh,johnstevens77, for Donating to support the site
How do you measure your happiness?
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 7383
- Joined: February 7th, 2017, 9:36 pm
- Has thanked: 10514 times
- Been thanked: 4659 times
How do you measure your happiness?
I've had a few issues with my health which have had a large impact on my life.
I regard good health as something that will provide me with the ability to be consistent and hold work down and provide an income to pay the bills and perhaps a little bit after that.
I suppose it's very naïve to suggest it's possible to measure happiness?
AiY
I regard good health as something that will provide me with the ability to be consistent and hold work down and provide an income to pay the bills and perhaps a little bit after that.
I suppose it's very naïve to suggest it's possible to measure happiness?
AiY
-
- The full Lemon
- Posts: 10809
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 8:17 pm
- Has thanked: 1471 times
- Been thanked: 3002 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
How about, by the amount of time I have doing better things than posting to Lemonfool or other such fora?
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 3566
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 8:43 pm
- Has thanked: 2376 times
- Been thanked: 1947 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
UncleEbenezer wrote: or other such fora?
Ah - the advantage of a classical education. That puts you in line for the next vacancy as PM.
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 7199
- Joined: November 24th, 2016, 3:29 am
- Has thanked: 1665 times
- Been thanked: 3834 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
scotia wrote:UncleEbenezer wrote: or other such fora?
Ah - the advantage of a classical education. That puts you in line for the next vacancy as PM.
I still hold that when using English, the plural of 'forum' should be 'forums', given the word 'forum' has long been absorbed into the English language
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 4858
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 10:15 am
- Has thanked: 614 times
- Been thanked: 2705 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
We could have some referenda on these questions?
ps Classical education too!
ps Classical education too!
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 7199
- Joined: November 24th, 2016, 3:29 am
- Has thanked: 1665 times
- Been thanked: 3834 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
scrumpyjack wrote:We could have some referenda on these questions?
ps Classical education too!
Um... referendums are for canvassing voter opinions, not researching questions innit.
(No classical edumacation. Can you tell?)
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 2083
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 9:40 am
- Has thanked: 1040 times
- Been thanked: 842 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
Given that “happiness” is entirely subjective, the only reasonable way to measure it is by self-assessment.
https://www.trackinghappiness.com/happiness-index-2018/
https://www.trackinghappiness.com/happiness-index-2018/
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 6050
- Joined: May 30th, 2021, 6:01 pm
- Has thanked: 1843 times
- Been thanked: 2067 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
Doesn't a lot of this come down to are you a "glass half full" type or a miserable g*t
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 4112
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 9:24 am
- Has thanked: 3250 times
- Been thanked: 2855 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
pje16 wrote:Doesn't a lot of this come down to are you a "glass half full" type or a miserable g*t
The two options are not mutually exclusive.....I'm a miserable old git because my glass is only half full
--kiloran
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 6050
- Joined: May 30th, 2021, 6:01 pm
- Has thanked: 1843 times
- Been thanked: 2067 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
errmm hadn't thought of it quite like that
but I like your thinking
but I like your thinking
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 4858
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 10:15 am
- Has thanked: 614 times
- Been thanked: 2705 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
GrahamPlatt wrote:Given that “happiness” is entirely subjective, the only reasonable way to measure it is by self-assessment.
https://www.trackinghappiness.com/happiness-index-2018/
What, leave it to the taxman?
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 1461
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 1:18 pm
- Has thanked: 219 times
- Been thanked: 830 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
I think happiness is a rather slippery concept. If you are happy 100% of the time doesn't it then become the norm? To appreciate your happiness don't you need a little misery now and again to provide contrast?
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 6050
- Joined: May 30th, 2021, 6:01 pm
- Has thanked: 1843 times
- Been thanked: 2067 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
Leothebear wrote:I think happiness is a rather slippery concept. If you are happy 100% of the time doesn't it then become the norm? To appreciate your happiness don't you need a little misery now and again to provide contrast?
I am ok pretty much most of the time, and although I don't go round singing and dancing I don't think I want any misery to work how much better it is without it
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 2217
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 4:00 pm
- Has thanked: 424 times
- Been thanked: 803 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
I define 'happiness' as 'at peace with your direction in life'.
Direction in life is about being yourself and doing what is true for you in way(s) that is/are true for anyone else on the same wavelength as you.
The measure of happiness is how much of what you say is in sync with what you do.
The closer you are to sync the easier it is for everything to fall into place. Conversely, further away will cause unhappiness and ultimately disconnection, ie., you've lost your way and (in extreme cases, the will to live).
Direction in life is about being yourself and doing what is true for you in way(s) that is/are true for anyone else on the same wavelength as you.
The measure of happiness is how much of what you say is in sync with what you do.
The closer you are to sync the easier it is for everything to fall into place. Conversely, further away will cause unhappiness and ultimately disconnection, ie., you've lost your way and (in extreme cases, the will to live).
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 2217
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 4:00 pm
- Has thanked: 424 times
- Been thanked: 803 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
Leothebear wrote:I think happiness is a rather slippery concept. If you are happy 100% of the time doesn't it then become the norm? To appreciate your happiness don't you need a little misery now and again to provide contrast?
In principle, I agree. Contrast provides a tangible confirmation of your mental and physical states.
For example, you are either happy or you're not. When you know you are happy, you don't have to stop and think about it. It is only if you're unsure whether you are happy would you need some sort of check in the form of a contrast.
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 7383
- Joined: February 7th, 2017, 9:36 pm
- Has thanked: 10514 times
- Been thanked: 4659 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
Leothebear wrote:I think happiness is a rather slippery concept. If you are happy 100% of the time doesn't it then become the norm? To appreciate your happiness don't you need a little misery now and again to provide contrast?
I think this is an interesting view - but one I'm not sure I could cope with. Perhaps because there has been a huge amount of misery in my life I now need to regain some ground with happiness?
AiY
-
- The full Lemon
- Posts: 10809
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 8:17 pm
- Has thanked: 1471 times
- Been thanked: 3002 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
scotia wrote:UncleEbenezer wrote: or other such fora?
Ah - the advantage of a classical education. That puts you in line for the next vacancy as PM.
How do you measure a classical education?
A big comprehensive school, followed by a degree and a career in STEM subjects?
-
- Lemon Slice
- Posts: 498
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 3:57 pm
- Has thanked: 535 times
- Been thanked: 224 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
AsleepInYorkshire wrote:Leothebear wrote:I think happiness is a rather slippery concept. If you are happy 100% of the time doesn't it then become the norm? To appreciate your happiness don't you need a little misery now and again to provide contrast?
I think this is an interesting view - but one I'm not sure I could cope with. Perhaps because there has been a huge amount of misery in my life I now need to regain some ground with happiness?
AiY
I'm not sure that you actually need misery (though most people do experience this sometimes in their lives), just some mudanity to help you appreciate the really special times, like an event with family or friends or a holiday. Trying to be constantly at a high is a recipe to disaster, and it seems to me, to be connected with addition, which is a sort of a state of trying to constantly recreate a state in which you were happy.
-
- Lemon Quarter
- Posts: 3189
- Joined: December 7th, 2016, 9:09 pm
- Has thanked: 357 times
- Been thanked: 1049 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
UncleEbenezer wrote:How do you measure a classical education?
A big comprehensive school, followed by a degree and a career in STEM subjects?
NO. That's a modern education. A classical education was the 3 R's, Reading, Righting and Rithmatic. As taught by "Grammar" schools because of the importance of rhetoric (see previous post about political apointments).
How do you measure happiness? Well according to one influential arab all that is needed is, a good book, wine, bread, company and song.
https://www.bartleby.com/101/698.html
-
- The full Lemon
- Posts: 16629
- Joined: October 10th, 2017, 11:33 am
- Has thanked: 4343 times
- Been thanked: 7536 times
Re: How do you measure your happiness?
Urbandreamer wrote:UncleEbenezer wrote:How do you measure a classical education?
A big comprehensive school, followed by a degree and a career in STEM subjects?
NO. That's a modern education. A classical education was the 3 R's, Reading, Righting and Rithmatic. As taught by "Grammar" schools because of the importance of rhetoric (see previous post about political apointments).
How do you measure happiness? Well according to one influential arab all that is needed is, a good book, wine, bread, company and song.
https://www.bartleby.com/101/698.html
Interesting. That is a different rendering from the one I have. I like Omar Khayyam. And I think he is broadly right with the definition.
Dod
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 41 guests