Find Your Happy

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While scientists do not agree on how best to search for happiness, evidence from multiple standpoints highlights one wrong way to search for it, and that is when one does so at the expense of enjoying life right now. Therefore, organizational leaders and HR professionals may wish to dig further into some of these concepts to strengthen the happiness of their staff. Finding happiness through needs satisfaction

For me, horses were my happy place. I couldn’t get enough of my equine adventures. I helped out at the local stables and could happily spend many hours just brushing these majestic animals. For instance, volunteering for a cause one feels passionate about may not always feel pleasurable in the hedonic sense. It may involve spending long hours sweating in the sun, getting dirty, or dealing with challenging people or situations. Nonetheless, such pursuits may feed into our eudaimonic happiness as we live in unity with our values. The hedonic perspective of happiness argues that life’s goal is to experience the maximum amount of pleasure and the minimum amount of pain. According to this tradition, how happy we are can be boiled down to the sum of one’s total hedonic moments (Ryan & Deci, 2001). Be open to change. Even if it doesn’t feel good, change is the one thing you can count on. Change will happen, so make contingency plans and emotionally shore yourself up for the experience. Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. S. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46(2), 137-155.The ability to resist social pressures, regulate behavior from within, and evaluate oneself based on personal standards. Grant, A. (2013). Does trying to be happy make us unhappy? Psychology Today. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/give-and-take/201305/does-trying-be-happy-make-us-unhappy For another useful tool that attempts to reconcile the hedonic and eudaimonic perspectives of happiness, take a look at Hervás and Vázquez’s (2013) Pemberton Happiness Index (PHI). Third is oxytocin, which is the hormone associated with love, bonding, and close connection. This hormone is boosted primarily through physical touch and closeness with others, meaning that hugs, cuddling, and even simply spending time with others can significantly increase our happiness (Breuning, 2015; Uvnäs-Moberg, Handlin & Petersson, 2015).

To philosophers of the eudaimonic perspective, happiness would more likely involve the ritual of eating with someone you care about, thereby strengthening your connection with that person. It could also mean reaching your potential as a budding cook by learning to create a similarly tasty dish or giving the taco to someone hungry and in need.

Kristof‐Brown, A. L., Zimmerman, R. D., & Johnson, E. C. (2005). Consequences of individuals’ fit at work: A meta‐analysis of person-job, person-organization, person-group, and person-supervisor fit. Personnel Psychology, 58(2), 281-342. It’s vital to recognize that the path to happiness is different for everyone. So take a deep breath and follow your path. Learn to shut out the bombardment of messages all around you and listen to your yearnings. This blissful set is your ultimate me-time escape. With the refreshing fragrances of sea-salt, fresh water blossom, marine accord and orange peel — you’ll be transported to the sandy shores and sunkissed waves of paradise.