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Pleasure Seekers Will Find Happiness
There is an ongoing debate on whether or not pleasure is the same as happiness. Most say that it is not. People argue that happiness is a long-term affair while pleasure is a fleeting experience. Because of the belief that pleasure doesn’t last, it is not considered to be a true form of happiness.
Pleasure is seen as something momentary and indulgent and not conducive to helping people become “better individuals.” Hence, the happiness one feels when going on a rollercoaster, for example, is seen as less valuable than the happiness one feels when engaging in community service because it is believed that going on a roller-coaster ride does not make you a better person.
The problem lies in the assumption that momentary or fleeting feelings of pleasure are not meaningful or growth producing in of themselves. In other words, we assume that eating a piece of chocolate, for example, does not contribute to long-term happiness because it is not growth producing or meaningful. I argue that it is meaningful, as long as pleasure is constructed as meaningful.
We have good reason to think that engaging in pleasure is meaningful. Research has found pleasure to be instrumental to our well-being. Hence, its pursuit should be considered meaningful as well. It is simply a matter of thinking about pleasure in a different way. .What we consider to be meaningful is determined by society. Activities can’t be meaningful unless somebody says that it is. Pleasure can be a meaningful experience if we decide that it should be. So, if one decides that the pursuit of pleasure is meaningful, then anything that gives us pleasure (including going on a roller-coaster ride) will be meaningful.
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What Can Pleasure Do For You?
Researchers have determined that pleasurable activities account for 40% of our happiness. An increase in pleasurable activities will result in an increase in happiness. Consequently, the benefits derived from happiness are the same as those for pleasure. Following is a shortened version of the benefits we get from being happy. Read the book for many more…
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HOW TO SURVIVE A RECESSION
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How To Survive Hard Times
Everyone faces hard times at some point or another. Economic uncertainty, strained family relationships, or health problems, are just a few examples of hard times that come to mind.
Hardships have one thing in common: they create a sense of desperation and uncertainty. Hard times can make most of us emotionally unstable and maybe even depressed. Depression is the last thing one needs when facing difficult times. How can we make sure we don’t make things worse by becoming sad, withdrawn, and defeated when we are faced with hard times?
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THE REWARDS OF UNHAPPINESS
What do you do if there is an area in your life that doesn’t make you happy and is not very pleasurable?
I’ve thought and investigated unhappiness quite a bit and have come to a momentary flash of insight. The first thing you must do when feeling unhappy is to identify the beliefs that are involved in creating this unhappy and unpleasurable situation.
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Dance Yourself Happy!
Psychology Today reports on a German study which found that tango dancers had lower levels of stress hormornes, higher levels of testosterone, and felt sexier and more relazed. Similarly a study at the University of New England found that participants engaging in tango had significant lower levels of depression than a control group who took no classes. Not big news to you who dance regularly, but an encouragement to those who do not!
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Desperate? Reach For Your Playlist
This year has been really really rough for me. I’ve had to come up with endless ways to keep my mood up. When I’m feeling especially discouraged, I reach for my special playlist. It contains pump-me-up music that will make any doubt and sense of defeat into an unnerving drive not to give up. I know that to do what I want to do things will be difficult and I will want to quite time and time again. The playlist has been life changing. If you don’t have one, I would urge you to create one.
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