This first task may prove to be the most thought-provoking one in your Happiness course. The assignment is for you to answer a simple question: What is happiness? To facilitate this task, I want you to write a “happiness letter” in the form of a personal letter to yourself.
Write your happiness letter by hand and keep it in a safe place as you will be referring to it in a later lesson.
Exercise:
Please write detailed reflections for the following questions:
- Why is achieving happiness important to me?
- What currently brings me happiness in my life?
- What thoughts, actions, behaviors, or circumstances presently undermine happiness in my life?
- Is there a specific issue in my life at the moment that diminishes my happiness?
- What does an ideal life of happiness look like to me?
Exercise:
Now that you have completed your ‘happiness letter,” Invite others you know to write their own happiness letter.
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