Wild and wonderful news shared today. West Virginia was ranked #34 out of 50 states and the D.C. in “happiest” states. This was a better score compared to a recent scale, which W.Va. was ranked in the last ten. So, be happy West Virginia!
People in this study were given a numerical scale to report their own level of happiness. It is a life-satisfaction scale. A second part of the measurement was an observation of things in each state that could cause a person to smile or frown, such as: weather, air quality, costs, etc. Study lasted from 2005 until 2008 and had 1.3 million participants.
Recreational therapists, like me, take an active role in promoting people’s overall life-satisfaction, well-being, and happiness. Many recreational therapists work in psychiatric or mental health settings. They treat people with illnesses such as depression and anxiety.
Do you want to feel happier?
Mother called me last week. Said she found a neat book I’d enjoy. She said the book reminded her of my book, Discover Hidden Secret Wisdom. Think you’ll enjoy this book, too.
It’s called: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, which was released this month. It’s a memoir based on one-year, which the author used wisdom of the ages, current scientific studies, and lessons from popular culture on how to be happy – from Aristotle to Martin Seligman to Thoreau to Oprah.
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The author keeps a blog for this book.
Follow it here:
http://www.happiness-project.com/
Check out Discover Hidden Secret Wisdom, too.
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Source for happiness study here:
Bryner, J. (Dec 17, 2009). Happiest U.S. states pinned down. Live Science. Retrieved online (Dec. 17, 2009) from this site: http://www.livescience.com/culture/091217-happy-state-list.html
Already pre-ordered a copy of the happiness project, which will be released Dec. 29th. will blog a book review for you in Jan.
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