what makes you happy? and why?

Question

I am looking for activities or hobbies I can start. It's getting a little boring sitting at the computer all day. Please don't say sex, drugs, or alcohol.

Answer 1

I collect flowering mosses and grow them in a refrigerator in my basement. Then, I take photographs of their blossoms. That's fun. I canoe and mountainclimb every day to find new kinds. That's fun, too. But, for big fun, I jump out of airplanes. Try skydiving. Sure cures boredom in a hurry. Frisbee is the best, though. Just go play.

Answer 2

Happiness is an agreeable feeling or condition
arising from good fortune or propitious happening
of any kind. It is the possession of those
circumstances or that state of being which is
attended with enjoyment. It is associated with
good luck, good fortune, prosperity, well-being,
delight, health, safety, and love.

Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost
every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal
appetites. It ia a state of well-being
characterized by emotions ranging from contentment
to intense joy. These include: bliss, joy, joyous,
carefree, jubilant, exultant, cheerful, playful,
amused, fun, glad, gay, gleeful, jolly, jovial,
delighted, euphoric, ecstatic, thrilled, elated,
enraptured, comfortable, harmonious, and
triumphant. Societies, religions, and individuals
have various views on the nature of happiness and
how to pursue it.

Only saint-like persons, who feel that they are no
longer interested in the external world, think
that happiness is within. For many persons,
nothing can make them happy. Our minds are as
different as our finger prints - no two are alike.
Listening to loud music makes one happy and makes
another unhappy. Hence, there can be no single
definition for happiness. It is probably
impossible to objectively define happiness as
humans know and understand it, as internal
experiences are subjective by nature. Because of
this, explaining happiness as experienced by one
individual is as pointless as trying to define the
color green such that a completely color blind
person could understand the experience of seeing
green.

As a state and a subject, it has been pursued and
commented on extensively throughout world history.

"Call no man happy till he is dead." - Aeschylus

"Happiness is a positive cash flow." - Fred Adler

"Many persons have a wrong idea of what
constitutes true happiness. It is not attained
through self-gratification but through fidelity to
a worthy purpose." - Joseph Addison

"True happiness arises, in the first place, from
the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from
the friendship and conversation of a few select
companions." - Joseph Addison

Happiness is often associated with the presence of
favourable circumstances such as a supportive
family life, a loving marriage, and economic
stability. Kali Yuga, the age of darkness, is the
time when these favourables are difficult to find.

Unfavorable circumstances - such as abusive
relationships, accidents, loss of employment, and
conflicts - diminish the amount of happiness a
person experiences. In all nations, factors such
as hunger, disease, crime, corruption, and warfare
can decrease happiness. However, according to
several ancient and modern thinkers, happiness is
influenced by the attitude and perspective taken
on such circumstances.

From the observation that fish must become happy
by swimming, and birds must become happy by
flying. Aristotle points to the unique abilities
of man as the route to happiness. Of all the
animals only man can sit and contemplate reality.
Of all the animals only man can develop social
relations to the political level. Thus the
contemplative life of a monk or professor, or the
political life of a military commander or
politician will be the happiest according to their
own psyche.

The following is the self-reported positive affect
(i.e. positive emotion) during the day by 909
employed women in USA:

Activities and their positive effect index:

Intimate relations 5.10
Socializing 4.59
Relaxing 4.42
Pray/Worship/Meditate 4.35
Eating 4.34
Exercising 4.31
Watching TV 4.19
Shopping 3.95
Preparing food 3.93
On the phone 3.92
Napping 3.87
Taking care of
my children 3.86
Computer/Email/
Internet 3.81
Housework 3.73
Working 3.62
Commuting 3.45

Interaction with partners:

w/ friends 4.36
w/ relatives 4.17
w/ spouse/Significant
other 4.11
w/ children 4.04
w/ clients/customers 3.79
w/ co-workers 3.76
w/ boss 3.52
alone 3.41

Further, happiness is not entirely psychological
in nature - it has got a biological basis too. The
neurotransmitter dopamine is involved in desire
and seems often related to pleasure. Pleasure can
be induced artificially with drugs. Use of drugs
is not some thing new, it has been used by many
including Sanyasis since millenia.

Answer 3

Myself; myself is the only one who can; I believe happiness comes from within. I could go out there and start a new hobby and if i'm not happy somewhat in the first place what good is it going to do me? Everyday I do things such as watching cartoons or something like that to inhance that happiness; it won't stay there unless you cultivate it,

Answer 4

Solving problems. Striving to be a good example of a good human. Making other people smile. Finding the good in anything. The study of science and nature. Psychology, knowing what makes people tick, and why people are the way they are. Finding others like me.
Boating and fishing are great also. Hiking is awesome.

Answer 5

Reading makes me happy.

Try challenging yourself; look up a book list online (try a list of english classics, and try reading all the books on the list). It will consume your time and that way you won't be spending it sitting in front of the computer all day, and you'll also gain knowledge from the books.

Answer 6

skateboarding because it numbs out all the mental pain and replaces it with phsical pain also it has destroyed my life so maybe you try drawing instead wait a sec. my life was all ready fuct but well i guess skating is okay then

Answer 7

Learning.
I love learning. You know...
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

That's how you find what you're interested in.

Answer 8

i really want to start sailing. lol.