Blue Moon Training Workshop

Welcome to the Blue Moon Blog! 

Our first topic for the blog conversation is happiness.  I am very excited to write and read and respond to topics and ideas about happiness.  Some would argue that if you have to work hard at happiness - it’s somehow artificial.   Should happiness, by its very nature, be effortless and easy?  I will argue that happiness is both hard work and spontaneous delight.  The pursuit of happiness is another choice.  On the Likert scale of life, happiness as hard work is on one end of the scale and spontaneous delight is on the other end.  Pursuit is in the middle.  All of the choices are equal.

Likert Scale – Quest for Happiness:

(1) Hard Work                          (3) In Pursuit of Happiness                           (5)   Spontaneous Delight

Ask yourself how you feel about the following topics – where do they fall on the scale?

1.    When I think of my home in relation to happiness, home is….

2.  Time with my family is…

3.  When you ask me about my co-workers in relation to my happiness, I say my relationship with them is …

4.  Personally, my job satisfaction contributes to my happiness because work is… 

5.  My ability to make a difference in the world is…

I’d be interested to know what thoughts these ideas provoke about the state of your happiness. 

Do we need more training in how to be happy?  I’ve studied the subject extensively as it related to depression and the lack of happiness.  When we are depressed, what can we do to get back to happiness?  How much control do we have?  Who do you know that has a good handle on happiness?  If you are one of those “naturally happy” people, how do you do it?  What skills have you learned that you could share with the rest of us?

Let’s have a chat about how we will maintain a positive outlook on what is going on around us and in us to create happiness.