Tagged By Futrah

The easiest way to update a blog. Do a TAG !

1. Open this website : http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx

2. Take the Personality Quiz

3. Copy Paste the result to your blog.

4. Tag your friends including me :)

My result :
Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.

The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You like serious, smart and determined people. You don't judge a book by its cover, so good-looking people aren't necessarily your style. This makes you an attractive person in many people's eyes.

Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You are ready to commit as soon as you meet the right person. And you believe you will pretty much know as soon as you might that person.

The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?

Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.

The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.

How do you view success:
Success in your career is not the most important thing in life. You are content with what you have and think that being with someone you love is more than spending all of your precious time just working.

What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.

Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.

I wonder how true is this? Doesn't sound like me... hahahahahahah....


I'm so going to be disliked for this, but what the heck, i want to continue the tagging tradition, so
I tag Raden, Wan, Hard, Safuan, and Rarza. Hope that you guys don't mind to continue the tradition as well.


Regards

What Does Happiness Means?

Taken from WikiPedia, and it seems that even through Wiki, they still open their statements for further citations. It appears that even the scholars (i presume they are) whom has written these citations are having problems to actually determine what does Happiness really means.

So, lets first see what WikiPedia has to say.......

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling such as contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. A variety of philosophical, religious, psychological and biological approaches have been taken to defining happiness and identifying its sources.

Philosophers and religious thinkers have often defined happiness in terms of living a good life, or flourishing, rather than simply as an emotion. Happiness in this older sense was used to translate the Greek Eudaimonia, and is still used in virtue ethics. In everyday speech today, however, terms such as well-being or quality of life are usually used to signify the classical meaning, and happiness is reserved for the felt experience or experiences that philosophers historically called pleasure.

Research has identified a number of correlates with happiness. These include religious involvement, parenthood, marital status, age, income and proximity to other happy people. Happiness economics suggests that measures of public happiness should be used to supplement more traditional economic measures when evaluating the success of public policy.

Hmm... It still doesn't mean much.

While direct measurement of happiness is difficult, tools such as The Oxford Happiness Inventory have been developed by researchers. Physiological correlates to happiness can be measured through a variety of techniques, and survey research can be based on self-reported happiness levels. Through using this tool, it signifies that there are different levels of happiness. You can actually measure on "How Happy Are You?". I tried this tool, it sucked ! Big time ! I am not saying that my happiness level sucks (well...ermm) but the quiz itself sucks! Try it for yourself and see the results. Anyways, the method applied through this tool is somewhat too general. One must questions ones personal feelings at that very moment when answering. It kind of leaves me to think that happiness is moment to moment basis.

Hmm..

When i think about it, i think its true. The so called Happiness that we seek are actually just a spark of emotions which does not last. Just like any other emotions. One moment your Happy and the next moment your emotions changes to something else depending on the situation you are in that may effect your emotional state. So is happiness just that? Basically if you want to be happy, you have to keep doing things to make you happy and keep at this cycle if you want to keep that happiness. Sounds like being happy takes a lot of work, but its as simple and as direct as it can be. And so by placing this into a balancing scale, you have to put something in order to gain something. Given that you know what you want/need. So, being happy is not so difficult after all.

Example 1:
When you are sad, for some, they would go shopping to make themselves happy (but wait until they get their credit card bills, then they'd be sad again), some would eat (tried to weight yourself lately?), some would meet up with friends and do activities together to get their mind off of things and thus strive for a happy feeling (what happens when your friends are all busy?).

Whatever you do, it seems that you have to "do" something in order to achieve happiness.
hmm... i question is happiness really is happiness? How happy is happy.

The feeling of contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy is what happiness is all about. How true is this? I can't help to think that the first two (contentment and personal satisfaction) are of higher degree than pleasure and joy. Why is that? Its because I believe that contentment and satisfaction lasts longer than the latter. Contentment and satisfactions seems to come at a greater cost and more difficult to achieve than that of pleasure or joy. By doing something right, or through achieving something good (or great for that matter), you become contented as well as personally satisfied. Whereas pleasures or joy, seems easier to achieve (see Example 1). That is a good example of achieving pleasures or joy which also makes you happy. Correct? Hmm.. Seems like there is also a term for a person whom strives so much for pleasures and joy which is called Hedoism. When i read it, it sounds more of a psychological disorder.

hmmm......

I have been following this blog called The Happiness Project. And yes, base on the name itself, its as you read it. Its basically a project, a set of things you can do to make and keep yourself happy. But i am sorry to say, this is too superficial since it aims more towards pleasures and joy but not towards contentment and self satisfaction. But i do find that blog helpful in most way as to achieve a "quickie" happy solution.

hmm......

To tell you the truth, i don't know what happiness really means. How true is this so called happiness that everyone seems to strive for. To me, its more than just a smiling face. Its more of a heart felt contentment and personal satisfaction. So to me, i don't strive to be happy, but more of that i strive to achieve contentment and personal satisfaction. I have to unravel what is the Universal Truth about happiness, only that everyone is searching for it. Everyone wants to be happy. But, that sentence itself is also a mere moment to moment basis as i wonder is there such a thing as eternal happiness in this world? If so, than i believe its the Universal Truth of Happiness because everyone strive for eternal happiness (contentment and self satisfaction) and i believe that everyone's definition and understanding of this sort of happiness is the same through and through.

Walla'hu'alam

hmm...
What about you? What does happiness means to you? What is your level of happiness?


Regards