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Professor Van Boven claims there are three reasons that experiences are the source of joy and contentment:
Experiences are the secret to finding happiness. This,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], by the way, supports the theory in The Secret that visualization has the same effects as actually doing an activity. Thinking about doing something can induce the same positve mood and happy feelings as if you were actually participating in that activity. So, if you're interested in how to be happy but are stuck in the office or in prison, visualize activities that bring happiness.
Read on
Positive Thinking: A Baton for Attaining Success and Happiness
In Pursuit of Happiness
How to Be Happy: Get Rid of Material Possessions
Why Experiences Make People Happy
“Retail therapy” (shopping as a source of happiness) is not only a waste of money, it doesn’t make people happy. Posessions aren't a source of joy and contentment,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and they can't make you happy. According to Assistant Professor Leaf Van Boven (University of Colorado at Boulder), people enjoy more pleasure and life satisfaction from experiencing things than buying material goods. Even just thinking about participating in experiences instead of buying possessions induces a more positive mood!
New research shows that the one thing that provides happiness is our experiences.
1. Experiences are open to positive reinterpretations. Your experience (even if it’s arguing with your partner about leaving the toilet seat up when you’re in the middle a shopping excursion at the grocery store) can be reinterpreted as fun, interesting, and positive. Experiences are relative, and depend on your thought processes. A possession, on the other hand,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is what it is. It’s outside of you and doesn’t relate to your identity (unless of course you invented it, but that’s a different story). Possessions don’t change and are separate from you. They aren't a source of joy and contentment because they don't change.
What makes people happy is different for everyone -- and it's a good thing! My source of happiness has to be different than yours,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], for no other reason that there wouldn’t be enough of one thing to go around. For instance, if iPhones were the only way to find happiness, the supply couldn't keep up with demand - and nobody would be happy.
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