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What are your pleasure, flow, and meaning activities?
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April 8th, 2011
I watched a TED talk by Martin Seligman that my meditation teacher recommended. In it, he talks about three paths to happiness:
(1) Pleasure activities. Doing things you enjoy brings you happiness, except you have to be careful because pleasure habituates quickly (e.g., the sixth spoonful of ice cream never tastes as good as the first).
(2) Flow activities. Flow refers to that feeling of being totally absorbed in what you’re doing—being in “the zone.”
(3) Meaning activities. This refers to doing things that are altruistic and give your life a sense of purpose, that let you feel like you’re making a contribution.
Do you have these activities in your life? Would you recommend any to other people? Do you agree that they bring you happiness?
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