The biggest fallacies about happiness are the sentences that begin, “I would be happy IF…” or “I will be happy WHEN…” These statements represent the 10% - the circumstances such as your job, beauty, wealth or relationship, that ultimately do not weigh enough in the grand scheme of your happiness to make a big or sustainable difference in your well-being. The following activities will help you find strategies that fit with the source of your unhappiness, fit with your strengths and fit with your lifestyles.
Person-Activity Fit Diagnostic
VIA Survey of Character Strengths
As an educator, think about how each of these activities can be implemented in your classroom practices to help you get to know your students and the other staff members in your school.