heu·ris·tic adj \hyu̇-ˈris-tik\
:involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem-solving by experimental and especially trial-and-error methods <heuristic techniques> <a heuristic assumption>
You may be reading this blog and wondering what is a happiness heuristic. As you can see from the definition above, a heuristic is basically the discovery of a solution to a problem, only the discovery comes after many tests and trials and experiments.
How does this relate to happiness?
As I go about my daily life and run into so many unhappy (miserable even) people, I am seeing there is a real problem with how satisfied people are with their lives. People who seem to have everything, people who seem to have nothing and people in between.
I think there is a misconception in our society about what happiness is. We seem to think that happiness comes with buying something new, something bigger and better than we had before. Our society views happiness as a promotion, a new car, being the Jones', a new tech toy, exotic vacations, the latest fashions, etc.
I was one of them and I am still working on NOT being one of them. I want to share with you what worked for me - what my heuristic, or solution, to my own personal unhappiness turned out to be.
With a few tweaks to your way of thinking and your attitude, you can find happiness and contentment in the smallest things. You will find yourself grinning stupidly at the feeling of the wind on your skin. You will find yourself inexplicably calm in the face of stress. Your entire world will open up and everything will change because you will have found true happiness.
I think there is a misconception in our society about what happiness is. We seem to think that happiness comes with buying something new, something bigger and better than we had before. Our society views happiness as a promotion, a new car, being the Jones', a new tech toy, exotic vacations, the latest fashions, etc.
I was one of them and I am still working on NOT being one of them. I want to share with you what worked for me - what my heuristic, or solution, to my own personal unhappiness turned out to be.
With a few tweaks to your way of thinking and your attitude, you can find happiness and contentment in the smallest things. You will find yourself grinning stupidly at the feeling of the wind on your skin. You will find yourself inexplicably calm in the face of stress. Your entire world will open up and everything will change because you will have found true happiness.
