A new month means a new Action for Happiness Calendar with daily prompts to guide you through the monthly theme. The theme for this month is Meaningful May. The ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle, described a form of happiness that he argued was more important than pleasure alone – ‘activities of the soul that are in accord with virtue’, in other words, help us strive towards the best within us. He called this Eudaimonia [1]. Meaning in life is integral to this and alongside pleasure, is incorporated into modern-day psychological theories and models of happiness, wellbeing and flourishing [2]. Psychologists certainly agree that meaning matters for happiness and there are actions that can help us find or create it. In fact, all the other Keys to Happier Living can contribute to finding and creating meaning in your life. How do psychologists define meaning? Leading expert on meaning in life Dr Michael Steger describes meaning as having three, interrelated elements, that contribute to having a sense of meaning in our lives [4]: There’s no single prescription to what meaning means in our own lives. What it means for us may evolve over time, the course of our lives, emerging from reflecting on […]
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