For the next week I will be writing a research paper on the “three good things” gratitude process. For this blog post I am practicing writing the findings section of the paper.
I first found out about this process in my english composition class. Each week we are assigned to write a blog. When it came time for a new post, our professor to us to try the “three good things process.” He assigned us to write down three good things that happen. So I did. I made a journal, and for seven days I wrote down three good things that happened to me. It was a new experience. I found that while writing I started to feel appreciative. It put me in a good mood. Hoewer, while it did put me in a good mood, it didn’t last that long. After 10 or 20 minutes I went back to my usual ways. Because of that I stopped doing the process once the assignment was complete. A few days after the assignment I decided to go back into my journal. I did this to see whether there were any themes. Some of the things I wrote down include “I played Tennis with my dad in the morning. We hadn’t played in a while… My brother lives in North Carolina. Today he said he’s thinking about coming to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving...I’m grateful that I can sit down and watch a soccer game with my dad...My mom was taking a walk outside. On the phone she chuckled while telling me to go pick up the laundry from the dryer. I’m glad I made sure that it was my family’s laundry this time.” The theme that I noticed is family. I noticed that my family was in over half of my journal. This made me realise a couple of things. It made me realise that my family is a big part of my life. It made me realise how much I have been taking them for granted. It made me so grateful to be a part of my family, and that makes me feel good. That is how the three good things process had a positive impact on my life.
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For the next week I will be writing a research paper on the “three good things” gratitude process. For this blog post I am practicing writing the literature review section of the paper.
The word psychology used to have a sad reputation to it. Whenever people heard it, they thought of mental illness, sickness, and insanity. Martin Seligman wanted to change this. He wanted to focus on the good things of psychology. He became the founder of positive psychology. Martin Seligman’s positive psychology focused on well-being. One might say that the definition of well-being is the state of being happy. Martin Seligman had a different idea in mind. To define well-being he came up with the acronym known as P.E.R.M.A. This acronym stands for Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaningfulness, Accomplishments. Positive emotions are the things in life that make you feel happy. Engagement is how you interact with the things around you. Relationships is how you interact with the people around you. The things in life that have an impact on you are the things that make your life meaningful. Finally, accomplishments are the goals in your life. This includes getting a good grade on your test, getting a job, winning a trophy, meeting a deadline and more. Most people will never stop being hungry for more. There will always be more. You get a 100 thousand dollars, now you want a million dollars. You get a million dollars, now you want a billion. You get an apartment, now you want a house, you get a house, now you want a mansion. A person can’t reach well-being with this type of mentality. You have to stop and appreciate the things you already have in life. This is known as gratitude. To practice gratitude Martin Seligman created the “three good things” gratitude process. The “three good things” gratitude process is meant to have a positive impact on your well-being. The way it works is simple. The process itself takes place over the course of seven days. What you have to do is write down three good things that happened to you and that you are grateful for each day. It is important that you write them down on paper instead of thinking about it in your head. After you do this for seven days, your well-being should be positively impacted. For the next couple of weeks I will be writing a research paper. For this blog post I’m am practicing writing my introduction for the paper. This means I might not use this specific introduction for the final draft of my paper.
Your dreams came true. You have a beautiful house. You have beautiful cars. You have gotten yourself a job that pays quite well. You’re a success. However, even with all of these, you still don’t feel happy. Why is that? Is there something wrong with you? Well no, not quite. There are studies that show that there is nothing wrong with you. Dr. Martin Seligman developed a process to improve your well-being. He defines well being as the acronym P.E.R.M.A, which stands for positive emotion, engagement, relationship, meaningfulness, and accomplishment. The process is called “three good things.” This process is easy to follow. You have to write down three good things that happened during the day each day for one week. I tried this process myself. For seven days I wrote down three good things. Does this process work? Can the “three good things process” have a positive impact on someone’s well being? For me, the “three good things process did have a positive impact on my well-being. Dear Dr. Seligman
For the past week I decided to go through your “three good things” process. The purpose of this process is to improve one’s well being. The way the process works is simple. You have to write three good things that happen to you each day, for seven days. The results however, are not as simple. This process did indeed improve my well being, but only for a short period of time. For example, I wrote that I was grateful that my dad picked me up from school. The reason I was grateful is because usually I have to take two buses to get home. When I wrote about this it made me feel happy and appreciative. But I soon forgot about it later and went back to feeling normal. Same thing occurred with another example. I wrote that I was grateful that the program I used to do homework, explained how each problem is done. Again, this only made me feel happy, for a short period of time. There are a couple of questions to consider. The first is time. Is seven days enough time to for this process to have an effect? For me personally the answer to that is no. Like I stated previously, the process didn’t have an enough effect on me. I think that is due to time. Because of this, I will continue to do the process for seven more days and see what happens. The other question is does this work on everybody. I believe the answer to that is also no. I found out about this process through a class I’m taking in college. I was assigned to do this process. This means that other people were assigned as well. At the end of the process, my classmates were asked how they felt about it. Some said it worked for them, while others said it no effect at all. This makes me believe that whether it works or not depends on the person. That is how I felt about your process of “three good things” For this blog post I was asked to write a journal entry for seven days. For each day I had to find three good things that happened to me. This was supposed to have a positive impact on my well being. To do this I read : What is Positive Pyschology & Why Is it Important? (Positive Psychology Program), Greater Good in Action: Science-Based Practices for a Meaningful Life (UC Berkeley's Project Home Page), and Three Good Things (Greater Good in Action)
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