Wellness Learning Review

What is subjective well-being?

• A science experiment

• Being happy with your life in your life

• a checklist of things everyone needs to buy/do in order to be happy

• a test you take at the Doctor to find out if you are healthy.

Why try to be more happy?

• Happiness is correlated with better health, a high salary, better relationships and better decision making.

• To annoy everyone else.

• To be the best person in the world

• Because Ms. Greeson tells me to be more happy.

Ms. Cleveland would like to run a half marathon at Disneyworld. What are some things she should do in order to successfully accomplish this goal?

• The day before the race, book her flight and buy gym shoes.

• Write the goal down and put it in her folder and never look at it again.

• Talk to her friends about it, Write a WOOP Plan that include training and a budget, post about it on Facebook.

• Watch a YouTube video about running.

Mr. Brown is having a horrible day. He lost his lucky hat, somebody dented his new car, his morning class is not paying attention, and he is behind on grading while dealing with very little sleep. He is getting pretty angry. What are some things he can do to feel better?

• Yell at the Barker Creek Staff and Students

• Bottle up his frustration and ignore it.

• Hide in the bookroom and catch up on grading.

• Explain to Ms. Atkinson he is feeling frustrated and angry and talk about it.

What is hedonic adaptation?

• the process by which a species becomes fitted to its environment

• After something bad or good happens, you feel bad or good, but after a time, you return to your stable level of happiness.

• Making friends at school

• Adjusting a goal when you don't make it.

What are examples of signature strengths?

• spirituality, bravery, humor, creativity, zest

• joy, sadness, disgust, anger, ennui

• physical fitness, salary, number of followers, face symmetry

• Your hidden talent

What are some daily or weekly habits Ms. Greeson should do to feel better?

• Get 7 or more hours of sleep and put her phone in the living room at night.

• Meditate daily and learn boxed breathing to throughout the day.

• Journal and listen to her favorite band.

• Go on a walk, play tennis with Ms. Cleveland, and take a yoga class

Mr. Crisman recently heard about this thing called social media. He has a couple hours free on Saturday to explore it. How can he use social media to improve his happiness?

• Join Instagram and start following Kim Kardashian, Mr. Beast, Taylor Swift, Logan Paul and Dwayne Johnson.

• Join TikTok and look through it for 2 hours.

• Join Facebook and look for local boating groups, messaging members and scheduling events he can attend.

• Start a YouTube Channel and commit to reading and responding to everyone who comments.

Ms. Erickson has a new student named Ryan who just came to Barker Creek. Ryan didn't have a great time at his old school and would like to make new friends in his first Hex. He knows that social connections and friends make you happier. What classes would you recommend he try to accomplish this goal?

• Pearson Earth Science

• Lifetime Activities

• Creative Fiber Arts

• Robotics

If you wanted to use a growth mindset, what could you say to yourself?

• I give up.

• I can't do this yet.

• I'm not good at this.

• This is too hard.