Enjoy Engage Extend
I tweeted recently about one way to look at (and create) happiness that employs three pieces:
1. Enjoyment – this has to do with pleasure and doing things we enjoy (eating chicken wings, watching a movie…)
2. Engagement – this involves doing what we’re good at; using our talents (singing, playing drums, making people laugh…)
3. Meaning – this is about reaching beyond ourselves and our own pleasure and fulfillment and sharing our gifts with our extended community (charity, volunteering, philanthropy…)
A personal example: