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Copyright 2015

Be Happy
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While no one is ever 100% happy, scientists have found that there are 3 keys that make most people more happy:
1. Gratitude (being thankful for things that give you joy & are interesting)
2. Connection (healthy relationships with others)
3. Giving (feeling like what you do matters to others; time, service, materials, words etc.)




Happiness Key #1: Gratitude

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What is gratitude?
Gratitude is being grateful, thankful, optimistic, appreciative, finding the "silver lining", seeing the glass half full rather than half empty, content, satisfied, and acknowledging & celebrating your strengths.


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Get into the habit of gratitude.
Try one of these ideas:



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1- Create a Gratitude Journal.
  • Decorate the cover of a book or notebook or create your own book. (Check out how to build a book in the Book Making workshop!)
  • Write about what you are thankful for. Try to do this for each day.
  • If you don't know what to write in your journal, consider using these daily categories- one each day for a month:

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2- Create a Thankful Jar.
Create a jar or box to add your written notes about what you are grateful for. After a year, open up the jar and read all the notes!



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3- Create inspirational artwork.
Create artwork and display it so you can remind yourself often to be grateful.



With parent permission you can visit these free websites to create artwork online:
(There are ads.) You can screenshot (print screen) your art and save as a file to share. .

Word Clouds: http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

or http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/



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Collages:
https://www.befunky.com/create/collage/

or http://www.picmonkey.com/#go/collage



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4- Find a daily gratitude app.
There are many apps (some free) to add to your device to remind you to be grateful. Find one!

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Infographic resources:
http://my.happify.com/public/happify-daily/infographics/

http://my.happify.com/hd/gratitude-infographic/
http://my.happify.com/hd/science-of-happiness-infographic/
http://www.webpagefx.com/blog/general/the-science-of-happiness/



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      • Detective Science
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    • 9-10th grade badge workshops
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