Author Archives: whyteaidan

When it comes to old age, I look forward to be a senior citizen very much. The idea of being retired with days to myself to do whatever I like is amazing. A traditional retirement to focus on myself and my family would be the primary goal (Finley, 2020, Positive Aging, slide 25). My idealContinue reading “Blog Post #10: Positive Aging”

Moving forward in Idaho, there will be plenty of opportunities to work in my small town or any of the plenty neighboring towns. One thing that I saw in town next door to mine was a high school. My mother even sent me some information about job listings there. I’ve always thought, but not tooContinue reading “Blog Post #9: Positive Youth Development”

I want to write about three of acts of kindness that have happened in the last few days with two friends of mine. Two of these events were with a best friend of mine, Kevin, and with a good friend from Whittier College, Michael. These events were by no means “super-hero” or “altruist” acts ofContinue reading “Blog Post #7”

When it comes to my personal and friendly relationships, I tend to end up using both sides of the green and red cape. As discussed in today’s lecture, the green cape is used to focus on the building up on positive aspects of relationships while the red is used to deal with any of theContinue reading “Blog Post #6: Red & Green Capes”

http://kokodahistorical.com.au/diggers-stories/leslie-c-bull-allen-mm-uss Corporal Leslie “Bull” Allen was a stretcher-bearer for the Commonwealth of Australia during World War II. He was known for his size and courage in battle to save his brothers in arms. Allen had already taken risks to save men before while serving in the Middle East but came to fame for his effortsContinue reading “Blog Post #5: Elevation”

My number one character strength from today’s survey revealed that judgement was my number one traits. Frankly this doesn’t surprise me. I tend to weigh in every option I can when making a decision and choosing based on what will benefit the most while causing the least harm. This aligns with my third strongest trait,Continue reading “Blog Post #4: Judgement”

Samuel Clemens was born in 1835 in Missouri. He had grown up in a family with six siblings, three of whom had passed away in his youth. His father, John Clemens, had died of illness when he was only eleven. Growing up, Samuel went into the printing industry and eventually moved to New York toContinue reading “Blog Post #3: The Source of Mark Twain’s Creativity and Motivation”

Authentic Happiness Theory by Martin Seligman (2002) is used to help gauge one’s happiness through activity. There are three scoring criteria: pleasure, engagement, and meaning. Pleasure is the immediate reaction we get, usually in the form of satisfaction or conversely, negative response. Engagement is how much attention we can keep on something. This can rangeContinue reading “Blog Prompt #2: Authentic Happiness Data”

Happiness is “Satisfaction with what you have and who you are,” “To be content and loved,” “Enjoying the little things and being grateful,” and “Reading, sleeping, and laughing.” These are some answers given from folk on the Whittier College campus when asked what happiness means to them. While I think all these answers are correct,Continue reading “Blog Prompt #1: Happiness To Me”