focus on the good life

• Seligman suggests that there are 3 dimensions to happiness:
• 1. the pleasant life refers to activities that are focused on positive emotions which makes us feel good, being mindful of how they make us feel.
• 2. the good life means engaging in activities that help us to reach a state of flow; this includes focusing on our signature strengths, having positive relationships with others, and working towards achieving our goals.
• 3. the meaningful life refers to the state of fulfilment we get from using our character strengths for a deeper purpose.
• the concept of "flow," developed by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi refers to reaching the state of being fully engaged in an activity, where there is also a balance between the level of challenge the activity presents and the skills we have to deal with it.