Happiness Essay

Happin" rel="nofollow">iness Essay Your first paper will be based on Chapter 14 from Wide Awake. You need to use at least one of the readin" rel="nofollow">ings from the chapter to support your argument. You can approach the topic from one of these standpoin" rel="nofollow">ints: What role does choice play in" rel="nofollow">in your happin" rel="nofollow">iness? Is choice ever a bad thin" rel="nofollow">ing? Write about a time in" rel="nofollow">in your life when you were able to adapt to change for the better. Which skills did you use to fin" rel="nofollow">ind happin" rel="nofollow">iness? What could you do to make yourself more adaptable? Describe your own pursuit of happin" rel="nofollow">iness. What do you need to be happy and what kin" rel="nofollow">inds of changes could you make to improve your happin" rel="nofollow">iness? How does the Tibetan Buddhist practice of min" rel="nofollow">indfulness help people exercise their happin" rel="nofollow">iness “muscle”? What role does non-attachment play in" rel="nofollow">in one’s happin" rel="nofollow">iness? Are there thin" rel="nofollow">ings you thin" rel="nofollow">ink we should be attached to? What kin" rel="nofollow">inds of societal pressures do women, min" rel="nofollow">inorities, and/or LGBTQIA* identities face and how does that affect the happin" rel="nofollow">iness of these populations? What needs to change? If you come up with a different approach, let me know and we can discuss it. Your essay will be 5 paragraphs (each 7-10 sentences long) and in" rel="nofollow">incorporate at least one of the essays or excerpts from Chapter 14. You need an in" rel="nofollow">introduction—it should contextualize your topic. You also need a thesis statement. Refer back to Chapter 4 for a refresher and the OWL Thesis Statement Guides will also help. 3 Body Paragraphs—you need an example and analysis to further your argument in" rel="nofollow">in each paragraph. At least one of your paragraphs should deal with a source. If you are writin" rel="nofollow">ing a more personal essay, then you can use “I” and you need specific examples from your life to make your poin" rel="nofollow">int. Every example should have an argument, and every argument should have an example. Conclusion—tie all of your main" rel="nofollow">in poin" rel="nofollow">ints together. Don’t in" rel="nofollow">introduce a new source or argument, but you can brin" rel="nofollow">ing your argument to its logical conclusion. What needs to change?