A turn for the I don't know what.

So I am taking this course on EdX.  (No, not ed XXX, get your mind out of the gutter!) They suggest that I have a notebook to do these home work exercises. Since I am an exhibitionist, I thought it would be interesting to do the assignments here! 

What course am I taking you ask? Well, I am taking a course called The Science of Happiness. 

Here is some information from the  EdX website, (click on the link if you want to read more). 

About this Course

We all want to be happy, and there are countless ideas about what happiness is and how we can get some. But not many of those ideas are based on science. That’s where this course comes in.

“The Science of Happiness” is the first MOOC to teach the ground-breaking science of positive psychology, which explores the roots of a happy and meaningful life. Students will engage with some of the most provocative and practical lessons from this science, discovering how cutting-edge research can be applied to their own lives. Created by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, the course will zero in on a fundamental finding from positive psychology: that happiness is inextricably linked to having strong social connections and contributing to something bigger than yourself—the greater good. Students will learn about the cross-disciplinary research supporting this view, spanning the fields of psychology, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, and beyond.

Just a bit of background on why I took this course.  I am usually the most happy, positive and optimistic person in the crowd. I can find joy anywhere -- usually.  Over the last couple of years, that has not been the case.  With that in mind, I thought I would take the course to get back to where I once belonged. 

So if our voyeuristic tendencies have your curious, follow my blog for the next 8 weeks or so!