Stuart Mill Happiness

Title of Your Report Mill has many arguments about how to become happy on different terms. He believes that if people focus too much on becoming happy they will end up becoming unhappy and how happiness shouldn't be their goal. My main ideas are ¨… people who place a high value on happiness report greater feelings of loneliness,¨ ¨if our expectations are too high, we are bound to feel unsatisfied,¨ and ¨if we become too focused on becoming happy, we may forget to be happy.¨ All three of those points mirror what Mill was trying to say and tell people about the pursuit of happiness. I do agree with what Mill is saying about this topic and I support his knowledge and his knowing of what is best for people to do. Although people do become happy in many ways, people will become unhappy focusing too much on becoming happy.
First of all ¨… people who place a high value on happiness report greater feelings of loneliness.¨(Maria Konnikova 7). People who strive for happiness might not even reach it because of what they do to obtain it. When people want to reach a personal goal, they can push the people around them away to try to become what they having been waiting for. That person will then have no one to share experiences with or go
If you only focus on what you want and how to get there then you might forget to actually accomplish what we put to mind. It’s good that you want to be happy, but it shouldn’t be your main focus of the day. Working towards happiness can take years of one’s life and shouldn’t be expected to come within a day. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t at least try to become happy, but let it come to you don’t chase after it. Just like Konnikova said we can forget to be happy focusing too much on achieving happiness. Live in the moment and don’t worry about how your feeling or if you have a huge exam, you will always have another day to do