The Causes and Effects of Unhappiness
The Causes and Effects of Unhappiness
Academic English I: Essay II
Herlan Wijaya (1701320762)
Binus International University
Try to take a look at the people around you. How many people that you see that are happy? How many of them that are looked unhappy, sad, depressed, and not enjoying life? What happen to those people? Why do so many people feel unhappy? As according to Chernoff “There are many reasons, but it all boils down to one simple principle: They choose something else over happiness” (2011). And so this essay will explain about the common causes of an unhappy life, such as lack of self-esteem, wandering mind, being pessimistic and negative attitude, and a tendency to make life harder than it has to be. And the effect of an unhappiness.
The first cause of an unhappy life is the lack of self-esteem. And the bad habits that the low self-esteem people have are the habits to compare themselves with other people. As according to Robert Chen “Comparing yourself to others can be motivating if you have a strong self-esteem but more often than not, you will end up feeling bad about your own inferiority” (2012). Also the comparison are only comparing the best part of someone else’s life, and making them feel worthless, sad, and feel bad about themselves. Another bad habit that the low self-esteem people have are, they take peoples opinion personally, as they may get offended easily, and became insecure about themselves.
The second cause is a wandering mind. People with a wandering mind, tend to worry and obsessed with the past or future. Study shows that people spend almost half of their wake time thinking about other things than what they are actually doing, and make them feel sad (Samantha, 2013). Sometimes people keep thinking about the past mistakes and keep mourning it, and other times people are obsessed with the future that are unknown. And the obsession of the unknown makes them worried about all things and creating a lot of negative
Academic English I: Essay II
Herlan Wijaya (1701320762)
Binus International University
Try to take a look at the people around you. How many people that you see that are happy? How many of them that are looked unhappy, sad, depressed, and not enjoying life? What happen to those people? Why do so many people feel unhappy? As according to Chernoff “There are many reasons, but it all boils down to one simple principle: They choose something else over happiness” (2011). And so this essay will explain about the common causes of an unhappy life, such as lack of self-esteem, wandering mind, being pessimistic and negative attitude, and a tendency to make life harder than it has to be. And the effect of an unhappiness.
The first cause of an unhappy life is the lack of self-esteem. And the bad habits that the low self-esteem people have are the habits to compare themselves with other people. As according to Robert Chen “Comparing yourself to others can be motivating if you have a strong self-esteem but more often than not, you will end up feeling bad about your own inferiority” (2012). Also the comparison are only comparing the best part of someone else’s life, and making them feel worthless, sad, and feel bad about themselves. Another bad habit that the low self-esteem people have are, they take peoples opinion personally, as they may get offended easily, and became insecure about themselves.
The second cause is a wandering mind. People with a wandering mind, tend to worry and obsessed with the past or future. Study shows that people spend almost half of their wake time thinking about other things than what they are actually doing, and make them feel sad (Samantha, 2013). Sometimes people keep thinking about the past mistakes and keep mourning it, and other times people are obsessed with the future that are unknown. And the obsession of the unknown makes them worried about all things and creating a lot of negative
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