As the year comes to a close, all of us are inevitably starting to reflect upon the year that has passed. Some among us may be satisfied with how things happened, but most of us must have felt at some point in time that there were many things we could have done better: be it with our finances, personal or work relationships, or just the direction that life is taking. In this article, we will attempt to examine the reason behind this phenomenon, and posit an alternative approach to tackling these prevalent issues.
Impediments to happiness typically revolve around these root causes:
A Sense of Belonging
Everyone wants to be wanted. It’s a no brainer, really. It’s a notion deeply held by anthropologists, and one that certainly explains the way humanity has banded together in social groups since history began. Through shared experiences, people in these groups formed identities that were relative to each other. Essentially, playing to each other’s strengths increased each individual’s chances of survival
Are We Truly Among The Happy?
Individuals in our day and age are afforded more access to increasingly advanced tools to work with. Effectively, what this means is that each person has the ability to do tasks that required more people in the past.
Although the rise in productivity has been immense, such a progression affects us – as social animals – negatively as well. Simply because it isn’t needed in our daily lives, interactions with others have decreased as a natural consequence, and our abilities to communicate effectively become increasingly limited.
Interestingly enough though, there has been strong research showing that throughout human history, playing games have been invaluable for people to learn concepts and develop communication skills both quickly and effectively.
Feelings of Powerlessness
We live in a very connected society, and recent statistics have shown that the average Facebook user has more than 100 friends. Within these statistics, however, lies an undercurrent of insularity:
Many of us have great ideas and thoughts, but keep them within us due to the fact that we feel that there isn’t an avenue for us to express them. This affects our day to day interactions negatively, and gives us a sense that we’re stuck in mediocrity –because we feel we can’t make a difference.
That why I love to Play games "PetParty and "Bejeweled 2"
