ARCHIVE - Jill Story's blog

ARCHIVE - Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture"...Live your life and if you do, your dreams will come true...

Jill Story — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:30:39 -0800

"We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived."

This video is about Randy Pausch a professor at Carnegie Mellon who has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer and was told in August 2007 to expect a remaining three to six months of good health.

Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", to his students entitled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007. Randy's last lecture has become such a hit, his video has been viewed over 6 million times.

ARCHIVE - Activity 4 "A Beautiful Day" & Activity 6 "Forgiveness"

Jill Story — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:49:25 -0800

Activity 4

A Beautiful Day

Seligman says that “A full life consists in experiencing positive emotions about the past and future, savoring positive feelings from the pleasures, deriving abundant gratification from your signature strengths, and using these strengths in the service of something larger to obtain meaning.”

ARCHIVE - My EMP Experience

Jill Story — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:37:58 -0800

Jill Story

Positive Psychology Field Trip

Experience Music Project

This is my experience before, during, and after going to the Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle with my Positive Psychology class on February 23, 2008. Before taking this trip I really had no idea what EMP was. I had no idea where EMP was even located. I go to Seattle often and regularly attend women’s Storm basketball games during the summer months. I think it is great that there are women’s sports and that they have created the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). What I hadn’t realized was that every Storm game I have attended I walked right by the EMP. I always wondered what that building was. When I asked Lisa where the EMP was, she described the building and I knew exactly where it was.

ARCHIVE - The Resilience Factor

Jill Story — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:09:40 -0800

The Resilience Factor

Book Summary by: Jill Story

ARCHIVE - Activity 3: "Three Blessings" & Activity 5: "The Gratitude Letter and Visit"

Jill Story — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:21:50 -0800

Three Blessings

Any thing that makes one happy or content.

Write down what happened and why each happened.

February 4, 2008, Monday

ARCHIVE - Activity 1 and 2

Jill Story — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:54:56 -0800

Activity One: Elevator Ride

1. Lifting Mood- One activity I use to lift my mood is to exercise. I love to be active. Exercising makes me feel good. It gives me energy, and keeps me in shape. It lifts my mood and eases my worries. I like to run on a treadmill, lift weights, play sports, and snowboard. Time is the major obstacle. Trying to find the time to work out is extremely hard. Ultimately I would like to work out every day in order to do so right now I would have to cut down on the amount of hours of sleep I get a night. Working and going to school full-time has been a major obstacle. As well as just starting a new relationship. Trying to balance everything has been extremely difficult. The only thing that I can do right now in my career/school/and current life is to work out whenever I get the chance.

ARCHIVE - An Introduction to Positive Psychology- Book Summary

Jill Story — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:48:20 -0800

The Main Points of the Book: “What is happiness?” This book takes and in-depth look at what this question actually means. Happiness is actually an ambiguous word. The meaning of happiness for some may mean have an entirely different meaning for others. An Introduction to Positive Psychology, reviews research and studies to try to answer this question, “What is happiness?”

When someone is asked about their happiness, they are being asked to report on their emotional state and how they feel about themselves and their current situation. When someone is asked about their satisfaction with life, the question is a more global judgment about the acceptability of their life. p.43