John Stuart Mill Happiness

According to society, it is displayed that when people are with their family and friends, they are exceeding 31% more in school. This reveals that happiness helps kids to improve in school. In the article, an autobiography, by John Stuart Mill(1909), claims that happiness is focused on too much, and that people are displaying the wrong activities to find it. To support the thesis, John Stuart Mill creates his own opinion, that the reader could relate to. The author wants to catch the reader’s attention, in order to push them focus on how they are finding happiness. Nevertheless, John Stuart Mill wants the reader to relate to his opinion. For example, when people are kind or help out a friend and always “ask yourself [if] your happy, and if you cease to be so,” quoted by John Stuart Mills, from the article “In Pursuit of Unhappiness.” Some people assume that people spend too much time trying to find happiness, however there are

numerous ways people can find happiness.

Numerous amounts of people can find happiness by assisting and spending time with your loved ones, family, or friends.

As stated by John Stuart Mills “[you should] have dinner with your family or walk in the park with your friends.” According to John Stuart Mills, spending time with people you care about will enhance your happiness. In addition to John’s statement spending time with people will boost your self esteem and support you. In the “Outsiders Happiness Survey Results” this chart presents that Friends and Family are the top two objectives that bring joy to people. Quoted by John Stuart Mills, “[Some people] have their minds fixed on some[thing] other than their own happiness.” Some people focus their time “on the happiness of others and the improvement of mankind.” When you spend time helping others you will increase your respect towards others. In my viewpoint, this creates a positive tone and causes them to feel empathetic. Others might argue that it is useless to help out others, because they don’t receive a reward or a

prize.

Furthermore, multiple people can find happiness in dream fulfillment or grades. In the “Outsiders Happiness Survey Results,” it displays that dream fulfillment is in the top 3 activities or objects that secure people’s happiness. This shows that when students have dreams they want to fulfill, they want to do those activities, because they make them happy. Other people may argue that someone might choose the wrong objective to fulfill and then make themselves comfortable doing that activity. This is why you should always ask yourself if you are happy, and if you say no, try to find another activity that makes you happy. At first I assumed doing softball was my dream to do and I told myself that I loved doing it, but after a year I asked myself if I liked it, and I said no. After that I tried pursuing theater, that worked out wonderfully for me, and I have been doing it ever since 4th grade. Most people spend their time caring about their grades. Also, in the “Outsiders Happiness Survey Results it expresses that grades is something numerous amounts of people are passionate about. This may be, because it might be someone's dream to have quality grades and be accepted into a well educated college. Like many people I am working hard to achieve quality grades so I can be accepted into a well educated college after I graduate from high school.