How Happy Are You?!

I have read a book pertaining the Happiness during the weekend. It is called "How to Develop Happiness in Daily Living". In the book, there is a small test to measure the Happiness. I found it is interesting and would like to share with you now.

The Satisfaction with Life Scale was devised in 1980 by University of Illinois psychologist Edward Diener, a founding father of happiness research. Since then the scale has been used by researchers around the world.

Read the following 5 statements. Then use a 1 - 7 scale to rate your level of agreement.

1 - 2 --> Not at all true
3 - 5 -- > Moderately true
6 - 7 --> Absolutely true

• In most ways my life is close to my ideal
• The conditions of my life are excellent
• I am satisfied with my life
• So far I have gotten the important things I want in life
• If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing.

Total score : ..........

Scoring :

•  31 to 35 - you are extremely satisfied with your life
•  26 to 30 - very satisfied
•  21 to 25 - slightly satisfied
•  20          - neutral point
• 15 to 19 - slightly dissatisfied
• 10 to 14 - dissatisfied
• 5   to 9   - extremely dissatisfied

Well, I tried for the test, and I scored 20, for neutral point. Guess that I have to do something to develop more happiness in my life! :) So, how you, what is your score?!

Anyway, no matter what your score is, I think we should live happily!!! Cheers!!! :)