For my Research Project, I have been looking into positive psychology and learning its affects on well-being. For my process, I tested a project called "Three Good Things" gratitude process by Martin Seligman. In my blog post, A Week of Three Good Things, I wrote three positive moments daily to see if it would have a positive affect on my well-being. As I wrote these journals, I didn't think they were very beneficial towards my well-being. As I continued evaluating them, I came to the conclusion that the process did indeed improve my well-being which got me more interested in the effects of positive psychology. I then watched Martin Seligman's Ted Talk on positive psychology to learn more on the topic of positive psychology.
After completing my "Three Good Things" gratitude journal, I analyzed the moments and categorized them into Seligman's model called PERMA. Using PERMA helped me evaluate what is important to me and who I am most happy with. Being introduced to this model really allowed to recognize that the "three good things" journal did improve my well-being. I chose to use this model in the findings section of my paper to explain how PERMA positively affected my well-being. To learn more in depth about how I applied PERMA in my paper, check out my blog post Using PERMA.
After writing the first draft, I shared my Introduction and my findings section of my paper with my group members. After listening to others stories and getting feedback on my own, I then processed that feedback to make changes to my first draft. To learn a little more about my changes, check out blog post Sharing my Research and Revising.
Overall, I believe completing the "three good things" gratitude process was a good experience for me. Going more in depth with research for this paper was beneficial and allows me to branch out the importance of well-being. I believe that the "three good things" gratitude process and the PERMA model should be better known. This process could benefit many people but they just don't know it. I hope you find some part of my paper beneficial for you.
Here I will post the drafts:
My Gratitude Process: Draft #1
My Gratitude Process: Draft #2
After completing my "Three Good Things" gratitude journal, I analyzed the moments and categorized them into Seligman's model called PERMA. Using PERMA helped me evaluate what is important to me and who I am most happy with. Being introduced to this model really allowed to recognize that the "three good things" journal did improve my well-being. I chose to use this model in the findings section of my paper to explain how PERMA positively affected my well-being. To learn more in depth about how I applied PERMA in my paper, check out my blog post Using PERMA.
After writing the first draft, I shared my Introduction and my findings section of my paper with my group members. After listening to others stories and getting feedback on my own, I then processed that feedback to make changes to my first draft. To learn a little more about my changes, check out blog post Sharing my Research and Revising.
Overall, I believe completing the "three good things" gratitude process was a good experience for me. Going more in depth with research for this paper was beneficial and allows me to branch out the importance of well-being. I believe that the "three good things" gratitude process and the PERMA model should be better known. This process could benefit many people but they just don't know it. I hope you find some part of my paper beneficial for you.
Here I will post the drafts:
My Gratitude Process: Draft #1
My Gratitude Process: Draft #2