PHIL 3160 – Philosophy of Happiness
What is it, how can we best pursue it, why should we? Supporting the study of these and related questions at Middle Tennessee State University and beyond. "Examining the concept of human happiness and its application in everyday living as discussed since antiquity by philosophers, psychologists, writers, spiritual leaders, and contributors to pop culture."
My self-care days as a Pastor were never on Sunday. I learned to use a weekday, usually Friday, and sometimes part or all of Saturday for self-care. More important that the day chosen was learn to switch off my to do list and do whatever I most enjoyed and wanted to do on that day or two. I also learned the importance of a morning routine of walking, swimming, or riding a bike which was often like a mini daily time off for me.
ReplyDeleteMany find Sundays stressful, not just those with pastoral duties. Late Sunday afternoons especially seem oppressive to those who don't look forward to Monday. I do want to endorse "the importance of a morning routine"... a daily moral holiday. And morning isn't necessarily related to clock-time, as Thoreau said: "morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me..."
DeleteMy self care involves eating chicken nuggets with buffalo sauce spread all over them real nice.
ReplyDeleteThere really is no universal formula for happiness, is there?
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