Why Learning Leads to Happiness

Summary:

Education is one the most important keys to success. It provides you a job, an income, wisdom and of course, all your fundamental needs. But who would have thought that education has been proven to improve health, increase your lifespan and lead to happiness (I know, I still don’t believe it)? That’s right. In this article, the author, Phillip Moeller, explains how when a being is severely concentrated in what they enjoy doing greatest as well as discovering new things, can actually expand their happiness. The reason for that theory, is simply because people with more knowledge have higher quality problem-solving skills and tools to help themselves as stated by Carstensen. So, in simple words, humans in general enlarge both their health and length of life by simply making responsible lifestyle choices. In fact, some cases have shown that when an individual is so deeply involved in their work at hand that they may lose track of time, place and are clueless about whether or not they are hungry. However, some studies speculates that education provides happiness, only since it assists in getting a job and making money. But then again, not everyone agrees (including me).

This article brightened my view and changed my thought on education a bit. Although I still believe that our school’s system are flawed in many ways such as limiting our creativity, focusing more on academic than physical programs and most importantly, teaching kids that mistakes is the greatest failure they could possibly make. However, don’t get me wrong. I love school very much and hopefully my opinion on that topic will never change. I personally, just think that it needs little tweaks and adjustments in order to enhance our path of career and understanding.