I suppose so, yet it was quite “stumbled upon!” I shared it in hopes that it would open others’ eyes to similar possibilities, especially if one is thinking he/she has nothing in the way of happiness-improving-skills.
A completely different route would be to find how one’s “rational” skills could be used to benefit others. I made a go at debunking a multi-level-marketing scheme (far from perfect and needs another rewrite, but it is what it is).
Or take a look at the neat stuff on flowing data; perhaps some users here could think of other ways to help others visualize data.
I guess the point remains the same: if you’re looking for something you can contribute and which increases your “skills satisfaction”—I think you can find it. It’s immensely satisfying for me to contribute to things like the Arch Linux forums or give a whirl at answering questions on StackOverflow.
I’m not sure what the exact “recipe” is here, but my current guess would be that anything that helps you feel that you 1) have a “fringe/minority” ability of some sort (therefore increasing sense of that skill’s value), 2) get recognized for that skill, and/or 3) have something tangible (physical gift, work of art, effort on a graph/paper, or posted answer that helped another) as the result… will increase happiness.
Maybe there’s a website featuring a long “list of skills” that others could peruse to help inspire ideas of things to try? I googled around and mostly found things on Yahoo answers suggesting learning guitar, magic/card tricks, how to juggle, and how to shoot a gun.
Sounds like you have experienced those ‘success spirals’ I mentioned in my post!
I suppose so, yet it was quite “stumbled upon!” I shared it in hopes that it would open others’ eyes to similar possibilities, especially if one is thinking he/she has nothing in the way of happiness-improving-skills.
A completely different route would be to find how one’s “rational” skills could be used to benefit others. I made a go at debunking a multi-level-marketing scheme (far from perfect and needs another rewrite, but it is what it is).
Or take a look at the neat stuff on flowing data; perhaps some users here could think of other ways to help others visualize data.
I guess the point remains the same: if you’re looking for something you can contribute and which increases your “skills satisfaction”—I think you can find it. It’s immensely satisfying for me to contribute to things like the Arch Linux forums or give a whirl at answering questions on StackOverflow.
I’m not sure what the exact “recipe” is here, but my current guess would be that anything that helps you feel that you 1) have a “fringe/minority” ability of some sort (therefore increasing sense of that skill’s value), 2) get recognized for that skill, and/or 3) have something tangible (physical gift, work of art, effort on a graph/paper, or posted answer that helped another) as the result… will increase happiness.
Maybe there’s a website featuring a long “list of skills” that others could peruse to help inspire ideas of things to try? I googled around and mostly found things on Yahoo answers suggesting learning guitar, magic/card tricks, how to juggle, and how to shoot a gun.