The Happiness Equation

Did you know that your happiness is nothing more than a math problem?

First, let’s lay this out as a subtraction problem and then switch it to see what happens to your life when you use addition and even multiplication that compounds the equation.

Like any math problem, we have to enter the component we are subtracting from; in this case, happiness.

Then you have to enter your objective variables into the calculation: your current reality; what you have, where you live, your job, bank account, … everything in your little bubble of existence as we speak in this very moment.

Then, out of that reality, we subtract expectations, judgments, regrets, unforgiveness, control, anger, fear, anxiety, envy, stress, and whatever other negatively charged emotional states or automatic reactions under the main component, put a subtraction mark, then a tally line … and you’ll have your answer.

Once you subtract all those other components from your overall happiness, what you have left is the deficit from your entire reserve. The more you subtract, the less you have.

BUT … let’s flip it around …

Enter the same original component (happiness), but now, make it an addition problem.

Add gratitude, peace, joy, contentment, understanding, love, acceptance, thankfulness, and whatever other positively charged emotional states or intentional responses under the main component. Put the addition mark, the tally line … now you have a completely different answer.

How many of the same regrets or thankful moments do you repeat over and over again?

Time to throw multiplication into that equation … negative or positive … and just like mathematical equations compound by multiplying the numbers, it works the same with your state of mind. So, however many components you multiply by, the answer exponentially increases in either direction.

Here’s a side note … you can add a few positives and a few negatives throughout the day and feel like you’re getting nowhere, because that also works the same within the mathematical structure.

For example; If your beginning number is 7 … you add 4, but then you subtract 4, your remainder will still be 7. So if you are positive for half the day and negative the other half, you get to the end of the day and aren’t any further emotionally than you were at the beginning of the day.

It’s like digging two holes, and the dirt you’re shoveling from the second hole is going right back into the first hole. You did a lot of work, but unfortunately, you got nothing done.

So, be aware of which mathematical equations you’re contributing to and start investing in the overall outcome you wish to reproduce.