happiness
Letting go of the future to be aware of my present
March 20, 2023By: Daniel Salcedo Rubio, Features Editor Content warning: mentions of disordered eating and harmful behaviour. Happiness is such an elusive concept; we look for it in every corner only to realize it’s still far away. We keep thinking we will eventually find it after some great achievement or in the company of someone else. I’m only 28 years old, and I feel I’m nowhere close to having any meaningful wisdom. For the past couple of years, I’ve lived in a continuous state of autopilot. Even before the pandemic started, I felt my life was becoming monotonous. I was already shutting…
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Student believes they left last scrap of serotonin underneath the rainbow parachute in grade three gym class
November 4, 2020By: Kyla Dowling, SFU Student I remember that day so clearly. Fourth period meant that it was time for gym class. Normally, I’d be nauseous from the anxiety of playing dodgeball against the eight-year-old Olympians, but our teacher opted to…
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I don’t love myself, deal with it
July 11, 2016Hello. My name’s Courtney Miller and I don’t love myself. It’s a simple statement that shouldn’t be a big deal. Nothing says that I’m required to give myself my own undying devotion — nothing except for the prolific mantra…
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Spend your way to happiness
November 17, 2014Students, instructors, faculty, and members of the community gathered at SFU’s Surrey campus on November 6 to learn about how they can spend their way to happiness. Lara Aknin, an SFU assistant professor of social psychology, gave a…
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