This document discusses three ways to measure happiness: experienced wellbeing by evaluating past experiences, eudemonic wellbeing by assessing self-worth and purpose, and evaluative measures through life satisfaction surveys. It notes that experienced wellbeing can predict future behavior, eudemonic wellbeing explains motivations, and evaluative measures are useful for policy by revealing areas people feel they are thriving or lacking. It encourages counting happiness through a survey on the website happycounts.org.

1. What is Happiness? part ii or...Gettin' Geeky on Happiness

2. 3 ways to measure happiness

3. (No header) • Experience • Eudemonic • Evaluation

4. Experienced Wellbeing

5. How did you feel... yesterday, in the last week, in the last month..

6. Captures your memory or impression of an experience You're past experienced wellbeing can explain your future behavior

7. Eudemonic Wellbeing

8. Do you feel a sense of... self - worthiness, autonomy, purpose, optimism...

9. Captures sense of worthiness Explains motivations and helps identify reward systems

10. Evaluative Measures

11. Are you satisfied with life? Are you living the best possible life for you?

12. Requires reflection

13. What about your... neighborhood, government, finances, health, environment, relationships...

14. Reveals where you... actually perceive yourself to be hurting or thriving

15. Helpful in resources allocation and policy formation - particularly when used with objective indicators

16. Measured with Subjective Indicators of Wellbeing Happiness is...

17. Happiness can be counted

18. Your Happiness Counts

19. Count your happiness

20. www.happycounts.org Take the Gross National Happiness Index