What I thought would make me happy didn’t and as a result I had to make dramaticSteps towards what I really wanted. When I was attending the Pratt institute in Manhattan, I was majoring in Graphic design. As a result I thought that going there to major and pursue graphic design as a career would really make me happy. HoweverI was very wrong and showed very little interest, when in fact I was more interestedIn 3D animation. To which was why I transferred to LaGuardia to learn the basics and start from scratch. My second mistake was taking a intro to philosophy class whenI transferred to LaGuardia community collage.When I thought it would be an easy course and also very fun.Yet again I made a mistake and thought that it would make mehappy and that it would be entertaining. As a result it was a very difficult class and i nearly was very close to failing it. After making these two big mistakes I’ve learned that it is important to know rather then to think of what you really want.
In GilbertsArticle he explains more on this kind this concept. Gilberts idea of Impact bias is very true and I am able to understand and explainWhy. When Gilbert explains in the article The futile pursuit of happiness about “Miss wanting” I agree with this. It is true that what ever we think gives us pleasure is actuallyNot what we are really wanting. We cant just say what we want because of what we thinkIt is important to know what we want. As he states in bottom paragraph page 8
“The problem is you cant always know what you want”
It is very vague to make a decision about what you think rather thane what you know what is it that you desire that will make you happy. I think that usually one of the most obvious ways of knowing what you want is thought actually experiencing what you think you may want. The way I understand his idea of impact bias and how I understand of what he was trying get across is that, It is important to think and know very well what exactly will make you happy. Not just guessing and making quick assumptions of what will make you happy. As I Mention earlier about my career choice the reason I made that mistake was because I thought I knew what I wanted when in fact I was wrong. We must be clear in our minds about what makes us happy and not assume otherwise people will make mistakes more frequent about what they think will make them happy.
“The problem is you cant always know what you want”
It is very vague to make a decision about what you think rather thane what you know what is it that you desire that will make you happy. I think that usually one of the most obvious ways of knowing what you want is thought actually experiencing what you think you may want. The way I understand his idea of impact bias and how I understand of what he was trying get across is that, It is important to think and know very well what exactly will make you happy. Not just guessing and making quick assumptions of what will make you happy. As I Mention earlier about my career choice the reason I made that mistake was because I thought I knew what I wanted when in fact I was wrong. We must be clear in our minds about what makes us happy and not assume otherwise people will make mistakes more frequent about what they think will make them happy.
Will we always know what makes us happy ? Of course not it is important that we Think clearly about what we desires and not know off of a assumption or just imagine.As my example of what career I thought I wanted to pursue which I was wrong and know Have made the right decision because I took my time. Gilbert’s Impact bias is true and I understand it clearly. As his he mentions miss wanting as what we think will give us pleasure. In my opinion we must all know what we want thought life experiences otherwise how can we learn.
