Mobile ‘gratitude journal’ helps measure and improve happiness daily
March 2, 2009 – Philadelphia, PA- Representatives from happier.com, a website created to help users measure, track and improve their level of happiness, announced they have released a mobile application that can be downloaded directly to an iPhone or purchased through iTunes. Users of happier.com’s gratitude journal are directed to make a daily entry of three positive events that happen each day. A simple 24 question assessment then informs the user of their happiness score. Users can track milestones and increase their happiness over time using the gratitude journal.
“It’s so easy to focus on what goes wrong in our lives, but studies show when you focus on what’s going right you live a happier, more fulfilling life,” said Andrew J. Rosenthal, Vice President at happier.com. “With the new iPhone application a person can measure, build and sustain happiness in just a few minutes a day. All of the exercises and assessments at happier.com, including the gratitude journal, are created from more than 20 years of research on happiness and its sources. Research has proven that daily awareness and tracking of emotions is one of the first steps toward lasting, sustainable happiness.”
The new mobile application includes an introduction by internationally-renowned happiness expert and University of Pennsylvania professor, Dr. Martin Seligman. “The way humans are wired, when things go well, we tend to forget them. When things go badly we remember them,” says Dr. Seligman. “The more you pay attention to things going well, by writing them down as in the gratitude journal, the more positive emotions you’ll experience.”
The gratitude journal guides each user through features that measure current happiness, display the six most recent happiness scores and create a journal including a summary of happiness milestones and achievements. The application can be downloaded from the iTunes AppStore onto either an iPhone or iTouch device.
About happier.com: Happier.com goes beyond the books and uses research based tools to inspire people to feel happier and more resilient. Through assessments and exercises to measure, track and improve happiness, thousands of users have experienced a meaningful improvement. Easy-to-use applications, both online and for the iPhone, provide users with the tools they need to be happier. Focusing on what goes well, and why, helps you build your life around authentic sources of happiness.
For more information about happier.com and the gratitude journal iPhone application, visit www.happier.com