# 5 What makes a good life

What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

( Robert Waldinger, TED 2015)

TED Talk link：

https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness/up-next

vocabulary

1. hindsight 後見之明
the ability to understand a situation only after it has happened => foresight
→ With hindsight, I should have seen the warning signs.
*Hindsight is 20/20. 事後諸葛*

2. tenement 公寓大樓
a large building divided into apartments, especially in the poorer areas of a city
→ She lived in a red-brick tenement in Chelsea, an old walk-up building with gloomy stairwells and peeling paint on the walls.

3. schizophrenia 精神分裂症
a serious mental illness in which someone’s thoughts and feelings are not based on what is really happening around them
→ Both schizophrenia and mood disorders show evidence of decreased activity in frontal lobes and abnormal function of the system for directed attention.

4. lifelong 終身
continuing or existing all through your lifet
→ She became a lifelong friend of ours.

5. glamorous 迷人的
attractive, exciting, and related to wealth and success
→ She led an exciting and glamorous life.

6. millennials 2000年左右出生的人；千禧世代
a person who was born around the time of the millennium, that is around the year 2000
→ Millennials have grown up with the internet and can't imagine a world without it.

#4 My thought on the talk: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

( Tim Urban, TED 2016)

TED Talk link：

 https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator#t-1925

1. Do you procrastinate sometimes?

2. What are some of the things you procrastinate on?

3. What are strategies you can use to combat procrastination.

    I sometimes procrastinate. In my mind,  procrastination is the bad thing that we can't do. When teachers or classmates talk me to do homework or reports, I'll arrange what I need to do first. Everything looks great, but when I go back home, I am lazy. If the homework is easy, I will do it quickly. But if it's difficult, I will procrastinate.

  I think everyone who will procrastinate,  has different degree. My procrastination is not serious. First, I will write down my schedule. I love to watch Youtubers who design the bullet journal. Because of that, I buy some sticky note of To Do List. Then, I write down everything I need to do. When I finish with the things, I can tick the checkbox. In the future, I'll see how many things I have done. This makes me have a sense of achievement. 

   Second, I will set the reward. For example, when I finished with an assignment, I can watch a video as a reward. Because of that, I'll do the assignment very quickly.