Many of us have abused the very facts about HAPPINESS
itself, when what we say or think about happiness is far from the truth!
Many of us believed that this thing will lead me to happiness, and that thing will surely grant me happiness if I own or have them in my life right now; and you know what, somehow you are WRONG!!!
( I think i'm overdoing this... haha... )
Well, it's just that yesterday I've read an article about Myth that we've heard or think about happiness, and it surely does change my PERCEPTION
about what makes me happy in life. So, lets go through the list;
1- THE RIGHT MARRIAGE
Most of us think that the right marriage will provide us with ETERNAL HAPPINESS, but actually it only picks up a sizable boost in the first 2 years!
Research shown that long lasting and intimate relationships was not born from partners that respond to each other's disappointments, but how they respond to GOOD NEWS!!!
So, if your partner shares a good news with you, make sure to react with joy and ask enthusiastic questions signals that you care!
2- YOUR DREAM JOB
Most think that if you got your dream job, you will be happy working, forever! WRONG!!!
Research found that you will experience
BURST OF HAPPINESS right after a new job, but within a year or so, you will be back to normal again.
We all adapt to new experiences, and thus, an joy from new work environment will likely fade with time.
So, the researchers suggest that you try to "RE-EXPERIENCING" what it was you didn't like about your previous work, as mentally transporting yourself to where you didn't want to be will help you in this situation...
3- BIGGER SALARY
There's a lot of people thinks that they didn't work well because they wasn't paid enough. Well it might be true for some, but not for all who actually get paid well; and it might be just you.
A study found that people prefer to live in a world where they make $50,000 while others earning $25,000; rather than in one where theirs is $100,000 but others make $200,000.
To overcome this, try to "BUY HAPPINESS" instead, and use that money to buy another limited resource: TIME.
Pay people to do time-consuming job, so you have more time to spend on experiences; as I heard that people who spend money on experiences rather than materials will definitely be happier.
4- BIGGER HOUSE
If you think that big house will bring you happiness, well it does, but with an extra package! WORRYING!!!
If bigger square foot means you have to take out a barely affordable mortgage, you won't be as happy as you think.
Research shown that eliminating NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES makes you 3-5 times happier than creating a POSITIVE EXPERIENCES!
Research also shown that, once again, experience - not things - that make us happy. Try to find happiness in everything or anything that you are doing!
5- REACHED A BIG GOAL
Many studies have shown that those who are STRIVING toward a goal are happier that when they actually accomplish it! Pursuing goals gives us pleasure by creating structure, deadlines, and opportunities to learn new skills.
So, try, instead of just focusing too much on the finish line, try to savor every "SUBGOAL" to reach your GOAL, while enjoying it as much as possible of course!
And the list goes on...
I'm too tired to write, and the above is what actually interest me anyway... haha...
And, last but not least, the very picture of happiness itself! Our KHAZANAH STUDIO trip to Pulau Tinggi last week!!! huhu... A true definition of happiness that is!!!
-AFDHAL-
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Custom Buttons add-ons!
Today I had just installed a great add-ons for Firefox, and that would be the
"Custom Buttons"...
Well actually I am searching for a way to actually expand my Personas for Firefox vertically, and while searching, I somehow stumbled upon this great Add-ons... huhu...
After installation, I just click on the "View" button on firefox tab and then click
"Add new button...".
I am quite happy to have been able to choose the icons for my new buttons, then suddenly,
IT ASK ME FOR CODES to make it work... Whatta...! How am I supposed to know any codes! I am not familiar with this coding and command thing, but somehow it must be done... herm...
So I browse through the Forum, and after some hardship, I managed to get a simple codes to work which are as follows:
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const url = "http://www.google.com.my/"
document
.getElementById("content")
.webNavigation
.loadURI(url, 0, null, null, null)
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That one is the code that would make my Google Icon button leads me to google search page in one click... huhu... and you could always change the google to something else, for example, Yahoo:
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const url = "http://www.yahoo.com/"
document
.getElementById("content")
.webNavigation
.loadURI(url, 0, null, null, null)
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I only need to change the "URL" part, and nothing else... (I don't even fully understand what the codes actually mean... haha)
The given example is actually for mozilla firefox page, yet I changed it to google and yahoo as I visited those pages more often... Yet I still have the firefox link used because I've been through all the trouble of downloading the firefox icon for it... huhu...
(yet actually I needed the mozilla button more cause I've already have both google and yahoo on my Foxtab add-ons for firefox)
The second codes is for opening Application (the one with .exe file), and I search hard for this one, and the forum is hard to understand fully... haha... and the coding that I've used is for Google Earth, so that it would be easier for me to search location while browsing, and just that architecture needs google earth for site plans and all... huhu... and the code is:
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/*Code*/
var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].
createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
file.initWithPath("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Google Earth\\googleearth.exe");
file.launch();
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Take note of the double backslash(\\) that I've used to separate folder location as the codes will remove one backslash each separation, and I am not sure why... haha...
You could always change the direction of the path for the application (.exe) file to anything that you like, and don't forget to add another backslash(\\) to each... huhu...
After I finished adding those buttons, I just right click at the personas area and click "Customize"... Now I could add the buttons, and I used the 64x64 icons, so that I have more space for my personas vertically... YAAYY!!!
After I finished doing those things, I add some review on "https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/custom-buttons/" as some people complains on how it is not user friendly (no guides for beginner), and thats where I came in... huhu...
Anyway, the result of today's works somehow looks like this... huhu...
Large Icons on the Left, Lightning Personas on the right...
-AFDHAL-
