100happydays. This Is What 100 Days Of Happiness Looks Like. #100happydays: The story behind the social phenomenon - News. Good News Meena Hart Duerson TODAY July 1, 2014 at 6:54 AM ET Dmitry Golubnichy; Christine Giardina; Kathie Lee Gifford The #100happydays project, started by Dmitry Golubnichy (pictured with his family, left), has spread across the world. TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford is just one of the many participating. Dmitry Golubnichy had every reason to be happy — he had a great job that let him travel the world, loving parents, and wonderful friends.
"I fell into a trap of sadness," the 27-year-old told TODAY.com. When his friends pointed out to him that his life was actually pretty great, he realized they might have a point. Matt Cadwallader / Courtesy of Dmitry Golubnichy Dmitry Golubnichy, the man behind #100happydays. So he set himself a challenge, deciding: "I will be a happy person, and for 100 days, I will try to appreciate the life that I have and I will find at least one little thing each and every day that will make me feel happy and grateful.
" "I just thought, I can do that," Gifford said. 100 Happy Days Challenge: Empowering or a Waste of Time? | Bev James. According to Online National Statistics, just less than 1 in 4 of us living in the UK consider ourselves to be unhappy. One 27 year old thinks that he has the answer- and sets you a challenge: For 100 days, can you take a photo of something that made you happy, each single day, and post it to either Facebook, Twitter or privately on the 100HappyDays website? Called #100HappyDays, Dmitry Golubnichy started the challenge after realising he needed a big change.
In his opinion, "being happy is a choice and everyone can be happy just by appreciating little things in life one has". It seems that he is not alone in his opinion, as 350'000 people world-wide are taking part in the challenge, whilst the hash tag continues to circle Twitter and Facebook. Should you consider undertaking the challenge too, or is this just another social media trend? How you answer the following 3 questions may be a sign that it could help you. How Much Do You Focus on the Negatives in Life? #100HappyDays viral Twitter trend: I ended up miserable. My first #100happydays tweet What i couldn't have predicted was that it would end up with my friends finding my annoying and calling me social-media obsessed, or that I'd end up wracked with guilt for forgetting to post a picture.
The main problem for me wasn’t finding something that made me happy each day – that was easy enough. It was the practicality that became an issue. I needed to pick something tangible, so I could take a photo of it and upload it onto Twitter (my chosen social media platform for the challenge). Instead I took a picture of my nail art That seemed vain. Even worse was if I forgot to take a happy picture during the day. But that was nothing compared to the guilt that came from missing a happy tweet. Even worse would be if I didn’t have an internet connection. But the part that really got to me was that the whole exercise was so public. I’m not the only one who felt that way. When I tweeted about my novel, I felt like I was showing off Have you done #100happydays?