A Sample
Personal Application Exercise (PAE)
 Posting:
(You do 3 of these per chapter, but only one item is filled out here)

Evidence item #1- Diener and Seligman (2000) have found that that very happy people spent a regular amount of time socializing with friends.  Engaging in friendships also enhanced their sense of happiness by providing them with social support. Buss (2008) suggests that it is best to make a few good close friends and stay in touch with them.  More often than not these good friends share similarities in interests, preferences, abilities, styles, and/or skills.  (Carr, p. 29)

How I can introduce this in my life?: 

Issue: I have been so busy I am losing touch with some of my best friends lately. For my close friends, I will make a point to arrange a get together at the gym and then have dinner with my best friends on campus one time weekly. Even if everyone can't make up, catching up with a couple of people really matters to me. 

Issue: Sometimes I feel alone or different from other people. To improve my socially supportive connections & opportunities, I will participate every month in the elderly outreach program through my church with other people who also care about taking care of older people who do not have family in the area.  I will be with people with similar interests and can take time to do something for a group I love to help

Positivity Finding:  Evidence item #2:

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Positivity Finding:  Evidence item #3:

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