100 Happy Days
100 Happy Days is a challenge where one must take a picture of at least one happy thing about the day and post it online with the hashtag "#100HappyDays" consecutively for 100 days. [1][2][3][4][5] Ukrainian and Zurich resident Dmitry Golubnichy started the initiative #100HappyDays in the fall of 2013. [6]
Story
Dmitry found himself in a slump, and his friends pointed out that his life was wonderful. He then conceived an idea to keep himself happy for the next 100 days and decided to find at least one picture each day that made him happy. [6]
This led to the foundation of the movement “#100HappyDays”, which became very popular on social media. On the first day of the website's launch, 100happydays.com, Dmitry received approximately 5,000 registrations. [7]
Impact
The United Nations encouraged people to participate in the #100happydays challenge and designated March 20 as the International Day of Happiness.[8]
The UN received donations to the United Nations Foundation and the 100HappyDays Foundation. The UN distributed books containing 100 of the most inspiring happiness moments shared globally during the global happiness marathon. [8]
As a result of the campaign, a large number of people began posting pictures and uploading their stories to social networking sites using the hashtag "#100HappyDays". [9][3][10][11][12][13]
Usage by Celebrities
Trisha Krishnan, a South Indian actress, after ending her engagement to businessman Varun Manian, embraced the 100HappyDays challenge and tweeted, “I've just signed up for the 100HappyDays challenge! Can you be happy for 100 days in a row?” She also tweeted her picture with the caption, “I choose happiness and love. And on that note, I begin...#100happydays.” [9]
During the premiere of the indie film Before I Disappear, Emmy Rossum and Paul Wesley took a picture and uploaded it to Instagram with the caption “#100happydays reuniting with childhood friends makes me happy #4happychicks” as they met with their childhood friends.
References
- ↑ "Viral happiness: The #100HappyDays challenge". Rappler. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ Maasik, Alexander (2016-01-26). "How to Come Home Happy While Succeeding at Your Job". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Come essere felici: 4 progetti online - Wired.it". Wired (in italiano). 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ "#100happydays: la felicidad es gratis". Nokton Magazine (in español). 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ "The daily delights of the 100-day happiness challenge". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 McGrath, Morgan. "What's the "100 Happy Days" challenge?". Hawk Eye. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ Duerson, Meena Hart. "#100happydays: Meet the man spreading joy via social media". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The United Nations Foundation and 100happydays celebrate the International Day of Happiness by challenging the world to be happy for 100 days in a row". PRWeb. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Trisha is living it up post breakup - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ "Dan Ewing shows off buff figure as he cuddles up to pregnant wife". Mail Online. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ Yagoda, Maria. "#100DepressedDays: What My Personal Blog Taught Me About Accepting My Depression". Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ Hart, Anna (2015-07-17). "Is gratitude the new attitude?". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
- ↑ "Projeto online desafia você a postar diariamente fotos sobre felicidade - Notícias - Tecnologia". Tecnologia (in português). Retrieved 2017-12-07.
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