Social media campaign asks people to be happy for 100 days

IF YOUR Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feed has been full of happiness lately, there’s a pretty good reason for it. A new social media campaign reckons we should be full of joy.

Could you be happy for 100 days? We bet you can’t.

IF YOUR Facebook, Instagram and Twitter feed has been full of lots of happiness lately, there’s a pretty good reason for it.

Chances are your friends are taking up the latest social media craze and being part of the challenge to be happy for 100 days.

The campaign, 100happydays, encourages users to submit a picture everyday of something which makes them happy.

This could range from a simple meeting with a mate, to your favourite coffee shop, pet or random happy moment.

It also says the campaign isn’t a competition to make your mates jealous or a showing off contest but more of an “ability to share the moment you’re in”.

According to the site 71 per cent of people who took it up were unable to complete it, citing time as the main reason.

But according to clinical, health and forensic psychologist Dr Bob Montgomery it simply won’t work because it’s an impossible challenge to begin with.

A new social media campaign is asking us to do this for 100 days straight.

He said, as humans, we can’t ever be happy all of the time because life is full of bad or disappointing moments.

“It’s a silly gimmick,” he told news.com.au.

“The reason why 71 per cent of people can’t stick to this is because we can’t be happy 100 per cent of the time.

“Most people have mixed feelings in any single day and it’s important to accept the good with the bad.”

He added it was impossible to put unhappiness out of your mind when you are told you can’t think about it.

“If you want the chance to feel good, you need to accept there’s a risk of feeling bad,” Dr Montgomery said.

For anyone not familiar with the #100happydays campaign, here’s an example of what’s out there.

Smile, sit back and enjoy in the name of happiness.

#100daysofhappiness in my natural habitat with kass pic.twitter.com/s5MMLWZnBU

Day 6: this beautiful game called tennis. It's done so much for me and I miss it so much #100DaysOfHappiness pic.twitter.com/FJ3TbzszoK

Day 55 of #100daysofhappiness today I'm happy that this one asked me to watch Christley Knows Best… http://t.co/ZOQVrWWlMA

Pizza heals all wounds #day22 #100daysofhappiness pic.twitter.com/LtJdkrlFHB

SO HAPPY about 5-days in a row coming with 60+ temps in #Chicago! #spring #100daysofhappiness

Day 6 - my friend begged me to send her a picture of ducks, so I did. :) #100daysofhappiness pic.twitter.com/wdDxMVZJf6

Day 18: walking into work and seeing these gorgeous (and delicious!) cupcakes from @Swagonyu22 #100daysofhappiness pic.twitter.com/VlpqLFS8On

Pink hats and blow pops make me happy! #100daysofhappiness #100happydays pic.twitter.com/064bw7UU0O

Day 32. A love letter from someone at work.... Now who could that be ;) @helen0406 #100daysofhappiness pic.twitter.com/GlXQMNhyOB