English Topics: Is happiness internal or external?

Ice Breaking Topics

  • What's a healthy amount of time to grieve over a broken relationship?
  • How has travel influenced your personal values, beliefs, or worldview?
  • What's something you wish you enjoyed but never can seem to?
  • ‘There is no such thing as a free lunch’. Do you agree or disagree?
  • If you could start a charity, what would it be for?
  • Do you prefer traveling alone or with others? Why?
  • Would you like to be the president? Why or why not?
  • Do you play any games? [Why/Why not?]

Main Topics

  • What is the secret to happiness?
  • What simple things make you happy?
  • Is happiness internal or external?
  • Does money bring happiness?
  • What does happiness mean to you?
  • Are there any hobbies that bring you happiness?
  • Is happiness dependent upon other people, or is it purely up to yourself?
  • Can happiness be linked to a physical place?

Free Topics

  • What are some of your favorite traditional dishes from your culture, and why do they hold special meaning for you?
  • What things in life excite you?
  • What is your favorite saying?
  • How have your family's cooking traditions been passed down through generations, and what role do they play in your life today?
  • If you could enhance one of your senses twofold (e.g. your hearing would be twice as good as it is now), which would you choose to enhance?
  • Who is your best friend?
  • What is your favorite type of music to listen to while working?
  • If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be and why?