How to Be Happy: Habits to Add to Your Routine
“Regardless of your version of true happiness, living a happier, more satisfied life is within reach. A few tweaks to your regular habits can help you get there.
Practice gratitude
Simply being grateful can give your mood a big boost, among other benefitsYou might try starting each day by acknowledging one thing you’re grateful for. You can do this while you’re brushing your teeth or just waiting for that snoozed alarm to go off. As you go about your day, consider keeping an eye out for pleasant things in your life. With a little practice, you may even become more aware of all the positive things around you.
Give a compliment
Research shows that performing acts of kindness may also help promote your overall well-being. Giving a sincere compliment is a quick, easy way to brighten someone’s day while giving your own happiness a boost.
Keep a journal
A journal is a good way to organize your thoughts, analyze your feelings, and make plans. And you don’t have to be a literary genius or write volumes to benefit. It can be as simple as jotting down a few thoughts before you go to bed. If putting certain things in writing makes you nervous, you can always shred it when you’ve finished. It’s the process that counts.
Get into nature
Spending 30 minutes or more a week in green spaces can help lower blood pressure and the chances of developing depression, according to one study. Your green space could be anything such as your neighborhood park, your own backyard, or a rooftop garden — anywhere you can appreciate and enjoy nature and fresh air.”
Plan a trip
With an ever-hectic schedule, sometimes it’s easy to forget to schedule something else that’s crucial to your well-being: time off. What’s more, research also backs both the mental and physical benefits of taking that much-needed vacation. In one such study, researchers looked at stress and heart rate as it relates to taking a vacation. They found that not only did the vacation itself reduce stress, but the weeks leading up to that planned trip had similar effects.
For more habits to add to your routine to enhance happiness read Healthline
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Practice gratitude: I have tried ‘fake it until you make it’ by writing a short list of things I am grateful for. This list has not expanded because of this. I don’t know how to foster gratitude.
Give a compliment: I have a similar problem with compliments. “Giving a sincere compliment” is not easy as I never think of anything to compliment someone on, no sincerity exists. I can fake it but your advice tells us that sincerity is important. I don’t know how to become sincere.
Keep a journal: This one fails me as I never have anything to say: I write the date, how I am feeling, Maybe something that irritated me but I am at a loss at what to do from there. Even after using prompts. None of the prompts seem to relate to me.
Get into nature: I enjoy getting out and walking daily.
Plan a trip: I guess this is meant to go under self-care. I find trips to be stressful. I would rather stay at home and read.
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Thank you for sharing your experience!
I think that when someone is very down, it is difficult to feel grateful and I am not sure it can be faked. I think it can only be cultivated. I tend to believe that it can ALWAYS get worse, so there are always things to be grateful for. For example, today I went to the funeral of the grandma of my best friend I knew. I feel grateful that she did not suffer and left us peacefully and I am also grateful that I am so fortunate to have my own grandma.
Give a compliment: I get what you mean, and I think it might go with gratitude as well. I truly believe it is better not to give any compliments if you do not see what to compliment. There is one quote saying that what you focus on will increase. I think it might be true. When I focus on my problems then I just see all the negativity and neglect good things out there.
Keep a journal: Journaling is only helpful when you do it because you want, I guess. If your goal is that it will help you then I think there is a huge possibility it will not. Before I did not like journaling at all and I felt the same as you. Now I only write when I need to let out all my thoughts and emotions and when I have no more intrusive thoughts I just stop and then it is helpful.
I totally get what you mean about trips! I think it depends on the personality a lot. After all, all tools need to fit the person to be helpful and I do indeed know a lot of people who find trips stressful. Not all people like novelty and other issues that go with traveling. But I am glad that you like going on a walks :)
