Everyone wants to be happy. And they should be. Not only is life a lot easier to deal with when you have a positive outlook on it but it is also better for your overall health and well being if you can spend more time feeling good.
Many people think that happiness is a long term goal. They’ll be happy when they find Mr. or Ms. Right, or when they finally get that job/car/house they are hoping for. But it doesn’t, and it shouldn’t, have to be that way. Spending every day in a better mood should be the real goal.
However, that can seem like it is easier said than done when you wake up feeling blue and facing a tough day ahead. But it really is possible at any given time of the day (or night) if you are just willing to focus and give it a try. Don’t believe us? Here are 30 things you can do at almost any time that will give you a happiness boost right away.
Thirty Easy Ways to Get Happy Fast
- Write down three things you are grateful for.
- Email, call or text a friend you haven’t talked to in a while
- Buy yourself some new music for your smart phone/music player
- Take a power nap (20 minutes should do it)
- Deactivate your Facebook account for a day (FB can be more of a downer than you think)
- Re-read a favorite book from your childhood
- Re-watch a favorite movie you haven’t seen in years
- Take a walk in the park, or even just down the street
- Send someone a greeting card ‘just because’ (and it’s OK if it’s an e greeting, as it’s the thought that counts)
- Turn on the radio, turn it up and SING.
- Leave a bigger than usual tip for a server.
- Pick up your smart phone, go outside and take a picture of the first pretty thing you see.
- Sign up for a fitness class
- Actually go to the fitness class
- Smile at a stranger
- Clean up your desk (you’ll be amazed by how good that can make you feel)
- Stop reading or watching the news for a day
- Clean out your closet (maybe you’ll find a great little number you’d forgotten all about)
- Find a happy photo and put it in a frame.
- Display the happy photo some place prominent
- Make a list of five brilliant things you have already done this year
- Play with a pet, even if it’s someone else’s
- Sit on a park bench and watch the world go by
- Have a salad for lunch instead of a burger
- Surprise a coworker by buying them a salad for lunch as well
- Draw a picture
- Write a love letter
- Paint your bedroom (or bathroom, or kitchen…)
- Call your mother (you’ll make her day too)
- Stop reading this list, turn off the computer and meditate, even if it’s just for five minutes.
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