I love to be happy, and I can’t think of anyone who doesn’t want to be happy or wouldn’t like to be.
So, I’ve been looking, how can we be really happy? What makes us feel that peaceful emotion that makes us happy?
I have found 5 things that would make not only a better person overall, but those things will also make you happy forever if you keep to them.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀, 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗼:
“Making time to go outside on a nice day also delivers a huge advantage; one study found that spending 20 minutes outside in good weather not only boosted positive mood but broadened thinking and improved working memory…”
20 minutes outside to boost our self to be happy? 20 minutes isn’t a huge lot of time and personally I’ve been looking for new hobby’s putting aside technology and everything else.
“Being outdoors, near the sea, on a warm, sunny weekend afternoon is the perfect spot for most. In fact, participants were found to be substantially happier outdoors in all-natural environments than they were in urban environments.”
𝟮. 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 – 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀/𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿
In order to enrich and improve our own lives, there was research done that we need to help others in order to help ourselves.
I’ve never understood this counter intuitive piece of advice, help others to help myself? One might ask why not help myself directly? Well, it doesn’t work like that and the Research shows it.
“…when researchers interviewed more than 150 people about their recent purchases, they found that money spent on activities–such as concerts and group dinners out–brought far more pleasure than material purchases like shoes, televisions, or expensive watches.
Spending money on other people, called “prosocial spending,” also boosts happiness.”
If spending money on other people makes us feel better about our self, more than spending that money on us, what about spending time on other people?
A Study of volunteering in Germany showed how volunteers were affected when the opportunity to help others was taken away from them
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻.
Not talking about the fake smiles shown online and on TV, but real smiling can help you boost your positive thoughts and feel better according to this Study
“A new study led by a Michigan State University business scholar suggests customer-service workers who fake smile throughout the day worsen their mood and withdraw from work, affecting productivity.
But workers who smile as a result of cultivating positive thoughts – such as a tropical vacation or a child’s recital – improve their mood and withdraw less.”
Of course, you can practice “real smiles” and they are very different and easy to tell from the fake ones. It’s very easy but very few people know it, the secret is too look at the eye sockets.
