The document lists 15 habits that can increase happiness, including savoring moments, practicing non-judgment, connecting with others, sharing gratitude, focusing on positives, spending on experiences, simplifying life, and living authentically. Happiness is circular - happy people engage in happy habits that make them happier. Practicing several of the habits listed has the potential to boost a person's happiness.
2. 15 Habits That Will Grow
Your Happiness
•Happiness is circular. Happy
people have happy habits, which
in turn, makes them happier.
Here’s a list of habits that have a
high chance of giving you a
happiness boost.
3. 15 Habits That Will Grow
Your Happiness
• 1. Savor the moment. Look around your
environment and take note of one thing that
you often take for granted. Bring mindful
attention and awareness to it. Try to engage all
your senses. Notice the positive feelings and
associations that go with it. Try to hold onto
this awareness for 15-20 seconds or so, to let it
really sink in.
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Your Happiness
• 2. Practice non-judgmental awareness of
yourself and others.
• Most people, including you, are doing the best
they can with the resources they have in any
particular moment. No one wakes up and says,
“I think I’ll screw up my life today.” Give
yourself, and others, a break.
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Your Happiness
• 3. Cultivate realistic thinking. You don’t
necessarily have to be a positive thiker.
• Sometimes healthy skepticism is appropriate.
Try to be balanced in your thinking, though:
For example, what is the evidence for (insert
worrisome thought or idea)? What are the
implications? How likely is it to happen? What
coping skills do you have in place if the worst
were to happen?
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Your Happiness
• 4. Connect with others. We are inherently
social and have a fundamental need for
belonging. Having social support is a buffer in
times of stress.Connecting with others can
also help put problems in perspective; others
can give you useful feedback.
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Your Happiness
• 5. Resolve conflicts proactively. Treat
emotional issues as temporary and solvable.
Use assertiveness skills.
Realize you can be kind without having people
walk all over you.
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Your Happiness
• 6. Develop good self-care practices. Exercise,
eat healthy most of the time, get enough
sleep, be kind to yourself, and develop good
boundaries.
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Your Happiness
• 7. Share gratitude and love. Express gratitude
to those who have made a difference in your
life. Send a card. Write a letter. Visit in person.
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Your Happiness
• 8. Focus on the good. Write down three good
things that happen each day. Take pictures.
Journal. Keep scrapbooks (they don’t have to
be fancy).
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Your Happiness
• 9. Live like you're on vacation. What makes
the time we spend on vacation better than the
time we spend at home? We are open to new
experiences. We are trying novel things. At
home there are plenty of things we could be
doing that would be novel and/or fun, but
there's no urgency. Plan a time to be a tourist
in your own town.
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Your Happiness
• 10. Fake it. Studies show that if your face is in a
smiling position (such as holding a pen long-
ways in your mouth), it sends signals to your
brain that you are happy. If you don’t want to
put a pen in your mouth, simply focus on
turning up the corners of your mouth ever so
slightly. Imagine that even your eyes are
smiling.
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Your Happiness
• 11. Have fun and laugh. Laughter has been
shown to lower blood pressure, reduce certain
stress hormones, defend against respiratory
infections, increase memory and learning,
improve alertness, and increase creativity.
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Your Happiness
• 12. Spend money. Money can buy (some)
happiness, but only if you spend it on the right
things, like experiences or other people. No
one ever said on his or her deathbed, "I wish
I'd bought more stuff."
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Your Happiness
• 13. Simplify. Too many things, too many
activities, too many choices—really too much
of anything—can cause stress and decrease
happiness.
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Your Happiness
• 14. Curtail Comparisons. Remember that we all
have joys and sorrows. Too often we’re
comparing how we feel on the inside to how
someone else looks on the outside.
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Your Happiness
• 15. Live an authentic and meaningful life. Be
true to yourself and live in line with your
values. Ask yourself, What do I want in life?
What small steps can I take to move in that
direction?
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Your Happiness
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