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What Makes You Happy?
This question is not as simple as it appears. According to a study, most of us find it simpler to be successful than to be happy at work. Guilt, fear, and pressure all play a role. In today's world of achievement, we place a high value on success while placing a low value on happiness. We are taught how to be productive and successful, but we are not taught how to be happy. And this is a major issue.
According to research, we all have a happy baseline or a level of happiness that we experience on a regular basis throughout our lives. We can, however, increase our happiness baseline with the correct effort. You can learn to be happy no matter who you are, what your experiences have been, or how you think. It is a taught talent.
There are thousands of mind-blowing techniques and tactics available to help you feel joyful and learn to be happy on a daily basis. Today, we're going to show you 5 easy, scientifically proven strategies that you can simply incorporate into your daily life to make yourself happy.
1. Develop the ability to say "thank you." We emphasise the good parts of life when we thank someone, or even fate, for anything. You might even begin by practising gratitude, such as maintaining a gratitude journal, sharing three nice things that happen each day, and appreciating those that help you. Serotonin production in the anterior cingulate cortex is triggered by pleasant recollections. This method is frequently used to treat depression.
2. Get some restful sleep. Sleep, as we all know, is beneficial to our health. Experiments have revealed that persons who receive enough sleep are happier than their grumpy counterparts who don't get enough sleep. So, before turning out the lights and calling it a night, turn off your phone, grab a good book, and cosy up in bed.
3. Spend more time with family and friends. One of the top five regrets of the dying is not keeping in touch with friends and relatives. According to studies, spending time with friends might make you feel better and more pleased. Even for introverts, social time is quite crucial when it comes to boosting our happiness. Several studies have discovered that spending time with friends and family has a significant impact on our happiness.
4. Help Others. One of the most perplexing bits of advice found is that you should help others to make yourself happier. In fact, we should devote at least two hours every week to assisting others in order to enrich our lives. Scientists discovered that doing a random act of kindness delivers the most consistent short-term boost in the happiness of any activity examined.
5. Smile more. Smiling can make us feel better, but it works best when accompanied by pleasant thoughts. When you smile, you trick your brain into thinking you're happy, and it releases happy chemicals that make us feel good, which enhances our attentional flexibility, decreases pain, boosts mood, and improves our capacity to think holistically. Smiling can help you cope with the tension of a difficult circumstance. The facial feedback hypothesis is a term used by psychologists to describe this phenomenon. Even faking a smile when we don't feel like it is enough to lift our mood slightly.