What's the most important thing in life? Contrary to popular opinion, it's not money, fame nor even power, it's happiness. This is all you need to enjoy a high quality of life, plain and simple.
There are many people who live in third world countries with nothing more than the shirts on their back and yet often these are the happiest people on earth. This illustrated that you don't need much to be happy. So what's their secret? How can you boost your happiness to sky-high levels? Funnily enough, there are plenty of tips and tricks which have proven to work.
Spend money on others - when many of us are sad, we often go out and buy something in an effort to cheer ourselves up. This could be simple as candy or extravagant as an iPhone12. But stunningly, new research has shown that if you really want to use money to increase your happiness, you need to spend it on others.
A study in 2008 gave people envelopes full of money, half were instructed to buy anything for themselves and the other is to spend it on charity or buy somethibg for other people. Individuals who spent on others reported much higher level of happiness.
Listen to sad songs - when we're feeling blue, many of us put on our earbuds, zone out and listen to our favorite songs. But before playing your happiest song, you might want to listen to this.
A study in 2014 found out that listening to sad music actually received beneficial emotional effects. These effects included regulation of negative emotion and mood. In simpler terms, sad music helps you handle your bad moods. So if you really want to cheer yourself up, put the saddest song on your playlist.
Drink coffee - i know this was unexpected. There is been a lot of talk about how coffee might be good or bad for you but not many people are discussing it effects on mood.
A study that is published in 2016 found out that a one cup of coffee per day equated to an 8 percent decrease in the risk of depression up to a limit of 500mgs of caffeine per day.
Why is coffee good at fighting depression? Researchers aren't 100% sure but they think it might have to do somethibg on antioxidants and anti-inflammatories present in coffee.
Meditation - of all the things we're listing here, meditation has the most conclusive science to back it up. Meditation has been practiced for thousand of years before science of psychology even existed. People know its benefits for a very long time and its ability to reduce stress.
Numerous studies proves that there is a link between meditation and reduced stress and anxiety. Meditation almost worked wonders in almost all situations
Go for a walk - sometimes the simplest methods are often the most effective. It seem like this is definitely the case when dealing with sadness as reasearch shown that merely going for a walk could be a game changer
Some studies studied the positive effects of simply getting outside and experiencing nature. Others found out that walking in any situation can increase happiness. Simply because it involved exercise.
Get your feeling out your chest - keeping your emotions bottled up inside of you is never a good idea and it definitely helps to get things off of your chest. Have you ever felt a massive relief when you confess your fears and worries? It really work and science can confirm this.
One study looked at how recording an emotional experience can actually help calm our nerves and helps to deal on our worries. Those who are writing their emotional experience were much more calm and relaxed than those who are writing about other subjects.
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How wonderful it is that science can actually teach us a lot about how to warm up our hearts and cheer ourselves up.
So if you feel sad or worried, maybe you can make use one of this methods.
Cheer up and God Bless!
"The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy. It's all that matters." - Audrey Hepburn
