Happiness Requires Practice

Feeling happier is the result of daily efforts to create a fulfilling life.

• Happiness is not a factor. It is a feeling that changes over time.

• Feeling happy is the result of creating a satisfying life.

• To feel happy, it is better to be grateful, to build relationships, to think positively, and to create purpose in one's life.

"Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have."

- Buddhism

You probably want to feel good about yourself. Waking up every morning with a smile on your face, thoughts of gratitude in your mind, and a light on your step. Sounds fun. Believe me, I want that too. However, finding happiness is not a real place or feature — it is a daily practice that leads to feeling good about yourself and the world around you.

The topic of happiness has received considerable attention in the last few decades through the work of scholars in the field of positive psychology. Spearheaded by psychologists like Martin Seligman and Ed Deiner, researchers are exploring what leads us to experience greater happiness and wellbeing over the course of our lives.

The emerging data suggests that “happiness” is actually much harder than it sounds. First, happiness is emotions - such as anger, fear, and sadness. It’s a beautiful, fun feeling that comes in and out of your experience over time. In other words, happiness is not a factor that defines something basic about who you are - it is a state of being. Like this, it is unreasonable to expect to feel happy all the time! Moreover, what makes you happy is your own self. Your happiness at any given moment will be influenced by a number of factors, such as what you enjoy doing, who you are with, how your body feels, your emotions, and what you value about life.

Given that happiness is an emotional state, it’s better to strive to be fulfilled and satisfied with your life than to be "happy." For the better you feel about your life in general, the more likely you are to experience feelings of happiness throughout your day.

The good news is that there are many things you can do to increase your overall satisfaction with life, which will lead to more happy moments. It takes daily practice to guard your mind because how satisfied you feel is more about how you see your life than it affects reality. Here are some skills you can start practicing today.

1. Inform.

The more you see the beauty that already exists in your life, the more you will have a positive conviction about yourself and the world around you. Make a conscious effort to show appreciation for the things you already have in your life that you love.

2. Change Your Thinking.

It's easy to focus on the bad things in your life and to get busy. Leave your thoughts and attitudes to focus on what you love about your life and what you can change about what goes wrong. Make an effort to stop thinking about what you don't like, don't have, and can't change.

3. Cultivate Good Relationships.

We all need people to feel meaningful and connected. The more you connect with the other people you love, love, love, enjoy, and feel close to, the better you will feel.

4. Find Meaning.

You have fundamental beliefs about what is important to you - the basic things that make your life meaningful and meaningful. The more you understand your values ​​and make decisions based on those principles, the more your life will feel.

The bottom line is this: While I am a great advocate for creating a purposeful life based on self-awareness and choice, I focus on happiness as a motivating factor thinking that you can experience 100% of the time. Finding happiness requires building a life that brings great satisfaction and satisfaction.

To do that, be grateful . Think carefully and focus on what you already love about your life. Develop connections. And find meaning and great purpose. If you feel better about your general life, you are more likely to have happy feelings throughout your day.