10 tips to become happier

byTommyVTE

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6 years ago

In my opinion, the essence of happiness can be reduced to two words. 'Other people'. Not yourself or material things make you happy, but a network of friends, family and loved ones will make you happy.

You can still send satisfaction. With these ten tips you will be a lot happier.

1. Become an optimist. Optimism is partly genetically determined, but we can also learn to look more positively at something. Optimism is a free medicine and makes life more pleasant. An optimist chooses to assign double weight to the positive events. For a pessimist the negative events weigh twice as heavily.

2. Think in solutions. Instead of worrying about problems, you better switch to the next step: the solution. When you think about a solution, it comes faster and there is a load off your shoulder. This makes you feel a lot happier.

3. Do not take life too seriously. Of course, we have a lot of responsibilities as adults, but these can be filled in a playful way. Relativation also helps.

4. Know your own weaknesses. Determine your own limits and do not try to exceed them. Unrealistic goals are not achieved anyway. Therefore, choose feasible targets.

5. Be grateful. Being generous does not only feel good. In the long term it will bring something up for you.

6. Try to live a healthy life. Although it is not impossible, being happy will be difficult if you are constantly ill. Sleep well and move regularly. The Romans already knew 'a healthy mind in a healthy body', only benefits.

7. Live in the present. It's no use crying over spilled milk. So there is no point in staying alert to mistakes or problems from the past. There is no need to think too much about the future either, because that only gives you extra worries.

8. Learn to be a bit unhappy. "In our society everything has to be fantastic, just good is no longer enough", think about this. Being a little unhappy is part of life (and you do not have to go to the psychiatrist). Those who accept this principle will automatically be more satisfied in life.

9 Seize opportunities. Happiness does not come out of the blue. Seize opportunities and offers. Go into the unexpected and do not shy away from challenges.

10. Go to action. We know what makes us happy, but we do not do it anyway. Free up every day for what you like to do. And if necessary, keep a "happiness agenda", in which you plan something nice every day.

I use these tips for myself and my clients as a metabolic health coach/fitness consultant and it helps them to take it as it is. Most of my clients are from the UN and NGO's. Many overweight and not so healthy, because of unhealthy eating habits and many times also a lack of proper sleep.

But, I think we can use these tips/rules also within our WA activities.