Everyone wants to be happy. And they should be. Not only is life a lot easier to deal with when you have a positive outlook on it but it is also better for your overall health and well being if you can spend more time feeling good.
Many people think that happiness is a long term goal. They’ll be happy when they find Mr. or Ms. Right, or when they finally get that job/car/house they are hoping for. But it doesn’t, and it shouldn’t, have to be that way. Spending every day in a better mood should be the real goal.
However, that can seem like it is easier said than done when you wake up feeling blue and facing a tough day ahead. But it really is possible at any given time of the day (or night) if you are just willing to focus and give it a try. Don’t believe us? Here are 30 things you can do at almost any time that will give you a happiness boost right away.
Thirty Easy Ways to Get Happy Fast
- Write down three things you are grateful for.
- Email, call or text a friend you haven’t talked to in a while
- Buy yourself some new music for your smart phone/music player
- Take a power nap (20 minutes should do it)
- Deactivate your Facebook account for a day (FB can be more of a downer than you think)
- Re-read a favorite book from your childhood
- Re-watch a favorite movie you haven’t seen in years
- Take a walk in the park, or even just down the street
- Send someone a greeting card ‘just because’ (and it’s OK if it’s an e greeting, as it’s the thought that counts)
- Turn on the radio, turn it up and SING.
- Leave a bigger than usual tip for a server.
- Pick up your smart phone, go outside and take a picture of the first pretty thing you see.
- Sign up for a fitness class
- Actually go to the fitness class
- Smile at a stranger
- Clean up your desk (you’ll be amazed by how good that can make you feel)
- Stop reading or watching the news for a day
- Clean out your closet (maybe you’ll find a great little number you’d forgotten all about)
- Find a happy photo and put it in a frame.
- Display the happy photo some place prominent
- Make a list of five brilliant things you have already done this year
- Play with a pet, even if it’s someone else’s
- Sit on a park bench and watch the world go by
- Have a salad for lunch instead of a burger
- Surprise a coworker by buying them a salad for lunch as well
- Draw a picture
- Write a love letter
- Paint your bedroom (or bathroom, or kitchen…)
- Call your mother (you’ll make her day too)
- Stop reading this list, turn off the computer and meditate, even if it’s just for five minutes.
Thirty Easy Ways to Get Happy Fast
Practice these thirty steps everyday and just watch how your life changes, you will be amazed… be happy right now..
