Live Happy

Not everyone can wake up in the morning, be happy, and take on the day with optimism and positivity.  Some of  us have to search and search to find things to make our day even worth while. Others  can wake up, shut of our alarm, and appreciate the things we have in front of us. So why do some of us have a brighter view on life than others? Is it because they have better things? Is it because they make more money? Or have more friends? Or does it all boil down to how your mind operates on that given day?

Let us put aside having nice things or having a lot of money or 'success' in the eyes of society. Let us talk about how we think. How we view our daily lives, from the time that we wake up until the time we lay down to sleep.

I like to consider myself a happy individual. I've trained my mind to see the good in every situation I encounter in this life. I'm grateful for the things that I have. I'm willing to work to get the next thing, and not point fingers at someone else when it doesn't work out.

Here I've compiled some notes of habits that I've picked up over time. I sure hope that you can take something from this article and begin to live just a little bit happier in your day to day life.

Once you make a conscious decision to be happy from this point forward you will begin to notice a lot more little things in those around you. You will begin to notice their bad habits and bursts of anger, or their complaining nature. Understanding that getting angry over small things and complaining over things you can't control is a waste of your time and it brings down your overall, new found, happy energy. Shut down the complaining just as quick as you hear it because you don't need that in your life.

Happy people tend to see the good in every situation they encounter in life. You can be faced with a large amount of adversity on a frequent basis and you will see it as an opportunity to grow. You can lose your job and see your next opportunity as your best one yet. You can have a huge deal fall through that you spent weeks or even months working on and you'll tell yourself it must not have been the right one for me. When you're truly happy it becomes tremendously effortless to view what most people would call problems, as lessons.

Find things that make you happy and do them as much as you can. You have a lot more free time than you think you do. Spend time on your passion verses something you care very little about. When you have goals that you set and you work to achieve them, it keeps you driven and it keeps you accountable. Progress can be some of the best luggage on your happiness adventure.

We are all going to lose at something at some point in our lives, right? There will always be something that has a learning curve for us. During this time of working with your passions or working at your job or teaching yourself new skills it becomes very important to accept your failures. Accepting your shortcomings and accepting where you are is the only way you will move forward with the right attitude.

Every day of the week you are going to be faced with a decision of either the easy way or the right way. The easy way will bring us some short term satisfaction to make us happy for a couple of hours, or even days. This may be a little confusing considering this article is about being happy and i'm talking down on short term happiness. Short term satisfaction is one of the worst things we can be a part of. Getting in the habit of trying to fill a void of unhappiness with something that will not last long and get you in a bad habit isn't a place you want to be. Long term happiness is what we want in the life and that is done by looking ahead and knowing what you need today to keep your future self in good order. Your present self needs to set your future self up for success.

Lifelong happiness is not something that is just given to us. It can't be given to you in the form of materialistic things. Making more money may solve your money problem, but it might cause others ones. Buying a new home may give you a nicer place to stay, but it won't always be a new home. Having children may be the best new miracle in your life, but it won't fix your marriage. You see where I'm going with this? Life will forever move on. I sure hope that you can move right along with it, with the right attitude. Getting your mind right will be the best decision you'll ever make.

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