12 Easy Steps to Creating Happiness in Your Life

Being happy 24/7 is just not reality. Life happens and as you deal with it sometimes we need to work on finding happiness once more.

Here are 12 easy steps that have worked for me through the years.

1.Gratitude – Start with being thankful for waking up in the morning and move forward from there. Showing gratitude for the smallest things in your life and the people that are the closest to you will make the biggest impact in your life and theirs.

2.Celebrate – I have this crazy dance that I do every time something wonderful happens in my life. I jump up, hoot & holler and shake my booty all over the room. Usually, this is only done in front of my dogs, who get so excited that we have an impromptu dance party that elevates even their moods.

3.Spirituality – Actively religious people have a stronger sense of life’s meaning, cope better with crisis and can focus beyond themselves.

4.Exercise – Just getting out for a brisk walk releases endorphins in your brain to give you a “natural high.” This is better than any get happy pill you can take.

5.Like Minded People – Associate with people that lift you up, not tear you down.

6.Get Quiet – Sometimes our minds are going 1,000 miles per minute. When we can turn that off, go blank and just be for 10 minutes a day, the benefits are huge. Some people use meditation or prayer to achieve this.

7.Delegate – Turning tasks over to others or hiring out so you have more time to do the things that are important to you.

8.Sleep - Some people need more sleep than others. Know how many hours your body needs and stick to it. Lack of sleep has been linked to weight gain, trouble concentrating and being cranky. Who needs that?

9.Create Your Own Reality – If watching the news gets you down, turn it off and stay away. Use this new found time, to do something that you never have the time for.

10. Laugh Out Loud – Laughter truly is the best medicine. Look for meet-up clubs whose sole purpose is to induce those giant belly rolling laughs.

11. Volunteer – Helping others helps you to put your own troubles into perspective and provides common goal social interaction.

12. Live In The Moment – Worrying about something that might or might not happen in the future does you no good. Banish these thoughts and focus on the here and now.

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