3 Simple Ways To Lead A Happy Life
This post was last updated on November 19th, 2024
The definition of happy life is different for different people. For some people, having all the luxuries and oodles of wealth contributes to a happy life, while for some, life spent with family is a happy life. But for being truly happy in life, you must be happy in your personal and professional space in a way that you are positively dealing with life as it comes, irrespective of how wealthy or poor you are or whether you have loved ones to share your joys and sorrows or not.
You must develop physical, emotional and mental stability in order to face the challenges with courage and enjoy every moment with more enthusiasm. If you think you have all the worries and tensions with no reason to rejoice, then you are probably doing something that will attract more problems. Yes, as per law of attraction, you get everything you ask for. Your mind is extra busy in thinking of all the negative things that has happened or you predict to happen, then the universe will ensure to send you for the asked negativity. Your physical, mental and emotional health suffers because of your psychology, which creates a feeling that resists you from leading a happy life.
At such juncture, training your psychology to change your outlook towards life is the only way that can assure you of leading a happy life. Transform you perspective of looking at life and ensure emotional freedom while maintaining a positive mental stance by reading these 3 simple ways to lead a happy life:
1. Stop Lying To Yourself
First of all ask yourself, have your ever lied to yourself? Think a moment before answering. Although the truth is that everyone lies with themselves, yet there are people who will answer no to this question. It hardly matters if your answer is yes or no, what matters is the fact that you are afraid of being true to yourself. You are scared of facing the truth.
You know that exercising and eating nutritious food is great for maintaining a healthy physique and a calm mind, yet you lie yourself that it is not necessary to abide by it. While filling your profile details on any site, if you mention details that are fake and does not represent yourself, then you are lying to yourself. If you keep blaming others for your fault, then you are not ready to face the truth. You therefore, find it easy to lie to yourself as it convinces you for sometime.
Now that you know that you have been lying to yourself for this entire time, you must know the reason for this is dissatisfaction with yourself. You are not happy with yourself for what you are, what you do, how you look, etc. All these feelings associated with fear, shame and inadequacy is causing you to lie to yourself. Get rid over these feelings and start being honest to yourself. The lies start making you hollow from inside. Rather accept your mistakes, do what you know is right and start loving yourself for what you are as you are a unique creation. When you start facing truth, you automatically will find courage to deal with adverse circumstances and this is will build more confidence in you.
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2. Use Your Creative Side Instead Of Worrying
When we express our heart out, we tend to feel the happiest. Everyone has a creative side. Rather than leading a monotonous life, give your life a creative twist by pursuing your long lost hobbies or following your passion instead of doing a job that you do out of the need for earning a living. Being creative unearths your true potential and makes you feel joyous. When you love what you do, then your mind tends to provide highly creative solutions to day to day problems and you become innovative in your approach.
On the other hand, if you keep worrying for things that actually doesn’t matter, then you unintentionally shut down your creative side. You may perceive that the act of worrying actually is intended to solve your problems. In fact, there is a huge gap between worrying about problems and putting your mind to work out the possible solutions to tackle those problems. Therefore, worrying is negative element that further makes you negative by forcing you to think about imaginative and negative consequences.
Start learning how to be calm at all situations and convince yourself that worrying will make your situation more miserable. Practise mind calming techniques such as counting in descending order or singing a song. This would help you in taking logical decisions. To stay positive in life, you must eliminate all negativities from life. Associate with people who are positive, trustworthy and who can guide you to bring the best out of you.
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3. Start Maintaining A Gratitude Journal
This is the best way to convince yourself that you are leading a better life and that you have been endowed with so many happy moments that you don’t need money to announce yourself a rich person. Make a practice of writing down all the things or experiences you had in a particular day and thank God for teaching you a new lesson in life. Mention the names of people who have been kind to you and mention the kind deeds you performed. Thank God for giving you the ability to help others.
When you start maintaining this journal, then at times when you are upset with the way your life is pacing ahead, you can have a glance at it. The book will instantly fill you with a new inspiration and you will be motivated to make the most of what you have been gifted. You will gradually find yourself becoming empathetic. This feeling will ensure that you understand people and their situations before reacting and you will eventually enjoy the calmness and peacefulness of your mind.
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Snehashree Bhat
A young writer who loves to pen words from creative perspective. Passionate internet surfer, a versatile homemaker and a person who finds pleasure in adopting healthier and positive changes in her persona. An enthusiastic feminist who wishes to make serious changes in the stereotypical thought process of the society via the voice of her words.