REMAINING HAPPY ALL THE TIME
· The truth is that most of us struggle to remain happy today.
· Smiling sometimes, or during ceremonies, is not happiness.
· Happiness is a feeling of goodness when achieving some sense of inner peace, which isn’t easy.
1. Don’t Strive for Perfection
· Seek improvement, instead of perfection, in your actions.
· Don't be self-critical as it leads to high anxiety with regular guilt pangs.
· You should have time to appreciate your goals and feel happy about your accomplishment.
2. Don’t try to buy happiness
· If money could buy happiness, then all the rich folk would always be happy.
· Try to seek your happiness beyond the materialistic gains.
· Be comfortable with what you represent as a person, or what you do.
3. Balance Your Life
· Most people mix up their personal and professional lives, resulting in irritation and worry.
· Accept both as separate parts of your life, even if they overlap sometimes.
· Overall, don't carry your personal work and problems to your workplace and vice-versa.
4. Respect Your Body
· Any basic exercise is like a stimulant for the body to release its happy hormones.
· Dump your excesses and addictions, as a sick body cannot afford a happy mind at most times.
· Try to eradicate the root cause of an injury or illness, rather than just handling the symptoms.
5. Keep Yourself Busy
· Keeping yourself occupied is an easy way of being happy at most times.
· This doesn’t mean working on your laptop or mobile phone throughout the day.
· Just try to be in an environment where your mind is neither over-analyzing things nor is absolutely empty, and indulge in your work rather than passing a few hours or getting paid.
6. Be Surrounded by Happy People
· Avoid negative influences, particularly people who discriminate things and sound pessimistic.
· You always have the luxury of choosing happier people among your circle of friends and at work.
· You might not realize it but it directly impacts your own mood and behaviour.
Passion can single-handedly eat away your depression.