Happiness Recharge

Good day everyone!

Weekend YAY!

I’m sure most of us are happy about that. But how can we extrapolate that happiness?

Is it possible to learn to be happy or at least to create happiness?

The short answer is of course: “yes”.

It would make for a very long blog post to cover every single aspect and how one arrives at those aspects. I will therefor get to the point.

One of the most important things to do is to get to know yourself. Really know what makes you who you are. What causes your emotions and more importantly  -Why? You want to follow that with accepting you. Stop fighting your attributes. Simply manage the negative ones, but first accept them. When we accept ourselves it is so much easier to find happiness, because there is less conflict, less hassle and less negativity.

Another place where you can do something about your own happiness is your outlook and our general approach to life. If you start tasks of with a negative approach, chances are good that you will not have any enjoyment while doing it. If you wake up in the morning and your first thought is “oh no what terribleness will come my way today”, then you will probably only notice all the bad things in that day or squash the good because surely something bad is looming just around the corner. Does this sound familiar? Then you need to change your mind set and approach to life. A small challenge for you: When you wake up or start something; start it with “I’m going to see what happens” (as apposed to some negativity)

Then there is simply doing more of the things that make you happy. If you are not sure what they are monitor yourself for a week or two and write down every time you smile or laugh or feel content. Doing more of the healthy things that make us happy will create a general betterment in our mood as well.

Lastly, if you have a mood or anxiety disorder or some other reason that no matter what you do you just can’t maintain your own happiness, find assistance. There is no shame in asking for help or going to see a professional to assist you to get yourself to a place where you can experience more joy, more of the time.

With all this in mind please have a look at Vista Clinic’s Happiness helps micro site and use the happiness poll. http://www.happinesshelps.co.za/index.php/happiness-poll

Be honest and make this the start of your happiness recharge!!

Have a tremendous weekend everyone!