How to make "happy life" as your habits?

Nobody is happy all of time, but some people are definitely more fulfilled than others. Studies on what makes people happy reveal that it doesn’t have much to do with material goods or high achievement, but it boils down to your outlook in life and the quality of your relationships with the people around you.

Highly happy people all share happy habits. It’s as simple as that. If you are looking to expand your general happiness, you may consider adopting these habits in your own life. So here the tips to make “happy life” as your habits!

1.     Be a part of something you believe in.

    This could be anything. People may take an active role in their local city council, find refuge in religious faith, and join a social club supporting causes they believe in, or find passion in their careers. In each case, the physiological outcome is the same. They engage themselves in something they strongly believe in. This engagement brings happiness and meaning into their lives.

2.     Share time with friends and family.

     A happy life is a life shared with friends and family. The stronger the personal relationship are and the higher the frequency of interaction, the happier a person will be. The more time you spent with them, it may lead you to be happy as well.

3.     Reflect on the good.

     Quite often, people concentrate too much of their attention on negative outcomes and leave no time to positively reflect on their successes. It’s natural for a person to want to correct undesirable circumstances and focus closely on doing so, but there must be a healthy balance in the allocation of personal awareness. A continuous general awareness of your daily successes can have a noticeably positive affect on your overall emotional happiness.

4.     Exploit the resources you do have access to.

    The average person is usually astonished when they see a physically handicap person show intense signs of emotional happiness. How could someone in such restricted physical state be so happy? The answer is how they use the resources they do have.

5.     Create happy endings whenever possible.

The power of endings is quite remarkable. The end of any experience has a profound impact on a person’s overall perception of the experience as a whole. People always remember the ending. Always tie loose ends, leave things on a good note and create happy endings in your life whenever possible.

6.     Use personal strengths to get things done.

Everyone possesses unique personal strengths. We all have different talents and skill sets. Emotional happiness comes naturally to those who use their strengths to get things done. The state of completion always creates a sense of achievement.

7.     Savour the natural joy of simple pleasures.

    The best things in life are free. They come in the form of simple pleasures and they appear right in front of you at various locations and arbitrary times. It’s all about taking a moment to enjoy the sunset, smell the flowers or hold the hands of someone you love. Noticing these moments and taking part in them will bring bursts of happiness into your life.

This article was written by Najihah.
She is our Business Consultant and extremely happy with her life right now.