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Top 10 (Ten) Simple Ways To Increase Your Happiness
Some people look at happiness as a noun instead of a verb. They just wake up happy and they don’t have to do any extra work. Well, if you’re like me then you understand, that just doesn’t work for us all the time.
This last year amid a world wide pandemic, riots, fights toward equality, and politics, I find myself waking up in the worst mood. When I try to explain to a friend who’s had no coffee, yet, she’s bouncing off the wall with excitement and energy at 6 am she loves to say “just be happy”.
Happiness is not a noun, you cant just “be”. Although, there are people out there who just have a natural positive and happy vibe about them, they’re the ones like my above mentioned friend who doesn’t need coffee and good news to smile before they even open their eyes in the morning, again, I am not one of those people.
So, below I’ve collected 10 different ways that I’ve used to condition myself to be more happy. For those of you who know Pavlov yes I did say condition. For those of you who’ve never heard of Pavlov he’s a psychologist who used unconventional ways to trick the mind into responding a certain way.
