Live Happily: 10 Tips For A Happy LifeWe all want to live a happier life filled with joy, love, and success. But how, exactly, do we do it? Here's the complete guide to living happily in 2020, according to science.
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For more than a decade, I've been exploring the best ways that people can live happily. And over the last year, I even wrote a book on happiness: Outsmart Your Smartphone: Conscious Tech Habits for Finding Happiness, Balance, and Connection IRL. Even though there are tons of things you can do to live a happier life, I've narrowed our focus down to the 10 skills you can build that I believe are the most important to increase happiness. By building these skills, you can start to live a happy life.
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4. Boost your self-confidence to live happilyIf we don't have self-confidence, it’s easy to think that there’s something fundamentally wrong with us — that there's nothing we can do to change ourselves and create the happy life we desire. But self-confidence is actually a skill. When we learn how to think, feel, and act in ways that make us a person we really love, we can be more self-confident and, as a result, live happily more easily.
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Here are a few ways to build self-confidence to create a happier life:
- Practice self-compassion.
- Imagine your best self.
- Know your strengths.
- Celebrate your successes.
5. Create work-life balance to live happily
Are you exhausted, demotivated, and in desperate need of a break? By learning how to create better work-life balance, you can make better use of the limited time you do have in your life. As a result, you end up enjoying all parts of your life a bit more.
Here are a few ways to improve work-life balance:
Here are a few ways to improve work-life balance:
- Find out if you're at risk for burnout.
- Establish better boundaries.
- Do more things that energize you and help you live happily.
- Engage in restorative experiences.
6. Build resilience to live happily
Sometimes life knocks you down — there is no getting around that. What really matters for creating a happy life is how easy it is for you to get back up. Developing emotional resilience keeps those challenges and hardships from overwhelming you. You recover more quickly from difficulties, and as a result, you'll live happily more days each month and year.
Here are just some of the ways to build resiliency:
Here are just some of the ways to build resiliency:
- Practice mindful acceptance.
- Observe your situation to increase your awareness.
- Find the positives in negative situations.
- Create a collection of images or quotes that inspire you to live happily.
- Understand the benefits of negative emotions.
- Beef up your coping skills.
- Stop your negative thought cycles.
7. Be more mindful to live happily
Now that we live in a high-tech world, we go through much of our lives on autopilot. As a result, we miss out on the best parts of being alive — positive experiences, connections with others, and even having fun. So maybe we already have a happy life . . . and we just don't see it. When you become more mindful and self-aware, you stop feeling so numb and are able to better enjoy everything your life has to offer.
Here are just some of the ways to build mindfulness to live happily more easily:
Here are just some of the ways to build mindfulness to live happily more easily:
8. Find your life purpose to live happily
We all want our lives to feel like they matter. It can be tricky, though, to figure out what matters to us. Each person's life purpose is different, and learning to notice when you've found your purpose is a skill. By building this skill, your life becomes more meaningful and more satisfying, so you can live happily more easily.
Here are just some of the ways to find your purpose:
Here are just some of the ways to find your purpose:
- Identify your values.
- Make positive impacts in the lives of others.
- Find out what drives you.
9. Practice kindness to live happily
We're often so focused on boosting our own happiness that we ignore how we affect others. This is a huge mistake, because kindness is, counterintuitively, one of the best ways to create a happy life. Acts of kindness fuel a longer-lasting, more enduring type of happiness. So when you build this skill, you live more of your days happily.
Here are just some of the ways to be more kind:
Here are just some of the ways to be more kind:
- Practice gratitude.
- Make positive impacts in the lives of others.
10. Build healthy relationships to live happily
So often we think that a happy life is something we must build on our own. But long-term happiness actually comes from the relationships that we build with others. In fact, healthy relationships are the most important factor in both our health and our happiness. This is why learning how to develop better relationships helps you live happily for life.
Here are just some of the ways to improve relationships:
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Of course, building all of these skills takes time. If you need help, get support to walk you through the steps and guide you on your journey to living a happier life.
Here are just some of the ways to improve relationships:
- Stay off your phone when you're with others.
- Practice gratitude.
- Be careful how you use social media.
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Of course, building all of these skills takes time. If you need help, get support to walk you through the steps and guide you on your journey to living a happier life.