04 Jan 3 Simple Tools for More Happiness This Year
Happiness is not just a feeling.
I mean, it is, partly, an emotion; or set of positive emotions.
But happiness is also a range of behaviours, actions, habits. Happiness comes, at least in part, from what you do!
So if you want to turn your happiness into action steps then read on …
via Psychology Today by Donald Altman
KEY POINTS
- Studies have found that only a small percentage of persons achieve their resolutions.
- Focusing on simple and realistic practices helps people reach positive goals.
- Actionize your happiness with proven practices for reducing anxiety, such as breath, gratitude, and curiosity.
No one denies that the holiday season is stress-filled. Now it’s over, right? You should feel relieved, yes?
Well, that might be the case if you didn’t worry about what is coming next, such as more pandemic concerns, prices rising even more, and achieving your 2023 goals and resolutions.
It would be silly for me to claim those stresses don’t exist, or that they don’t create anxiety. Of course they do. There are even studies that show how few people attain their New Year resolutions, thus producing a self-induced sense of failure and more stress.
Fortunately, there is an antidote to stress. As stress researcher Hans Selye once said, “It’s not stress that kills us, it is our reaction to it.”
The antidote I’m going to share here involves one-minute mindfulness tips (from the book One-Minute Mindfulness) that can transform your New Year. You’ll be surprised how easy they are to implement and integrate into your day.
3 Simple Tools to Actionize Your Happiness
1. Just Breathe. This tip can help you relax anytime a situation is making you feel impatient, tense, or anxious. In the next minute, you can perform this stress-defying maneuver, one breath at a time…
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