3 Ways To Be Happier Right Now

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3 Ways To Be Happier Right Now
We have many quotes on happiness like ‘Do more what makes you happy’ or ‘Happiness is the best make-up,’ etc. But is being happy as simple as it is said? If it would have been, then the world would have been a happy place. It is not easy to just be happy always.
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You don’t just wake up in the morning & flip a switch and then become happy or your mood changes from sorrow to happiness. However, some ways will help you get out of misery within no time. Interested in knowing what these ways are? Let’s head to the article and see what the three things are that you can do today to be happier right now!


- Three Walks:

This is the first and the easiest happiness habit to follow. Penn State researchers discovered that if you take 3 brisk 30-minutes walks a week, you will markedly increase your happiness. Exercise alone increases your happiness more than anything else. Exercise increases endorphins and other feel-good brain chemicals. They also reduce stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline.

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- The 20-Minute Replay:

You all must have heard about journaling and its positive effects on our brains’ well-being. Same is explained here. Commit 20 minutes a day at the end of a day to write down about one good thing that happened to you that day and see what wonders happen. You will feel lighter and become markedly happier. Why does this work? When you journal about something you think you’re there, you are reliving it, and if you read your journal you relive it a third time. This activity triples your happiness.


- Acts of kindness:

The next happiness habit is committing five random acts of kindness a week. The acts can be anything like giving a small gift to somebody or holding the door open for someone, or helping someone cross the road. You feel better about yourself when you show kindness. Scientists have shown that this habit increases your happiness more than anything else.

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You don’t have to get any fancy house, or a car or any material things to be happy. The feeling of happiness should come from within. These three simple things will cost you nothing but will make you immensely happy. Someone has rightly said, ‘Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions.’


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