1.) Exercise
- Exercise is a key element to managing my moods. It calms you and energizes you at the same time. Its rituals are comforting. It’s productive but not intellectually or socially demanding. Also, exercise is so obviously a key to good health that if you manage to exercise, you feel like you’re doing something worthwhile in you’re day, no matter what else happens.
2.) Do something nice for someone else.
- The first part of the Second Splendid Truth is “One of the best ways to make you happy is to make other people happy” (also known as the “Do good, feel good” provision).Make a good thing that will make your friend happy and at the same time you help her/him you are also happy to see someone happy because of you.
3.) Stop ruminating.
- Your inclination was to go over and over the detail of the upsetting episode and to conduct imaginary arguments. Instead, you tried to keep you’re resolution to find an area of refuge. Studies show that dwelling on negative thoughts amplifies their power in your mind. In fact, some researchers suggest that a reason that more women suffer depression than men is that women are more likely to “over think,” while men are better at distracting themselves from negative thoughts.
4.) Connect with someone important to you.
- You need to call someone to keep you more comfortable.
5.) Tackle a nagging task.
- Crossing things off a to-do list is energizing and cheering. You took the time to clear you’re desk – not just physically removing piles of papers, but also doing the tasks that the papers represented. Copying research notes from various sources, making a dentist’s appointment, and making progress on you’re blog re-design gave you a feeling of control and accomplishment.
6.) Do something silly and light-hearted with your friends.
-Go out with your friends. You could go to a mall or just do silly things to make you happy when you are having a bad day.
7.) Act the way you want to feel.
-Research shows that although we think that we act because of the way we feel, in fact, we often feel because of the way we act. You get worked up very easily, but you tried to act cheerful instead of allowing yourself to get agitated, wring my hands, etc.
8). Go to sleep early.
- It’s true, everything does look better in the morning. Also, the longer you work on you’re happiness project, the more importance you give to sleep. Getting enough sleep just makes a tremendous difference to happiness.
