1Boost Your Energy

If you are in a bad mood, one easy way to get out of it is to start moving. If you’re on the phone, get up and walk while you talk. If you can, go outside for a brief 5 – 10 minute walk.

It’s been proven that when you move faster, your mood and your focus will improve. An added bonus is that you will burn a few extra calories.

2Look To Your Friends

One of the keys to being happy is to have close bonds with other people. If you need a quick boost to your mood, you may not have time for an hour long phone conversation. However, you do have time to send a short email or make a lunch date for later in the week.

3Handle a Task That Nags You

Many times, the reason that you’re not happy is because there is something you need to handle, but you’ve been putting it off. It might be responding to a difficult email or making an appointment to see the dentist.

Surprisingly, most of those tasks only take a few minutes to do. The problem is you have to think about them every day, so it starts to feel like a much larger task.

When you find yourself in a bad mood, make an effort to complete one task from your to-do list that’s been nagging you. You will be amazed at how quickly you will feel better when it’s done.

4Fix Your Space

Another great way to be happier in less than an hour is to spend just a few minutes clearing out your space. It doesn’t matter if you’re at work or at home, if you constantly live in clutter, it will eventually start to feel like you’re surrounded and overwhelmed.

A quick way to boost your mood is to pitch the junk, sort through your papers, recycle the newspapers and put away your supplies. You can even get a boost in your mood by just straightening up the stacks of paper that surround you.

5Plan Some Future Fun

Another great way to quickly boost your mood is to plan something that will be fun. You don’t have time to actually read a new book, but you will feel better if you take a few minutes to order a book that will be fun to read.

It only takes a few minutes to plan a hike, a trip to a museum or buy tickets to a sporting event. You will get a boost to your mood for the rest of the day because now you have something to look forward to that will be fun.

6Do Good – Feel Good

One of the best ways to be happier is to just do something good. Help someone who needs it. Find a way to compliment the next five people you interact with. Look for ways to be nice to someone at the office.

Most people’s mood is dictated by the way that they act. If you make an effort to do good things, you will get an instant increase in your happiness level.

7Act Like You’re Happy

It has actually been scientifically proven that if you just smile, your mood will increase. Just going through the motions to act like a happier person is, in fact, going to actually make you happier.

Tips to Be Happy in Life Summary

Happiness isn’t something to work toward, it is something you are. You shouldn’t be working toward it… you should focus on things that can make you happy right now.

What Do You Think?

Are there any of these tips to be happy in life that have worked for you?  Do you have any others to add?

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