“People who exhibit high levels of curiosity ... experience higher levels of satisfaction with life than their more disengaged peers,” Todd Kashdan of George Mason University found in a study on happiness. So find a topic you don’t know a lot about or delve deeper into one of your passions. Stay curious and interested to stay happier. Source: Cultivating Curiosity https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200608/cultivating-curiosity Via Unsplash
Happiness is “the ability to receive the pleasant without grasping and the unpleasant without condemning,” wrote psychotherapist Mark Epstein. Try to take the good and the bad as they come without trying to eliminate all the unpleasant parts of life. Source: Opening Happiness https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200910/opening-happiness via Unsplash
Happiness is “a holistic thing that must be nurtured over the generations and is greatly influenced by factors like climate, culture, geography, natural resources and luck,” wrote Christopher Helman of Forbes when reviewing a study of the happiest countries around the world. Many of these issues of history, government, and environment are out of our control. However, Helman said that paying attention to our children’s education, voting, and saving money are all actions that help us to become happier citizens. Source: The World's Happiest and Saddest Countries 2013 http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2013/10/29/the-worlds-happiest-and-saddest-countries-2013/ via Upsplash
Look for new things to be thankful for every day. Keep a gratitude journal. Tell others when you appreciate them. “People who regularly practice gratitude by taking time to notice and reflect upon the things they're thankful for experience more positive emotions, feel more alive, sleep better, express more compassion and kindness, and even have stronger immune systems,” says Happify.com. Source: The Science Behind Gratitude http://my.happify.com/hd/the-science-behind-gratitude Tags: Happiness, Curiosity, Gratitude, Joy, Acceptance via Upsplash
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