How to Be Happy Every Day

In this article today I would like to talk about several tips, tricks, and tactics that almost everybody can use to help be a happy person day in and day out.

Here in America we live in one of the most abundant societies in the history of the world. The American dream has been realized by tens of millions of people. We all have so much; from big houses to fancy cars to flatscreen TVs with hundreds of high definition cable channels and so much more, yet most of us are miserable almost constantly and that's an incredible shame. Fortunately there are some very simple things that we can do to help become happy and that's what I'm going to talk about in this article today.

The first thing you need to do is take responsibility for your mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes, it's a part of life and in fact it's a great part of life because mistakes are what we use to learn from. Without mistakes we can't grow so don't look at mistakes as a negative, instead look at them as a positive. Learn what you can from them, then put them from your mind and move forward.

The next thing you can do is take a small timeout during the day at some point. Go for a short nature walk if at all possible. You don't have to work up a sweat, this is not an exercise activity it's just something simple that you can do to help clear your mind and get a little rest and stress-free relaxation in the middle of your hectic day.

The next thing you should focus on is in dealing constructively with criticism. People are going to criticize you either at home or at work because it's a part of human nature. You can either take offense at the criticism or learn from it and move forward and that is what I suggest you do.

Another great thing you can do is use mental imagery. Holding positive images in your mind helps remove negativity because if you're focusing only on positive, there isn't any room in your mind for anything else. Positive thoughts just make you happy that's all there is to it so the more time you can spend thinking about positive things the better off you will be.

Finally, if you can't take a short walk during the day to relax then at least put aside a few minutes to meditate. I'm not some goofy meditation nut. What I mean by meditate is to simply take a few minutes to sit quietly in a non-noisy place and take 10 long deep breaths followed by 20 short breath all the while focusing on something positive like your favorite place or favorite activity. Just taking 5 to 10 minutes to sit quietly and breathe peacefully can make a huge difference in your overall happiness.