Thursday 14 April 2011

Secrets of a happy life

Action for Happiness, a mass movement to improve people's wellbeing, claims there are 10 key steps to achieving contentment in life, it was reported in yesterday's Daily Telegraph. These are:

1. GIVING
Do things for others - volunteer to work for a charity in your spare time.

2. RELATING
Connect with people - get in touch with friends with whom you have lost contact.

3. EXERCISING
Take care of your body - go for a run.

4. APPRECIATING
Notice the world around - take time to appreciate wildlife in your area.

5. TRYING OUT
Keep learning new things - learn a new language.

6. DIRECTION
Have goals to look forward to - make resolutions and stick to them.

7. RESILIENCE
Find ways to bounce back - learn from defeats to do things better in the future.

8. EMOTION
Take a positive approach - focus on the happy moments of your life rather than the sad.

9. ACCEPTANCE
Be comfortable with who you are - do not dwell on your flaws.

10. MEANING
Be part of something bigger - join a society or club.

I could, I suppose, enlarge on those points but they seem to me to be concise and succinct and well worth taking on board just as they are.

2 comments:

(not necessarily your) Uncle Skip said...

Yessir, that was worth repeating... probably on a daily basis.

Brighton Pensioner said...

By taking an active part in a Lions Club one could cover quite a few of those points.

And I thought you are/were away?