Finding Your Happiness

Have you sat down and made out your yearly goals?  If so, have you made out your life goals?  The things that you want to accomplish throughout your life.  Your dreams and aspirations.  Achieving your goals is directly related to your happiness.

If you are like many people today, you probably have a list of things that you would love to do or try, but you just don’t know how.  The things on your list probably make you happy and bring you joy and fulfillment.  By writing these items down on paper, you will have a visual guide to what you want to accomplish.  Being able to mark those things off of the list as done gives you an even greater feeling.

Once you write out your goals, make time to do them.  If you have always wanted to learn how to knit, set aside time each week to practice knitting.  If you love to sing, look into joining a community choir.  Find something that you will be able to carve out a time slot for.

Another activity that can help you find your happiness is keeping a journal.  Write down quotes, thoughts, and any lists that you may think of.  When you do something that makes you feel happy, record that in your journal.  When someone else does something that makes you happy, record that as well.  When you see how much you actually have to be happy about, it makes you feel good.  It is also helpful to be able to look back through your journal when things are not going very well, and remember what makes you happy.

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