TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Happiness is in your own hands. It is everyone’s choices to experience such delightful feeling.
As cited in Psychology Today, happiness does not depend on a person’s life even if it goes well unless that person decides for himself that he deserves to be happy.
Here is a list of 7 things you can do to be happy.
1. Have a confidence
Self-efficacy is a belief that you can achieve your goals. You should acknowledge that you can improve your happiness. The best way to do this is to start being grateful and prioritize yourself to do fun things.
2. Always positive
Positive thinking toward yourself closely links to happiness. Learn to feel better about yourself. For example, imagine yourself as the best person you could be, note down your positive values, or identify your self-power. These way you can increase your happiness level.
3. Dare to thrive
Building a developing mindset can make you happy. You should change your mind to have faith in yourself and then your life could be brighter.
4. Make positive memories
Every part of the human brain can be strengthened by doing practices. You can train yourself to remember positive memories instead of the bad things to lift off the heavy burden that hampers you from happiness.
5. Have a break from social media
Social media tend to create a negative effect on happiness. Take a break or change the way you use social media to have yourself happiness.
6. Communicate well
When you do good to others, they will feel better about themselves. Happiness can be obtained by doing good to other people such as treat each other with respect and communicate in friendly.
7. Choose love
A way to happiness is to accept and love yourself. Love is worthy for everyone. Any relationship, parents-children, lovers, and friendships that based on love will bring your happiness.
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY | ANGGIANDINI PARAMITA MANDARU
