Looking for happiness? Sometimes it’s found in the most unusual places. Or, as GenuLines points out today, it can be found in the small things.
Focus On The Smaller Things to Find True Happiness
Happiness is many things to many people. It could be preparing to eat the meal you’ve waited for all day.
Or sitting down on the couch and knowing you’re about to watch the new episode of your favorite TV show. Or getting a backrub from your partner. These are all examples of what many of us would consider ‘little things. But that doesn’t mean that they can’t be instrumental in helping us to feel happier.
These are ‘creature comforts’ and pleasant asides. But they’re super powerful in raising our mood.
So the question is, how do you get to the point where little things make you happier? And how do you make sure you have a constant supply of such things to make you happy?
Little Things
The first thing to do is to find those little things and to make sure they keep coming. We have things that make us feel great, such as hobbies and activities that we enjoy.
The trick then is to identify how you can enjoy those things on a regular basis.
Next, you need to make plans to enjoy those things. A little ‘pleasure delay’ here can work wonders.
Spend your day at work looking forward to that thing that you want to do in the evening. But don’t indulge.
Instead build up the moment in your mind and look forward to it happening.
Great Things to Do
The problem is that many of us don’t know how to make the very most of our spare time. We spend all day watching TV shows we aren’t interested in.
And we call this our ‘down time’.
In fact though, there are countless great things you can be doing all the time. And the vast majority of them are free.
You could download a free computer game for instance. You could try out a new program or film on Netflix.
Head Outdoors
You could explore a local park. Or read that book you bought ages ago and forgot about.
You could try cooking something weird and ambitious. You could try to plant your own bonsai tree…
There are a million different possibilities.
So spend some time thinking about all the exciting things you could do at home. Make a habit of writing more ideas down as they come to you.
In time you’ll find your life filled with amazing little moments.
JohnK 7-4-2022
Overheard: “The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness” ~Eric Hoffer
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