7 Simple Tricks To feel Happy

This is a simple question to you: what makes you happy? I know true happiness comes from the heart, but what is the trigger? Happiness is not just about what you have, it is also about what you think about, what you do and how you do it. When I remember the people I loved and who loved me, I go back to that time, live the moment and feel happy. I listen to music and feel happy. I can also imagine a situation I want to be in, live it and feel extreme joy. So,  What helps you bring out or manifest the emotion of joy, fulfilment, happiness? Write down your answer then read the following lines and tell me if you agree to the content.

Stephanie Pappas, 7 Things That Will Make You Happy-If you’re happy and you know it, what’s your secret? Researchers have uncovered plenty of factors, from genes to personal characteristics to life choices, that seem to coincide with happiness and its longer-lasting cousin, well-being. Here are a few you might have some control over.

Get Culture

Men who enjoy art, ballet and other cultural activities feel happier and healthier, according to a May 2011 study published in the Journal of Epidemiology. The result held even after researchers controlled for other happiness-influencing factors such as income. For men, physical activity, outdoor hobbies and volunteer work were also linked with happiness. The cheeriest women attended both church and sports events. Cause-and-effect isn’t certain (maybe happier people take in more culture rather than the other way around), but the message is clear: It can’t hurt to get out there.

Get a Dog (Or a Cat)

Pet owners are another group that tends toward greater happiness. A survey of pet-owners and non-pet-owners published in July 2011 online in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that people who have dogs say their pets increase their self-esteem as well as their feelings of belonging and meaning. The research also found that pets had a similar ability as human friends to stave off feelings of rejection. In America, furry happiness boosters are all around: As of 2007, two-thirds of U.S. households had at least one pet.

Be Grateful

The power of positive thinking may really work, according to a 2010 paper reviewing 51 earlier studies on increasing happiness. The researchers, who detailed their work in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, found that people who get into the habit of writing down three good things that have happened to them every week show a significant rise in happiness. The review also found that study participants who wrote letters of gratitude to others reported a happiness boost that lasted for weeks. And no need for postage. Participants didn’t even have to send the letters to get the boost — though who knows, dropping that thank-you note in the mailbox might spread the joy around.

Cultivate Altruism

The same 2010 review found that giving back to others can pay happiness dividends. And a 2008 study published in the journal Science found that people who give money away rather than spending it on themselves get a happiness boost.

Not only that, but people who volunteer for selfless reasons live longer, according to a study published in August 2011 in the journal Health Psychology. Altruism is even linked to stronger relationships: A 2006 study found that the most altruistic people were also the most likely to have happy marriages.

Get Nostalgic

Social and energetic, extroverts are also the happiest personality type. It’s not easy to blossom from wallflower to center of the party, but you can steal an extrovert’s happiness trick: Viewing the past through rose-colored glasses.

Research published in June 2011 in the journal Personality and individual Differences found that extroverts owe their happiness advantage to their tendency to look back on the past with nostalgia. Savoring happy memories or putting bad ones in an optimistic light could help make life happier.

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