Happiness: how to get your life to work better

“If you keep on doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep on getting what you’re getting”
- traditional folk saying

“Happiness is not in our circumstances, but in ourselves” – John B Sheerin

Twenty useful ideas about happiness

Happiness involves choice

Happiness is a skill which can be learned

Happiness is something you create rather than something that happens to you

Happiness is a journey rather than a destination

Where you are now is the right place to start

Happiness is not in the past or the future

Unhappiness could be a clue that something needs changing

Unhappiness may be a habit that can be broken

Re-think your priorities in life

Be prepared to make change

A change in attitude precedes a change in circumstances

Money is not the only form of riches

Hold onto that which is truly valuable

Connect with people

Invest in friendships and relationships

Engage with the world

What are you here to do?

Have meaning in your life

Make the world a better place

The person I’ve been waiting for to make me happy, is me

Every situation in life is an opportunity

Be curious and keep on learning

 

“The biggest mistake that people make is to be enchanted with the Hollywood idea of happiness”
– Martin Seligman

“Pessimists see failure in every opportunity. Optimists see opportunity in every failure”
- Winston Churchill