HOW TO BE HAPPIER
Happiness, like cholesterol1 level, is a genetically2 influenced trait. Yet as cholesterol is also influenced by diet and exercise, so our happiness is to some extent under our personal control.
1. Realize that enduring happiness doesnt come from financial success. People adapt to changing circumstanceseven to wealth or a disability. Thus wealth is like health: Its utter absence breeds misery3, but having it doesnt guarantee happiness.
2. Take control of your time. Happy people feel in control of their lives, often aided by mastering their use of time. It helps to set goals and break them into daily aims. Although we often overestimate4 how much we will accomplish in any given day , we generally underestimate how much we can accomplish in a year, given just a little progress every day.
3. Act happy. We can sometimes act ourselves into a frame of mind. Manipulated into a smiling expression, people feel better; when they scowl5, the whole world seems to scowl back. So put on a happy face. Talk as if you feel positive self-esteem, are optimistic, and are outgoing. Going through the motions can trigger the emotions.
4. Seek work and leisure that engages your skills. Happy people often are in a zone called flowabsorbed in a task that challenges them without overwhelming them. The most expensive forms of leisure often provide less flow experience than gardening, socializing, or craft work.
5. Join the movement movement. An avalanche6 of research reveals that aerobic7 exercise not only promotes health and energy, it also is an antidote8 for mild depression and anxiety. Sound minds reside in sound bodies. Off your duffs, couch potatoes.
6. Give your body the sleep it wants. Happy people live active vigorous lives yet reserve time for renewing sleep and solitude9. Many people suffer from sleep debt, with resulting fatigue10, diminished alertness, and gloomy moods.
7. Give priority to close relationships. Intimate friendships with those who care deeply about you can help you weather difficult times. Confiding11 is good for soul and body. Resolve to nurture12 your closest relationships: to not take those closest to you for granted, to display to them the sort of kindness that you display to others, to affirm them, to play together and share together.
8. Focus beyond self. Reach out to those in need. Happiness increases helpfulness . But doing good also makes one feel good.
9. Be grateful. People who keep a gratitude13 journalwho pause each day to reflect on some positive aspect of their lives experience heightened well-being14.
10. Nurture your spiritual self. For many people, faith provides a support community, a reason to focus beyond self, and a sense of purpose and hope. Study after study finds that actively15 religious people are happier and that they cope better with crises.
幸福，就像人体的胆固醇含量，是一个受受基因影响的特质。但就像胆固醇含量是受饮食和训练影响的一样，从某种程度上来讲，幸福也是可以个人控制的。
1、要了解，持久的幸福并不是来自经济上的发达；
2、控制好时间；
3、快乐地做事；
4、从事可以发挥你的技能的工作和休闲活动；
5、参加真的的运动有氧运动；
6、有充足的睡眠；
7、优先考虑亲密的朋友；
8、不要只关注自我，多做有益于别人的事；
9、心存感激；
10、培养积极的精神、态度。
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