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How can you make yourself happy?
Keep in mind, however, that happiness means different things to different people.
This means assessing the things that actually bring you joy and not what societal expectations tell you about joy.
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Focusing on some of these key areas may help increase your levels of happiness in your daily life.
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How Your Attitude Affects Happiness
Lifestyle, however, is only part of the happiness equation.
There are specific traits that bring optimists more success, greater health, and increased life satisfaction.
In addition tooptimism, happy people tend to have aninternal locus of control.
Simply put, they tend to believe that they are themasters of their faterather than the victims of circumstance.
You also feel more exhilarated (rather than drained) as you tackle these circumstances.
So how can you know which goals will garner personal happiness and which wont?
for make yourself happy, you oughta find balance.
There’s no happiness quick fix.
As you set your goals, rememberallof the areas of life that are important to you.
Feelings of unhappiness may be a symptom ofdepression.
Just remember that happiness isn’t a destination.
It is a process of creating a life that brings you joy, purpose, and fulfillment.
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