Tuesday, April 3, 2012

7 Ways to Work Your Happiness


7 Ways to Work Your Happiness


Sustainable happiness is attainable if you are prepared to do the work.
~Sonja Lyubomirsky

Getting happiness requires effort. Yes, you can be happy when you make up your mind to be so. However, lasting happiness depends on how much effort you put into your daily life because you will find happiness in what you do. When you pay attention and work on it, happiness will follow you.  Here are 7 ways to get committed and work on your happiness:

1.       Work on your health and fitness: Not working on your body requires no effort, but you will not be feeling good or fit. To be healthy and energetic is to exercise daily such as jogging. You have to sustain your effort daily and not just once in a while. Health is a source of happiness.

2.       Work on your job: You will not find happiness if you do not put effort into your work. You can work smart, but you still need to work hard. Getting happiness at work is about enthusiasm, commitment, and doing the best you can.  You will be trusted, valued, and appreciated. Happiness is what you get when you work hard for it.

3.       Work on your finance:  Spending gives you enormous pleasure, but you will be miserable when you just spend and spend. You will get into debt and perhaps bankrupt. Happiness is to be able to spend and yet there is still left over for a rainy day. Again, you have to work out a wise budget and stick to it so that you do not overspend.

4.       Work on your family: The easier way out is to be a couch potato. It does not need any effort and it yields no happiness as well. You have to do work in order to enjoy happiness at home.  Wash the dishes, walk the dog, and water the plants. Get involved in your children’s homework.  Happiness has to be earned.

5.       Work on your relationships: Just to get connected you still need to call.  You have to do more to show your care and concern. Putting effort into your relationship building will make others happy and you will be happy too.  

6.       Work on self-improvement: Giving up bad habits like smoking and developing good habit such as getting up early call for determination and persistent effort.  Happiness is achieving your goals.

7.       Work on your attitude: Making changes needs sustained effort. Changing attitude requires constant effort such as appreciating what you have instead of getting more wants in life. Getting into a positive mental attitude like optimism, forgiveness, living now instead of worrying about the future needs constant practice. Develop and sustain an attitude of gratitude is the happiest thing you can work on in life.

Are you working hard to attract happiness?   

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for some great common sense tips written in a very straight forward way. You are right, it is "easier" to not exercise but you will not feel good, you can do nothing to build your relationships but they won't be very satisfying. Our happiness is in our own hands. Thanks. Great to find you on voiceBoks, I'm now following you!

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  2. I wish happiness were easy to attain. But I did notice that all 7 items had the word "work" in them.. That's because happiness doesn't fall out from the sky and into our lap! We really need to exert effort to be happy. Great post!

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