How to Live a Happier Life?

Living a happier life might sometime seem easier said than done, but I am a big believer in happiness being a choice and something you work towards not stubble across!

Of course, we can all have shit days that leave us hugging a pillow in bed and eating our body weight in junk food (and this is totally normal) however, there are simple steps that I believe you can follow to look on the brighter side of life more days than not…

Try to stop overthinking

We have all been there, right? Overthinking the smallest of decision. When I was younger, I overthought a lot, mostly because I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feels, I would sit for hours over thinking situation to make others happy rather than myself.

What I do now, is to go with my gut. It sounds cliché but your gut should be your most trusted friend! Give yourself a time limit (1min – 30 mins depending on the situation) to decide what you are doing and then act.

In doing this I have found that I now do what makes me happy and believe me you will be shocked how many people start to respect you more because you are doing what is best for you!

Stop thinking too much about the past and present

We all love to recall memories and we all love to dream but doing this to much can lead to serious mistakes and unhappiness!

Spending more time in present moments leads to more happiness and peace. If you feel yourself slipping into the past or future try and reconnect with the present!

Take a deep breath and focus on your breathing or take a moment to sit and look at what is happening around you.

Live for the now my beauties!

Stop setting your bar to high for happiness

Feeling happy doesn’t have to be just for those big moments in life, it should also come for the small things too.

I have always been the worst for this! I used to only feel happy or proud when I achieved a big goal but then those goals got bigger and I started to withhold so much happiness from myself.

We need to celebrate the small things in life. There is so much for us to be happy for, so, we must remind ourselves that happiness isn’t just achieved when something monumental happens it is also achieved in the everyday!

STOP comparing yourself to others!

In a world of social media this is so easy to do and I get it of course there are always going to be people out there doing things you would love to be doing, with the career you may want, buying things that you would like but STOP IT, STOP IT RIGHT NOW!

You are amazing and comparing yourself to other people can easily become a destructive and depressing daily habit.

Instead of spending your time doing this which in the long term obliterates your self-esteem think about how far you have come and the progress you have made towards your own dreams!

Feel how you are feeling

I know this whole post is about choosing to feel happy but a massive part of this is to feel how you are feeling, as I mentioned it’s ok to have a crappy day and it’s completely normal you would not be human if you spent everyday with a huge smile plastered on your face.

But going through the motions can usually lead you to realising what is making you unhappy and lead you to taking those steps to happiness.

Talk these feeling through with someone or write them down. Once you know what is upsetting you it is a lot easier to put a plan in place and hopefully before you know it those bad days become fewer!

I would love to know what you do to keep yourself in a perky mood, feel free to leave a comment your answers might really help someone else x