Neuroscience Says These 3 Simple Mental Habits Make People Much Happier

Make an effort to remember that you live today; not ancient times.

In earlier ages, people had to make more split, life or death decisions about whether to engage with or avoid the unknown. Thus, their brains evolved to pay a lot more natural attention to negative and dangerous stimuli.

Individuals have a degree of control over their thoughts. Make a conscious effort to spend time contemplating the positive.

Make a constant and concerted effort to experience gratitude, instead of allowing less happy moments to dominate your perception.

Creating positive feelings of appreciation, helps to smooth out the peaks and troughs that naturally occur between happy experiences. Reducing how often you find yourself feeling that you're no longer happy, in turn reduces the stress that results from feeling that you should be.