5 Underrated Mindset Hacks That Improved My Happiness

So, why don’t we put everything together?

Here, I will share five underrated mindset hacks that will:

• leave you without any worries
• make you laugh more
• and make you work on your mindset.

Let’s get to it.

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Laughing is often linked to happiness – and for a good reason. When you laugh, your brain releases painkillers and stress relievers in your blood. So you feel happier.

But how do you laugh more?

You talk and banter with people more.

Going to work has been easy since I can talk and laugh with my colleagues. But I had to become more confident and learn storytelling to do that.

Leaving your comfort zone is exciting. And when people never do it, it becomes a problem.

If you don’t do it, you will never grow. You will never become a better version of yourself. So, what’s even the point?

Yet, even if it has many advantages, leaving the comfort zone is scary.

You will be happy when you reach your goals because of it. But in the meantime, it’s scary. And it would help if you had the safety of your comfort zone.

To live a happier life, I always take some time to stay in my comfort zone in the evening.

I get back home. I prepare something to eat with my girlfriend. And we watch something together on TV.

So find something like that. Find a simple place where you can turn back after a long day of grinding. And you’ll be happy.

All my life, I struggled to focus on one thing at a time.

I used to switch from one activity to the other. And with my first job, that tendency multiplied.

But there’s one thing my developer job taught me – preparation is everything. So now, I always have a five-minute breakdown before each task to prepare for it.

• I think about what I have to do and what I need to do. And if something is missing, I get it.
• I make a fast visualization exercise in which I look at myself doing the work.
• And then, I take a deep breath and get to work.

Do the same, and you will experience a lot less stress. You will finish your task faster. And you will be happier.

Living life as a daily challenge is fundamental to being happy.

Imagine waking up in the morning and feeling thrilled for the day already. You feel the freshness of the air. And you take your hot coffee, thinking about what you will do in the next 16 hours.

How can you get the best out of them?

How can you stick to your schedule without procrastinating?

Everything will be a challenge today. But you’re happy because boring isn’t interesting. And you can’t wait to see what’s going to happen.

With this mindset, nobody can turn off your vibe. So live your life like a daily challenge, and nobody will stop you.

Negative emotions are addictive.

Once you get in the negative vortex, there’s no way you’ll get out of it. So be careful how you deal with negativity because it could ruin your day and life.

When I was younger, I had trouble dealing with it. Every time something bad happened, my whole world collapsed. And every misstep was enough to throw me back into the vortex of negative emotions.

But I practiced mindfulness for a while. And it helped me understand the fragility of our emotions.

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