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How to overcome unwanted thoughts
How to manage intrusive thoughts
How to change your attitude towards intrusive thoughts
Finding balance
many people pursue goals that they expect will make them happy, but happiness isn't always the end result.
There's no happiness quick fix. It's a balancing act, so don't devote the lion’s share of energy to pursuing a single goal to the exclusion of other important lifestyle factors.
As you set your goals, remember all of the areas of life that are important to you. Map out a detailed description of how you would like your whole life to look, or set goals and develop healthy habits for a different area of your life each month.
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Daily happiness habits
- Keep a gratitude journal: Research suggests that feeling a greater sense of gratitude may also promote more feelings of happiness.
- Go for a walk: Research has shown that walking can be a great way to boost mood. Exercise itself can have a positive im...
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Factors that boost happiness
Being dissatisfied with some of these areas is not necessarily a recipe for unhappiness and being satisfied in most of these areas is no guarantee for a life of bliss. However, if you’re more satisfied with these areas of your life, you tend to be happier in general.
- M...
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Work towards your goals
If you're trying to make positive changes in your life,
it’s important to set yourself up to succeed:
- First, set small, attainable goals. Work your way into a new habit with baby steps, and you’ll feel more succ...
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How your attitude affects happiness
Lifestyle, however, is only part of the happiness equation. Your attitude about life and the things that happen to you each day can also greatly impact your overall level of happiness.
it’s probably no secret that optimists tend to be happier people, but you may not realize that there’s mor...
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Identify what makes you happy
The first step to making yourself happy is to figure out what things in life bring you joy and not what societal expectations tell you about joy.
- Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the idea of what you think will make you happy rather than what actually does.
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Set Happiness Goals
You control your happiness the same way you control your health, and If you can set goals for your health, you can do it for happiness.
Pursuing intrinsic goals, like learning a new language or taking care of your body, provides a sense of purpose and a feeling of con...
9 Habits to Eliminate
- Don't answer calls from unrecognized phone numbers. Don't waste time knowing the one who called, leave it in the voicemail.
- Do not e-mail first thing in the morning or last thing at night to stop you from scrambling your schedule and difficulty of sleep.
- Do n...
Other Tips From Jordan Peterson For a Better Life
- Consider that any hierarchy creates winners and losers. The winners are more likely to justify the hierarchy and the losers to criticize it.
- Understand that hierarchy is inescapable. The pursuit of goals lends life meaning and the collective pursuit of goals produces hi...
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