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What's The Difference Between Joy Vs Happiness?
Happiness
It's a personal, external and fleeting feeling. It depends upon external things, situations, and experiences and can be achieved through possessions and experiences.
Happiness includes feelings of gratification, excitement, merriment, playfulness, amusement, and enjoyment.
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Joy
It's a feeling of spiritual and emotional wellbeing that includes bliss, elation, ecstasy, exuberance, and euphoria.
It’s an internal affair that is self-existent and independent of external factors.
Peace
It's freedom from disturbance. A state of tranquillity and harmony that can be felt collectively or individually.
Peace and happiness can be entwined, but the circumstances from which they arise are different.
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The vision of the life you desire is a destination you shouldn’t ignore as it’s key to understanding your happy place.
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Reducing Social Media
- Check social media sites just twice a day. Once mid-morning, so you’re not starting your day with social media, and again late afternoon.
- Keep a maximum of two portals of instant messaging that friends and colleagues can contact you on.
- Choose those you ‘follow’ or who appear in your feed wisely. Opt for those who inspire you, not those who bring you down.
Cultivating Gratitude
Cultivate gratitude wherever possible, even for the things that challenge you, as these help you to grow and build strength. Journaling can help you do that:
- At the end of each day, write 10 things that you are grateful for that day.
- Celebrate and recognize them.
- Soon you will see running themes and will be able to make them happen more often.
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