7 Small Habits That Will Steal Your Happiness

“Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.”Wayne Dyer“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”Marcus AureliusIt is usually pretty easy to become a happier person.It is also quite easy to rob yourself of your own happiness.To make yourself more miserable and add a big bowl of suffering to your day.

It is a common thing, people do it every day all over the world.So this week I’d like to combine these two things. I want to share 7 happiness stealing habits that I have had quite a bit of trouble with in my own daily life (and I know from the emails I get that many of you do too).But I’d also like to add what you can do instead if you find yourself being stuck in one of these destructive habits.1.

Going for a daily swim in a sea of negative voices.This one can be quite subtle.You just go around in your daily life like you usually do.

Hang out with the same people. Listen to the same podcasts or radio shows, watch the same old TV-shows or Youtube videos and read the usual blogs, books and magazines.But what influence do these things have over your thinking and the limits you set for yourself and what you feel you deserve in life?What to do instead:Make a list of the 5 people you hang out with the most and the 5 media sources you spend most time on during your week.Then ask yourself this for each of these 10 things/people: is this one dragging me down or lifting me up in life?Consider spending less time with the ones that drag you down (or move fully forward and cut them out completely) and to spend more of your time with the people and sources that lift you up and make you feel good, motivated.