How to Live a Happier Life: 3 Quick Things You Can Do Today

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”Marcus Aurelius Antoninus“If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap.’ If you want happiness for a day — go fishing.

If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — help someone else.”Chinese Proverb“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.”Helen KellerHappiness must not always come from big things and events.

It can come from smaller, daily habits too.So today I’d simply like to share 3 quick tips and habits that help me to live a happier life.When you wake up in the morning tell yourself: “Set a low bar for happiness today.”When I tell myself this and try to keep it in mind during the day I appreciate things more.The food, my work, the weather, the small events of the day becomes not everyday stuff but something I feel happy to have.The small things or what may be something one takes for granted becomes something I now often pause for a moment or two to take in and appreciate.But if I become happier in my everyday life for the smaller things does that mean that I become unmotivated to keep working towards the bigger things?Not in my experience.This way of looking at my life instead fuels me with more energy and inspiration, life becomes lighter and I feel less inner resistance as I explore and work towards both small and bigger things.I recommend to give this one a try and to see how it works for you.And to use a reminder on your phone or on paper so you’ll more easily keep that low bar at the forefront of your mind.Helping someone out is one of simplest but also one.