Lots of studies show that a lot of people aren’t so happy in their lives anymore, but the studies also show that joy and happiness are two different things, but joy does contribute heavily to happiness.
Most of us are so busy and we expect joy all the time to happen “just like that”, and we should be happy “all the time”, based on so many others often made up “perfect lives” on social media?
Think of the things that really cause you joy in life, and that version is often different for all of us.
Are you scheduling it in? Or are you just grinding away with no reward on the horizon, and doing the things that ultimately make us miserable or keep us in a low energy state is virtually guaranteed to keep us feeling sad.
Your joyous moments are personal to you, but usually seeing close friends that make us laugh and uplift us is a great start.
When we go to the gym, we often see people who encourage us, make us laugh and make us feel more confident, even if we have a lot of other things going on in our lives.
Family is very important to most of us, and positive experiences with them are usually a great idea to do as often as possible, but time often gets away from us, so scheduling in these joyous moments becomes even more important.
We know occasional treats with our food and drink can initially lift us up a bit, but do it too often and live on ultra processed food too long and drink too much and its proven to make us sick and create pain in our bodies, as well as often making us feel depressed for large periods of our days,
Eating good healthy food that energises us seems like a no brainer, hitting the gym regularly mixing with positive people is a guaranteed great experience, spending times with loved one creates natural highs in our lives and the more of these things we do the better.
Scheduling in great moments in our lives is a great habit, keeps our moods as high as possible, and are a great antidote for the inevitable stress, challenges and low moments in life that happen to all of us.
