(The proliferation of these Top 10 lists has given me comfort that I am not alone in my search!) Open to all the help I could get during this rudderless time, I also compulsively collected Top 10 lists that offered surefire ways to achieve greater happiness. I searched for happiness on beaches, in jungles, and in the forest. I ended an engagement, moved in with a boyfriend, and then moved out. I started a business, closed the business, took a job, quit the job. I moved from New York City to San Francisco to Seattle to Park City. I have spent the last eight years searching for happiness, not sure at all what it would feel like or where I would find it. I was far from certain the job was to blame for my unhappiness at that time, but it was the biggest, boldest action I could take to make me feel like I was doing something to help my cause. I left a big job at a hedge fund in New York City nearly eight years ago. When Happiness Feels Like a Struggle, No Matter What You Do You are able to participate by following them on the following social media outlets…Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google+ Every day there will be a different happy challenge. The Secret Society of Happy People are having a 31 Days ~ 31 Happiness Challenges. Don a pair of silver shades (because happy people always see the silver lining), laugh (laughter is still the best medicine), smile (and the world smiles with you). Studies have found that volunteering doesn’t only help people bring joy in their lives but can also help them live longer. It can be something as simple as giving up your seat on the bus to someone else or a more elaborate gesture like volunteering your time and money to a charity of your choice.

Make someone else happy by doing something nice for them. Here are some ways to celebrate this happy day:ĭo something nice for yourself – after all, happiness starts at home. Happiness Happens Day encourages people to take stock of their lives and try to do and think about things that make them happy and to share this joy with others. Eventually the month was renamed Happiness Happens Day and Month. But their members wanted to let the happy feeling linger a little longer, so in 2000 they expanded the celebration to the entire month of August. The Secret Society of Happy People started celebrating happiness with Admit You’re Happy Day on August 8, 1999. Pamela Gail Johnson is the Founder of The Secret Society of Happy People (SOHP) and is quoted as saying “I started the Secret Society of Happy People in 1998 to provide a missing voice for those who are happy and want to express it without having other people rain on their parade. It reminds us that happiness is a personal experience and it’s also contagious!” It reminds us that sometimes a small action boosts our happiness. “The month reminds us that happiness happens one small moment at a time and it’s our job to recognise those moments when they happen. The holiday is based on the premise that happiness is unlimited and contagious and that sharing one’s happiness and can bring a lot of joy in other people’s lives.Įven though Happiness Happens Month sounds silly, it does have a very important purpose. What makes you happy? Happiness Happens Month is a whole month dedicated to celebrating what makes you happy.

We could all do with stepping back for a moment and really evaluating our lives and our priorities, to find how we can be happier.before it IS too late. but, it actually REALLY is! Now there is a whole month of the year, just to focus on what makes us happy. It's the kind of cliche' saying we hear ALL the time - 'Life is too short to be unhappy'. Securely store and share your information with your important people when it’s needed. This blog on Wellbeing is provided by LifeLot – Your Online Digital Safe.

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