"What is happiness?" - a question that worried the minds of many philosophers, psychologists and doctors. They gave many definitions, but did not come up with a universal recipe for achieving it, because everyone has their own.
Instructions
Step 1
Think back to when you were truly happy. Write down 20-30 cases. It can be anything. A passer-by smiled at you. It would seem nothing special, but you walked all day and felt happy. You were promoted at work. Are you happier about it? Or was it just self-pride?
Step 2
Find similarities in the points and combine them into several generalizing groups. For example, you were happy when you found out that you entered the desired institute, when you learned how to bake pies and sat down to twine. This can be combined into the "Goal Achievement Happiness" group. If your list includes such happy events as the first smile of a child, his first step, the first word, as separate items, group them into "parenting happiness." You can combine data at your discretion, because this is your unique happiness.
Step 3
Analyze what happiness is lacking in your life. For example, you understand that you have not experienced the happiness of rest and travel for a long time. Pamper yourself. If possible, go on vacation or go for a weekend in another city that you have long wanted to visit. Perhaps it will be enough to go to the movies with friends to feel happy again.
Step 4
Make another list. This time, write 10-20 points of things that haven’t happened in your life that you think would make you happy. Think about how to accomplish what you want.
Step 5
Remember that you can and should be happy. Happiness is an achievable goal.
