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25 ideas that will help you live on purpose. Knowmad Society - Welcome. 40 Healthy Relationship Signs. Do Nothing for 2 Minutes - StumbleUpon. 30 Habits that Will Change your Life. Developing good habits is the basic of personal development and growth.

30 Habits that Will Change your Life

Everything we do is the result of a habit that was previously taught to us. Unfortunately, not all the habits that we have are good, that’s why we are constantly trying to improve. The following is a list of 30 practical habits that can make a huge difference in your life. You should treat this list as a reference, and implement just one habit per month. This way you will have the time to fully absorb each of them, while still seeing significant improvements each month. Health habits Exercise 30 minutes every day. Productivity habits Use an inbox system.

Personal Development habits Read 1 book per week. 30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself - StumbleUpon. 21 Habits of Happy People. 10 Wise Choices to Skyrocket Your Happiness - StumbleUpon. “The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Who doesn’t want to be happy?

10 Wise Choices to Skyrocket Your Happiness - StumbleUpon

Just take a look at any moment of your life, any choice you make. Isn’t your intention to be happy? By happiness, I don’t necessarily mean the pollyanna, silly-smile-on-your-face kind. What I mean is a deep sense of contentment, the capability of being peaceful and at ease no matter what, an inner knowing that things are just fine.

Somehow true happiness eludes us, and here’s why. 30 Days, 30 Ways to Be Happier - iVillage. Top 10 Things That Determine Happiness. Photo: meddygarnet Happiness is, by nature, a subjective quality with a definition like a moving target.

Top 10 Things That Determine Happiness

There is scant evidence — qualitative or quantitative — to lend convincing support to those life variables most critical in determining individual happiness, which is likely why past researchers committed to the scientific method rarely tried to tackle the subject. This is changing. Take, for example, the World Database of Happiness in Rotterdam, self-described as a, “continuous register of scientific research on subjective appreciation of life.” Also, take the positive psychologists, a movement whose “members” perform scientific research into the nature of happiness and who published Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification, an 800-page behemoth that outlines all the characteristics, behaviors and conditions that lead to happiness. No.10 – Having a short memory. The 30 Most Satisfying Simple Pleasures Life Has to Offer.

Positive Thinking Affirmations. Positive thinking affirmations have the power to silence your negative thoughts and put you in a positive frame of mind.

Positive Thinking Affirmations

Affirmations work by repetition. Simply put, when you repeat affirmations with belief (positive emotion or conviction), your subconscious picks up on them and starts acting as if they were true. Soon, your mind starts looking for those things, events and people that match whatever it is the affirmation states (for instance, "People are always helpful to me"). 75 Ways To Stay Unhappy Forever. Dale Carnegie once said, “It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy.

75 Ways To Stay Unhappy Forever

It’s what you think about.” I don’t think anyone could say it any better than that. I’ve watched so many friends search tirelessly for happiness by changing jobs, moving to new cities, pursuing intimate relationships, and tweaking all sorts of other external factors in their lives. And guess what? They’re still unhappy. So with that in mind, here are 75 ways to stay unhappy forever. How to feel better now. What makes you happy?

How to feel better now

I find directly pursuing happiness is difficult to do. Many times the things we think will make us happy fail to do so. Instead I like to focus on growth and developing a strong life philosophy that can guide you through tough times and help you enjoy successes. But what about feeling good right now? I’ve found many different ways to give myself a jolt of happiness when I’m feeling down. Hack One: Goals Nothing creates a bigger jolt of enthusiasm than a new inspiring vision of the future. Hack Two: Chores Procrastination sucks. Hack Three: Laugh Don’t take yourself so damn seriously. Don’t Rent Your Life Own It! I ain’t gonna live forever.

Don’t Rent Your Life Own It!

I just want to live while I’m alive. – from the song It’s My Life by Jon Bon Jovi I learned the words to It’s My Life several years ago even though I never memorized the lyrics. Instead, I allowed the song, and its meaning, to be written on my heart where it still lives today. » How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal) Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Jeff Goins of Goins, Writer.

» How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal)

This new year, do something different: stop setting goals. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results, then making resolutions for another year is a sure-fire way to drive yourself crazy. I did it for years, and it got me nothing. Resolutions are pipe dreams, and goals are a waste of time.