Watching a cartoon, under the covers, on a rainy morning. Eat ice cream with pounds and pounds of colorful sprinkles on top. Finally, read that book you bought and left on the shelf, while waiting for the ideal moment. Going to the movies and stuffing your throat with popcorn, watching a silly comedy that doesn’t tax your brain too much. All these are simple activities that provide immense pleasure to those who perform them.
But if you don’t have a lot of time or money, any of these activities can become a headache. It turns out that focusing your attention on simple things that don’t require mental or financial effort and don’t require time can be a good way to lead life with more optimism and disposition. In other words, the simple, free things in life are great therapy and can actually make you a happier person.
Even though it seems utopian these days, there is a great truth: smells that are pleasant to you, as well as the smile of the people you love and the hug of old acquaintances who haven’t seen each other in a long time, are some of the recipes for instant happiness that a person should keep.
Everything revolves around a little used practice, in these times of stress and rush. It’s about stopping what you’re doing and dedicating a few seconds of special attention to the good feelings that come to us in the middle of the day. “Looking” at these moments has an incredibly intense power over our mood; those short seconds when we stop our universe exclusively to enjoy something silly that makes us happy make the difference at the end of the tiring workday. This is the technique for taking instant doses of joy and excitement throughout the day. There are also activities that cost little time or money, and which also need to be cultivated.
Creating moments of happiness
For an activity to be considered a unique moment of happiness, it must not be repeated too often. To understand how this works, imagine a dish that you really like. When you have the opportunity to taste it, this is a special moment, because you don’t do it every day. If that were the case, the dish would stop being something special and become just another habit in your daily routine.
To create your own moments of happiness, try to remember something that brings you immense pleasure that you haven’t done in a long time. A tip is to think about the memories we bring back from childhood. The taste of a pie your grandmother made, for example, or the feeling of playing with modeling clay. You will be surprised by the amount of good memories you keep in your memory, and then just try to bring some of these customs back into your daily life.
Dedicate yourself to the pleasant task of providing yourself, at least once a week, with moments of relaxation and cheap joy – and be fascinated by the positive results of this habit on your mood at the end of the day. Remember that the simple things in life are really the most important.
See in the video below how a small action can turn your day into a much happier day.