Simple tips to boost happiness

Good morning friends. There are simple tips to boost our happiness. I want to share it with you, as I know you will need it for our day to day life. First of all happiness can be self-controlled and boosted through certain practices, claim researchers. Some scientists had suggested happiness is primarily determined by genetics, health and other factors mostly outside of our control. Do you think its possible to become happier?

In spite of the finding that happiness is partially genetically firmed, and despite the finding that life situations have a smaller influence on our happiness than we think they do, we argue that still a large portion of happiness is in our power to change.

There are test attempts to increase happiness, Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California, Riverside, has jotted down five things that can improve happiness:

1. Be grateful - Some study participants were asked to write letters of gratitude to people who had helped them in some way. The study found that these people reported a lasting increase in happiness - over weeks and even months - after implementing the habit.

2. Be optimistic - Study participants were asked to visualize an ideal future - for example, living with a loving and supportive partner, or finding a job that was fulfilling - and describe the image in a journal entry. After doing this for a few weeks, these people too reported increased feelings of well-being.

3. Count your blessings - People who practice writing down three good things that have happened to them every week show significant boosts in happiness, studies have found. It seems the act of focusing on the positive helps people remember reasons to be glad.

4. Use your strengths - Another study asked people to identify their greatest strengths, and then to try to use these strengths in new ways. For example, someone who says they have a good sense of humor could try telling jokes to lighten up business meetings or cheer up sad friends. This habit, too, seems to heighten happiness.

5. Commit acts of kindness - Helping others also helps ourselves. People who donate time or money to charity, or who altruistically assist people in need, report improvements in their own happiness.