Make yourself happy...
Smile
Smiling has a positive effect on your mood. Also a smile is infectious. When you smile, it will lighten your mood along with the mood of others.
Get Out of the House
Being cooped up in the same environment can cause feelings of isolation and depression. Change your surroundings and get a breath of fresh air. It can snap you out of a mood fast.
Soak Up the Sun
The vitamin D provided by the sun along with other benefits boosts serotonin levels in the body. Even just 15 minutes of sunlight will immediately aid in lifting spirits.
Reward Yourself
Allow yourself a pat on the back for the challenges that you have overcome. Celebrate your victories, no matter how small, in order to rejuvenate yourself for future battles.
Pamper Yourself
Indulge yourself with something that lifts your spirits. Like a hot bath, a pedicure, a massage, or an ice cream cone.... do what makes you feel satiated and pampered to improve your mood.
Redecorate
Shake things up in your environment. Altering your environment can change your perspective and leave you feeling more open and hopeful. Move things around. Shift your environmental energy.
Accomplish Something You’ve Been Putting Off
Procrastination can contribute to feelings of negativity. To finish something that you've been avoiding will give you a sense of accomplishment and raise your mood instantly. Clean out that closet, rearrange your drawers, attack the papers on your desk...
Douse Yourself in Inspiration
Who inspires you? Reflect on and read about people and circumstances that reflect strength and faith. This will inspire and fill you with a renewed sense of purpose.
Exercise
Exercising releases endorphins, it is a quick way to make yourself feel good. It also makes you feel more powerful, alive and youthful, which are key ingredients to feeling happy.
Do Something Good for Someone Else
Get out of your own head and give yourself a fresh perspective. Brightening someone else’s day will make you feel better about yourself and happiness is contagious.
Count Your Blessings
List everything that you are thankful for. It is easy to take your daily blessings for granted and lose sight of what you have. Celebrating and appreciating your life will open you up for more.
Laughter
Laugh as much and as many times as the opportunity presents itself.. Act silly, make up and tell jokes...
Behave Like A Child
Swing on a swing. Jump rope. Sing songs. Play charades. Lay in your yard and look up at the sky and imagine what the clouds look like.
Have A Happy Day!
Categories: Inspirational/Spiritual
Tags: happy smile Sun Exercise reward pamper redecorate procrastinate inspiration blessings laugh
Okay! I am going to try it all! I am happy but I am going to get more happy!
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Good ideas! You look happy Ann. You always look happy. Love your smile and I can see how your smile makes everyone happy.
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Smiling is good so long as the dentures are firmly in place Lol
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I wouldn't know about that but.. okay.. put those dentures in and smile..!
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Ann you R lucky you don't have that prob Take care Joe.
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Now who would've thought a post talking about happiness and smiling would take us to a talk about dentures..
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Ann, we are in complete agreement. Damn
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Well its always been my passion to ne a Dentist but alas.
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So great Joseph.. keep making those smiles great.. and I agree dental hygiene is of upmost importance..
Keep people smiling!
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Statistics prove that flossing greatly reduces heart attacks.
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I agree Howard.. I floss after each time I eat... so let's keep our teeth in good shape for our smiles and our hearts...
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Laughing is really a good one.. It always makes me feeling better laughing until I cry is the best.
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I so enjoy waking up and reading you blog each day. I will have a happy day. Thank you Ann. I hope you have a happy day also!
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Your a very beautiful lady Ann.
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Have a happy day Ann and thank you for making us all happy! You are a joy!
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I second that Ann. You are a complete Joy! Always smiling and your smile is infectious. Have a happy day!
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Yes ... ALL of these Things Occur as an Automatic result of "Falling into Love".
After 'that' wains .... a person must then Focus Upon these Human Needs, daily
Hopefully a Healthy Relationship with a Life Partner facilitates each of these items being sustained for many years or even forever ! Take Care People - its really Upto YOU, YOU and YOU !
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Great; warm topic, nice positive vibes .... happy responses from All, or at least Comical ... has a real fun and deliteful 'feel', etc.
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Every aspect of; You, Blog Site and Topic ! I must have a cocktail and conversation with you ... a thinking lady is good to find !
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Good one. My Mother once told me, when I was a teen ager, sulking, she told me I was ugly when I didn't smile and I never forgot it. Since that statement a very very long time ago, I've had people (men) tell me I have a beautiful smile. SO...Mom was right.
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Good advice from Mom..
People are attracted to happiness and smiling is an expression of happiness...
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It's fun just looking at your smile Ann. I bet you have fun all the time. Everything about you appears light-hearted and fun!
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Ann your smile is the best!
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People who don't smile.. I wonder if they have bad teeth and nothing is worse than bad teeth. Well, somethings are but I really like a great smile in a woman or a man.
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Broody men = emo whiners. This might have been cute as a teenager but as an adult I don't want to hear about your emotional baggage and much of a victim you are. Women like intelligent funny men who take responsibility for their well being and for that of the people around them.
So yeah be happy and smile.
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I usually fall for the guy with the big smile and good sense of humor - they're the ones that are always ready with a hug and a compliment, and with so many guys so critical of women, it's nice to have one that is not. Besides, a guy without a good sense of humor is generally lousy in bed.
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I agree. I love guys that can make me laugh. Brooding, emotional needy guys are exhausting and certianly no fun. They suck the energy out of life and out of a woman.
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What an incredibly effervescent Smile you have! ~Little Red Riding Hood
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We all need to focus on things such as this with the world being so stupid and nasty now.
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Love your smile Ann. Keep smiling!
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Psychologists have suggested for years that if you make the effort to smile, you feel happier, or if you make yourself act more passionate, you will begin to feel it.
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Oh, jeepers, women are exploding now? WTF? Somebody should have told me before the London Fog store closed for the weekend.
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Great advice
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how wonderful!!
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Quit being so silly and pretty. You have a smile that lights up the sky.
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You know I'm not a faker. I say what I feel. You've got a beautiful smile and you're brunette, and you blush, and your teeth are beautiful. You light up a room with that smile. Now leave me alone and stop bothering me. LOL>
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hey ann sarah palin needs a running mate you intrested. i think you would be a good one.
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You have such a beautiful smile.
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Doesn't she! WOW!
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Good advice Ann! " :- )
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More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care.
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Love it!
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wonderful
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