I would still like to add some text but I am just dying to post this entry so expect a follow-up on this. :)
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I would just like to share what I read four nights ago from the latest issue of the Reader's Digest (Asia). This might just be the lone helpful post in the annal of this blog ever.
10 Ways To Turn That Frown Upside Down
1 BE LESS VIRTUAL, MORE 3-D. "If there's one thing that separates happy people from ridiculously happy people, it's the quality of their social relationships," says psychologist Todd Kashdan of George Mason University. If you sit at a computer all-day, get up and indulge in some human contact instead.
[jailbird] For all you know, I busily devote most of my time resting my ass in front of the laptop after the mandatory housekeeping. Household responsibilities are very withering since most of us find it as a chore (because I really do not mind watering the plants) but it can just be as boring as net surfing despite the countless activities and possibilities it has to offer. But before I forget, hey! I've got cousins in the neighborhood! At the dreariest time frame of the day, I brushed my ass off, turned-off Pav, walked to my grandparents' place and bonded with an older-but-of-my-age-bracket cousin. You are a social being─ allow yourself to interact. And when I said interact, that excludes adding "friends" in Friendster, sharing applications in Facebook, throwing comments in Multiply or giving away your seclusion in Blogger, Wordpress or LJ for a change. // [jailbird]
2 4,6,8...WHO DO WE APPRECIATE? Making a list of things you're grateful for may seem silly, but it's been proven to work. In fact, counting your blessings may be the single most helpful thing you can do for your happiness quotients, says experts.
[jailbird] She resolved to detach herself. Her classroom experience was always penetrated by loneliness on her own account but she found solace in a piece of paper and a retractable pen. *Maybe it was my love for doodles. Amidst an interesting class where all auditory organs are lent except my pair, rolling friction materializes before my eyes. I found myself listing my inner circle. I love scribbling the names of true friends. Those squiggles are nothing but a natural spring of joy. Yes, it is a silly act but I cannot deny that it is a caress in my back. // [jailbird]
3 RACK 'EM UP. Think of every positive experience during the day as a bead on a string and see how they add up. This simple exercise makes you focus on even the smallest positive moments, like an e-mail from a friend in a spam-filled inbox.
4 THINK MEMORABLE, NOT MATERIAL. If you have to choose between a new car and a family vacation, pack your bags. Even the sexiest sports car becomes routine over time. But the memory of a good time with love ones will last forever.
[jailbird] From all the toys you unquestionaby discarded, from all the clothes you purposely handed down, from all the spring notebooks you barely write at, from all the shoes you hardly wear, from all the mobile phones you intentionally disposed, you should know by now.// [jailbird]
5 GO TO THE FUNNY SIDE. "Humor is like salt on meat," says psychologist Martin Seligman PhD. "It amplifies everything." Watch reruns of classic shows that never fail to make you laugh. Try to smile at the absurdities of life.
[jailbird] (Sometimes) Forget poise, laugh out loud! Embrace rowdiness with open arms. :) //[jailbird]
6 ESCAPE TO YOUR STRESS-FREE ZONE. Think of a place where you always feel calm and happy. Then, when you are tense and miserable, call it up mentally, with as much detail as possible.Smell the suntan lotion. Feel the sun. Hear the sea. Play this video in your mind when your spirit plumps.
7 SEE THE GLASS AS HALF-FULL. Whenever possible, try to look at the bright side. You might be feeling like your life right now is one giant downhill slope. But if you stop and assess it honestly, you'll see you actually have it pretty good.
And if things truly are against you...
8 FIND YOUR INNER ARTIST. Think back to when you had time for creative expression. Were you in a rock band? Did you write poetry? Did you like tinkering with cars? Remembering feeling so engaged that you lost track of time? Joyful expression can bring happiness.
9 DO SOMETHING GOOD. Acts of kindness, however small, deliver as much pleasure to the giver as to the getter.
[jailbird] Cook breakfast for the family. Open the door for an elderly. Offer your seat to a preggy in a sea of people in the MRT. And turns out money can buy happiness...if you spend it for someone else. Bring pasalubong from an away day. :) Goodness is innate, people of the world. [jailbird]
10 SEIZE THE MOMENT. Rather than waiting to celebrate a big event, why not do it today? Bake a cake. Take someone out to lunch. Open a bottle of wine and raise a toast to a good day. GO AHEAD, BE HAPPIER.
1 BE LESS VIRTUAL, MORE 3-D. "If there's one thing that separates happy people from ridiculously happy people, it's the quality of their social relationships," says psychologist Todd Kashdan of George Mason University. If you sit at a computer all-day, get up and indulge in some human contact instead.
[jailbird] For all you know, I busily devote most of my time resting my ass in front of the laptop after the mandatory housekeeping. Household responsibilities are very withering since most of us find it as a chore (because I really do not mind watering the plants) but it can just be as boring as net surfing despite the countless activities and possibilities it has to offer. But before I forget, hey! I've got cousins in the neighborhood! At the dreariest time frame of the day, I brushed my ass off, turned-off Pav, walked to my grandparents' place and bonded with an older-but-of-my-age-bracket cousin. You are a social being─ allow yourself to interact. And when I said interact, that excludes adding "friends" in Friendster, sharing applications in Facebook, throwing comments in Multiply or giving away your seclusion in Blogger, Wordpress or LJ for a change. // [jailbird]
2 4,6,8...WHO DO WE APPRECIATE? Making a list of things you're grateful for may seem silly, but it's been proven to work. In fact, counting your blessings may be the single most helpful thing you can do for your happiness quotients, says experts.
[jailbird] She resolved to detach herself. Her classroom experience was always penetrated by loneliness on her own account but she found solace in a piece of paper and a retractable pen. *Maybe it was my love for doodles. Amidst an interesting class where all auditory organs are lent except my pair, rolling friction materializes before my eyes. I found myself listing my inner circle. I love scribbling the names of true friends. Those squiggles are nothing but a natural spring of joy. Yes, it is a silly act but I cannot deny that it is a caress in my back. // [jailbird]
3 RACK 'EM UP. Think of every positive experience during the day as a bead on a string and see how they add up. This simple exercise makes you focus on even the smallest positive moments, like an e-mail from a friend in a spam-filled inbox.
4 THINK MEMORABLE, NOT MATERIAL. If you have to choose between a new car and a family vacation, pack your bags. Even the sexiest sports car becomes routine over time. But the memory of a good time with love ones will last forever.
[jailbird] From all the toys you unquestionaby discarded, from all the clothes you purposely handed down, from all the spring notebooks you barely write at, from all the shoes you hardly wear, from all the mobile phones you intentionally disposed, you should know by now.// [jailbird]
5 GO TO THE FUNNY SIDE. "Humor is like salt on meat," says psychologist Martin Seligman PhD. "It amplifies everything." Watch reruns of classic shows that never fail to make you laugh. Try to smile at the absurdities of life.
[jailbird] (Sometimes) Forget poise, laugh out loud! Embrace rowdiness with open arms. :) //[jailbird]
6 ESCAPE TO YOUR STRESS-FREE ZONE. Think of a place where you always feel calm and happy. Then, when you are tense and miserable, call it up mentally, with as much detail as possible.Smell the suntan lotion. Feel the sun. Hear the sea. Play this video in your mind when your spirit plumps.
7 SEE THE GLASS AS HALF-FULL. Whenever possible, try to look at the bright side. You might be feeling like your life right now is one giant downhill slope. But if you stop and assess it honestly, you'll see you actually have it pretty good.
And if things truly are against you...
8 FIND YOUR INNER ARTIST. Think back to when you had time for creative expression. Were you in a rock band? Did you write poetry? Did you like tinkering with cars? Remembering feeling so engaged that you lost track of time? Joyful expression can bring happiness.
9 DO SOMETHING GOOD. Acts of kindness, however small, deliver as much pleasure to the giver as to the getter.
[jailbird] Cook breakfast for the family. Open the door for an elderly. Offer your seat to a preggy in a sea of people in the MRT. And turns out money can buy happiness...if you spend it for someone else. Bring pasalubong from an away day. :) Goodness is innate, people of the world. [jailbird]
10 SEIZE THE MOMENT. Rather than waiting to celebrate a big event, why not do it today? Bake a cake. Take someone out to lunch. Open a bottle of wine and raise a toast to a good day. GO AHEAD, BE HAPPIER.
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