50 science-backed rituals to adopt (or stop) to boost health and happiness, by Karen Salmansohn. "Your friendly happiness & wellness research geek."
Keystone happy habits
Your essential morning meditation ritual
Your essential evening gratitude practice
Mental happy habits
Talk to yourself out loud
Chin up, buttercup
Cry it up to feel less down
Improve your smileage
Say the word YET
Love up your lobes
Relationship happy habits
Small talk = big benefits
Get a helperès high (volunteer)
Creative positive illusions
Let it go
Spend time with happy people
Physical happy habits
Enjoy h2ahhhhh
Devour good mood food
Get a twenty-minute endorphin kick (dance)
You snooze, you lost the bad mood (an afternoon nap)
Headstands help you see more joy
Take happiness one step at a time (Walk yourself out of a bad mood. And know the slower you walk, the faster you will feel better)
Home happy habits
Declutter your home and your mind will follow (Having less stuff can bring you more joy)
Lighten up a dark mood with light
Avoid fifty shades of gray in your home and wardrobe
Have more fun in the bedroom
Have more fun in the kitchen
Take selfies of your soul (a daily journal)
Solitude improves attitude (Spend some quality time with yourself watching movies, reading books, or doing absolutely nothing. Being alone helps people to become more resilient, self-aware, self-reliant, and self-confident-all of which creates a strong positive attitude about life
Work happy habits
Take more real trips, fewer ego trips
Stretch your skill sets
Be an "active" commuter
Have lunch with a side of sunshine
Be an expert goalie
Music soothes a beastly mood
Unplug from work after work
Play happy habits
Try adorableness therapy (have a pet)
Lose your TV remote
Become good-natured in nature
Feel more awe = feeling awesome (Simple enjoy incredible stories, music, art, or images of incredible places)
Honor a higher power
Ha-ha-ha your way happy
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