THE HAPPINESS FORMULA (A Practical Path to Happiness)
If your goal is to be happy
this thread outlines 9 specific science-based systems you need to put in place to achieve your goal (to be happy)
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If your goal is to be happy
this thread outlines 9 specific science-based systems you need to put in place to achieve your goal (to be happy)
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Thank you.
Now let's implement your happiness systems...
Thank you.
Now let's implement your happiness systems...
How many times have you heard that "happiness is a state of mind"?
While that sounds nice, it's not useful.
If happiness was as simple as "thinking more positive"
we'd all be sitting around all day thinking rather than living.
The truth is happiness is a formula..
While that sounds nice, it's not useful.
If happiness was as simple as "thinking more positive"
we'd all be sitting around all day thinking rather than living.
The truth is happiness is a formula..
which can be solved by implementing specific "happiness generating systems" into our lifestyle.
🧪 These systems help us boost 3 major chemicals which make us happy:
-Serotonin
-Dopamine
-Oxytocin
Let's talk about which specific systems you need.
🧪 These systems help us boost 3 major chemicals which make us happy:
-Serotonin
-Dopamine
-Oxytocin
Let's talk about which specific systems you need.
1. Diet
Experiment:
For 10 days, journal every thing you eat and drink, then at the end of the day, journal how you felt that day.
I guarantee a pattern will emerge.
The days where you ate healthy, you felt good and the days where you ate garbage, you felt bad.
Experiment:
For 10 days, journal every thing you eat and drink, then at the end of the day, journal how you felt that day.
I guarantee a pattern will emerge.
The days where you ate healthy, you felt good and the days where you ate garbage, you felt bad.
Eg. On days where I go off diet and indulge in pizza or whatever, I feel -bloated
-low energy
-weak
-short tempered
When I eat simple like steak and salad, I feel:
-lean
-high energy
-strong
-calm
The key to improving your diet boils down to research + experimentation
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-low energy
-weak
-short tempered
When I eat simple like steak and salad, I feel:
-lean
-high energy
-strong
-calm
The key to improving your diet boils down to research + experimentation
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I'm not here to push or debate you on what diet you should follow.
You and you alone are responsible for what you put in your body.
If you care about your happiness and health
do the research and experiment until you find the diet that maximises your level of energy.
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You and you alone are responsible for what you put in your body.
If you care about your happiness and health
do the research and experiment until you find the diet that maximises your level of energy.
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2. Exercise
Once-off bad events aside, you'll ALWAYS feel better on days you exercise than on days you don't.
Again, this is your basic responsibility as an adult who cares about your physical and mental health.
Personally I like lifting and calisthenics.
Just do SOMETHING.
Once-off bad events aside, you'll ALWAYS feel better on days you exercise than on days you don't.
Again, this is your basic responsibility as an adult who cares about your physical and mental health.
Personally I like lifting and calisthenics.
Just do SOMETHING.
If you are completely out of shape and the idea of going to a gym seems too hard
Start with walking 30 mins a day.
Like diet, the best way to improve is through experimentation and self-education.
Start with walking 30 mins a day.
Like diet, the best way to improve is through experimentation and self-education.
3. Sleep
Like diet, it's hard to appreciate the importance of sleep when you're younger but it's hugely important for our recovery and happiness chemicals.
The basics:
- Low temperature
- Sleep in darkness
- No screens 1-2 hrs before sleep
- Chamomile tea
- 8 hrs
- No alarms
Like diet, it's hard to appreciate the importance of sleep when you're younger but it's hugely important for our recovery and happiness chemicals.
The basics:
- Low temperature
- Sleep in darkness
- No screens 1-2 hrs before sleep
- Chamomile tea
- 8 hrs
- No alarms
4. Nature (and sun)
It's impossible to be unhappy in nature.
It sounds overly simple but if you're having a crap day, a simple walk among nature will lift you up.
If you live in a city, it is IMPERATIVE that you expose yourself to some form of nature.
If you live in nature...
It's impossible to be unhappy in nature.
It sounds overly simple but if you're having a crap day, a simple walk among nature will lift you up.
If you live in a city, it is IMPERATIVE that you expose yourself to some form of nature.
If you live in nature...
consider yourself blessed.
Pro tip: If you work from home, surround your work environment with lots of plants.
Having plants in your environment will give you a boost of energy and help you stay in a calm state of mind.
Pro tip: If you work from home, surround your work environment with lots of plants.
Having plants in your environment will give you a boost of energy and help you stay in a calm state of mind.
5. Touch
We are social creatures.
Touch boosts oxytocin in our brain which is why we crave it so much.
-Hugging
-Hand shakes
-Kissing
-Sex
These all work.
I've traveled around the world and I've noticed the happiest people on earth tend to touch each other a lot.
We are social creatures.
Touch boosts oxytocin in our brain which is why we crave it so much.
-Hugging
-Hand shakes
-Kissing
-Sex
These all work.
I've traveled around the world and I've noticed the happiest people on earth tend to touch each other a lot.
I believe touching pets creates the same effect but I haven't looked into it.
As a rule of thumb:
Don't be afraid to show physical affection to people you like.
As long as you are not a creep, you will find most people crave physical affection.
As a rule of thumb:
Don't be afraid to show physical affection to people you like.
As long as you are not a creep, you will find most people crave physical affection.
6. Social life
I'm very introverted but like anyone else, social life is incredibly important to my state of happiness.
You don't need to be a social butterfly.
But it's impossible to be happy in solitude.
I'm not a social expert but I'll give you one tip...
I'm very introverted but like anyone else, social life is incredibly important to my state of happiness.
You don't need to be a social butterfly.
But it's impossible to be happy in solitude.
I'm not a social expert but I'll give you one tip...
Give more than you take (energetically)
BE SOCIALLY GENEROUS.
If the cashier looks like she's having a bad day, try and make her laugh.
Call your parents more.
Reach out to an old friend.
Share your expertise with people with less experience than you.
Smile at strangers
BE SOCIALLY GENEROUS.
If the cashier looks like she's having a bad day, try and make her laugh.
Call your parents more.
Reach out to an old friend.
Share your expertise with people with less experience than you.
Smile at strangers
7. Avoid Stress
I'm very good at reading my energy levels.
If something or someone lowers my energy, I avoid it.
📉❌Common energy drainers:
- Negative/Toxic people
- News
- Excessive social media
- Alarms
- Arguments
Make a list of things that stress you out and avoid them.
I'm very good at reading my energy levels.
If something or someone lowers my energy, I avoid it.
📉❌Common energy drainers:
- Negative/Toxic people
- News
- Excessive social media
- Alarms
- Arguments
Make a list of things that stress you out and avoid them.
8. Purpose (Usefulness)
Have you ever wondered why so many pro-athletes fall into darkness when they retire?
While others seem to start a new chapter of a new life?
The difference is one has a new sense of purpose while others don't.
Purpose gives meaning to life.
Without it
Have you ever wondered why so many pro-athletes fall into darkness when they retire?
While others seem to start a new chapter of a new life?
The difference is one has a new sense of purpose while others don't.
Purpose gives meaning to life.
Without it
it's nearly impossible to be happy.
What you do doesn't really matter.
But if you don't go to sleep with the knowledge that you are doing something useful with your life
That lack of purpose will slowly drive you into darkness.
What you do doesn't really matter.
But if you don't go to sleep with the knowledge that you are doing something useful with your life
That lack of purpose will slowly drive you into darkness.
9. Learn/Grow
Heuristic: Never stop being curious. Always be learning.
It could be as simple as learning a new recipe from YouTube.
Ideally, you want to always be learning a new skill.
Build that talent stack and you'll never grow old.
Heuristic: Never stop being curious. Always be learning.
It could be as simple as learning a new recipe from YouTube.
Ideally, you want to always be learning a new skill.
Build that talent stack and you'll never grow old.
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Thanks for reading! I'm proud of you. Obviously you care about your happiness.
If you want to take it further
1) Read How to fail at almost everything and still win big by @ScottAdamsSays
2) Implement the book with my detailed notes 👇
bit.ly/398SD0N
Thanks for reading! I'm proud of you. Obviously you care about your happiness.
If you want to take it further
1) Read How to fail at almost everything and still win big by @ScottAdamsSays
2) Implement the book with my detailed notes 👇
bit.ly/398SD0N
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