Balance: how to be happy
Morneau Shepell’s latest newsletter features great tips and tools on how to develop gratitude, resilience, optimism, meaning and happiness in our lives:
- Every day write down three things that went well and why they went well.
- Plan a list of enjoyable things you would like to do more often. Schedule them into your calendar and commit
to follow through with them. - Make a list of people who make you happy and plan to spend more time with them. If some of these people
are now far away from you, plan how you can be in touch with them more often or more effectively. In
addition to email and phone calls, consider whether occasional audio or web chats would add more value to
your communications. - Consider your personal growth goals and make a commitment to ongoing learning and developing new skills.
- Endeavour to perform every task to the best of your ability.
- Get physically active. Exercise releases endorphins, which leads to a sense of wellbeing. Whether it’s in a club,
on your own, indoors or outdoors, there are lots of ways to get active. Pick something you are most likely to
enjoy and to commit to over time. - Begin ‘positive self-talk’.
- Find meaning in your life, whether that is being part of a faith community, volunteering, or developing your
virtues - It also recommends being grateful, embracing the power of laughter and making time for yourself and others.
For more up to date tips, check out & subscribe to Morneau Shepell’s newsletters:
Balance – A wellness update for your work, health, life.
Healthy Working – A workplace wellness update for managers.
Healthy Living – A health and wellness update for employees.
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