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Lasting Happiness is Not a Quick Fix, it Comes Down to These Five Behaviors
You don’t wait for happiness. You make it happen
Most people think happiness is like pebbles that they can pick up on the street. That’s why only 14% of Americans say they’re not happy despite happiness being a primary human motivation.
Everyone wants to be happy, but few people know how to achieve lasting happiness. In reality, happiness isn’t something that just happens to us; it’s a product of our behaviors.
Here are five behaviors that, if practiced, will, of necessity, make you one of the happiest people alive.
Get Clear About What Happiness Means to You
The first step to experiencing lasting happiness is becoming absolutely clear about what happiness looks like to you.
This is important because what’s fulfilling for me may not be the same for you, and that’s totally okay! We all have our own unique paths to finding joy in life.
But society often tries to fit us all into one standard of happiness. It tries to tell us that there’s only one way to be happy: by looking a certain way, having a specific job, or living a particular lifestyle.
