Want To Be Happy? Quit Doing These 5 Things Immediately

A few small adjustments that will make you a lot happier

Victor Mong
5 min readNov 21, 2023
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Researchers claims happiness has a genetic component. That is, some people are just programmed to be happier.

However, most people contribute to their unhappiness by their own actions and behaviors.

This means that regardless of what your genes dictate, making a few adjustments to your behavior can improve your happiness.

Here are five things that if you stop doing will make you happier.

1. Giving a Crap About Who Owns What

Most people put themselves through unnecessary stress and unhappiness because they’re more interested in what others have.

They care more about what jobs others do, their job titles, or how much money they make that they hardly pay attention to their own lives.

Newsflash: One of the surest way to be unhappy is to constantly feel that others have it better than you.

Using other people status to determine your own worth based on how they stack up against them will leave you perpetually sad.

When you see some people, they may look like they have it better: nice cars, big bank balance, fancy…

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Victor Mong
Victor Mong

Written by Victor Mong

I write about human potential, building a life you want & mastering your mind || info.victormong@gmail.com

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