Research shows that the average human spends 21600 seconds on the phone daily and 144000 seconds working in a week.
Your busy schedule consumes you, and you don’t have time for self.
Remember when you were young, and you had nothing to worry about? Everything around you seems to bring you happiness, but as you grow old, you set aside little or no time to do things that use to make you happy.
Living a happy life is in the little things you ignore, like taking a walk in the park, or listening to a song from your childhood days. As you grow older, being intentional about your happiness is the way to go and you can start today.
Happiness is in the little things you ignore.
In this article, you would get to see the little ways you can be more happy in a noisy world.
So, when it feels like you are losing your mind or you seem tired of the surrounding things, going to a dancing class, or having karaoke with your friends could be the boost you need to feel better.
Fun Things To Do To Live a Happy Life
Be Intentional
The key to living a happy life is being intentional about what you want and how you want it. It’s you being true to your values and the things that matter to you.
DIY Project
Remember when you were a kid, and you were told to create something in class? Remember how you get home and can’t wait to get your hands dirty?
There are a lot of DIY projects you can try at home. Pinterest has a bunch of ideas waiting for you to try.
Colour a Colouring Book
Colouring isn’t for kids or toddlers, only they lied to us when we were growing up. Grab a coloring book from a bookstore filled with images of things that remind you of something. Let yourself in and enjoy the process.
Karaoke
Nothing is as interesting as going with friends to the closest karaoke spot in town and creating beautiful memories while trying to get yourself to where you want to be.
Sometimes all you need is a brief distraction from your regular day in the life, and singing and dancing have proven to help boost emotions.
Gratitude Jar
Sometimes you don’t see the big picture. Keeping a gratitude jar will make you see reasons that even if things aren’t going as planned, things used to be fine, and that is something you can hold on to.
So on days when you don’t feel good, grab your gratitude jar and read through all the times you had something beautiful happening. This would motivate you on your journey of living a happy life.
Get Dirty in The Kitchen
Grab a recipe book from the store and try something new, this time something different from the regular you recipe you love cooking.
Have a Mini Spa Date
Grab a pack of bath bombs, some essential oil, rose petals, and have a long dip while you sip a bottle of your favorite wine
Sip and Paint
Feel your best self. There are a lot of things that would get you to that point, and going for a sip and paint class is one of them,
You get to interact and network with different people and have them talk about their various perspectives on life.
Book a Tour around the City
Get a tour guide and explore the city. A lot of places or things that exist in your city will surprise you.
Like local restaurants, bars, and fresh fruit markets, you might as well meet new people and make new friends touring the city just like you
Go to a Candle Making Class
What better time to learn something new than now? You can search online for candle-making classes around you.
Go for a Pottery Class
You’ll have hours of fun learning how to create pieces, trying your hands on sculpting different things, and you never can tell. It could become a hobby of yours.
Clean Your Space
A clustered space would leave your mind clouded.
Cleaning your space, taking out things you’ve not used in a while, and donating these items would be something fun to do since cleaning is therapeutic or you might as well change the look and feel of your room.
A minor change, like changing the color of your bedspread or the position of your things, would propel you on the journey to living happy.
For example, change the painting of the walls in your room, exchange the curtains, add a little color here and there, and don’t forget to add scents to your space because a nice smelling space would uplift your mood.
Spend Time in Nature
Take a walk in the park, appreciate nature, take pictures of what caught your attention, and breathe and take it all in.
Start Journaling
Having a journal close to you will help you write how you feel, get you to the right frame of mind, and make your mind less cluttered.
You can begin by paying much attention to the surrounding things, e.g. something you can see, or something you can smell, and write about them.
Did they bring back any memory from the past? Journaling makes you aware of the surrounding things.
Also, knowing the things that get you anxious would put you ahead because you know how to manage and avoid them.
Have an Indoor Dinner Date
Set the scene, light up a candle, grab a bottle of wine or make your own cocktail, play something nice and wear something you feel best in, and enjoy your own company.
Most times you are all for the GO, GO, GO. You forget you need to take a break, relax and have fun.
Finally
These will help you on days when you have so much going on and you really want to shut out the noise in the world and just be happy, at peace, and in a safe place.