TIPS FOR CREATING A HAPPIER LIFE

1. Examine and challenge your negative thinking. Don’t allow yourself to jump to painful, negative conclusions.
2. Imagine a better, and more positive, future and think about the steps that could take you there.
3. Try to live a purposeful, and meaningful, life.
4. Choose to focus on the positives instead of the negatives.  They both exist – so choose to think about the good.
5. Don’t just bury all your negative or difficult emotions. Face and deal with the things that are getting you down.
6. Be grateful for the small things that bring joy to your day.
7. Take your eyes off the past, and things that have gone wrong, and think about “the next time” and what you’ll do differently.
8. Relinquish the need to try and fix other people – and just focus on creating your own happiness.
9. Recognise that happiness is a choice. It may be hard work, but you can choose your attitude.