What is Happiness and How to Achieve it in Life? (Ishraq Ahmed Hashmi)

Happiness that’s related with well-being and satisfaction is cheerfulness and positive emotional state. Happiness as a certain condition of a person. It may be a temporary state and intrinsic process and an enduring perspective and condition. This means that people called on to attain happiness may also require outside help. Here are some ways to cultivate happiness in life: Here are some ways to cultivate happiness in life:

1. Build Strong Relationships:

·        Build, strengthen and preserve healthy social capital with family members, close friends and any loved one.

·        Interact with people who will appreciate your company and encourage you to be the best that you can be.

2. Practice Gratitude:

·        Keep track and make a note of some of the progress and the good things in your life.

·        Whether in a physical notebook or a mobile application ensure you list down things that you are grateful for.

3. Engage in Meaningful Activities:

·        Engage in the discovery of the interests that make one happy.

·        Volunteer or do anytime favors, it has been proven that the happiness you bring the other person multiplies and gets back to you.

4. Set and Achieve Goals:

·        Some of the specific tips and recomendations are:

·        Recognise milestones and achievements that they make, no matter how insignificant they may seem to be.

5. Take Care of Your Physical Health:

·        Engage in regular exercises, this will help release endorphins hence helping the individual to feel happier.

·        Ensure one eats balanced diet and takes a good sleep to boost the overall health.

6.6. Practice Mindfulness and          Meditation:

·        Watch random mindfulness videos in order to become more conscious and be able to participate in the moments that occur.

·        Meditation can assist decrease stress levels and make the individual more emotionally prepared for what life throws at him/her.

7. Develop a Positive Mindset:

·        Change the type of stimuli and try to concentrate on positive items, even if in a given situation everything seems to be amiss.

·        Do not beat oneself up to the extent that one ends up being emotionally down on oneself.

8. Find Work-Life Balance:

·        Seek to maintain a good workplace/profession in light of private life and welfare.

·        Ensure you have enough time off with friends and family so that you do not get too stressed.

9. Pursue Hobbies and Interests:

·        As often as possible vary your routine and spend time in activities that are creative in some way.

·        Satisfy the curiosity to make life interesting by finding new things to try out.

10. Seek Professional Help if Needed:

·        These are common signs that you should visit a qualified psychologist or psychiatrist for treatment if you are always unhappy or depressed.

·        Therapy or counseling can be helpful in providing methods that might be used in order to enhance one’s psychological well-being.

It is essential to note that happiness should not be defined uniformly but as client centred and respecting personality differences of people. One has to discover what is most effective for him/her and to be tolerant to oneself in the pursuit of the happiness.

What about the ‘happy‘, when you’ve forgotten all your problems, all your worries? What were you doing? Who were you with?
Reflecting on some of the moments that I have been really happy, I can remember some, which associated with significant events and people. Here are a few examples:Here are a few examples:

1. Spending Time with Loved Ones:

·        Engel – enjoying the time with family during the happy occasions such as birthdays and Christmas.

·        Relating with friends in terms of laughing, joking or having serious discussions, having fun with friends and sharing moments together.

2. Achieving Personal Goals:

·        Achievement which may be graduations from school, completing a tough project among others.

Success in achieving the targets in fitness activities or in any other activities in life that one may have set for him or her.

3. Engaging in Hobbies and Passions:

·        Painting, writing, playing music and other creative activities until I do not pay attention to time passing.

·        Playing sports or being outdoors, having the pleasure of the body and the joys of movement.

4. Traveling and Exploring New Places:

·        Enjoying the foreign cuisines, environments, places while touring, the feeling of admiration can be considered.

·        It would be great to share this adventures with friends or family as it makes it even more fulfilling.

5. Moments of Mindfulness and Serenity:

·        Family and friends listening to quiet and peaceful music together and taking a still walk in the park in the evening, going for a walk in the woods, or spending some time on the seashore.

·        Engaging in an activity such as gardening, then feeling at ease and happy.

6. Acts of Kindness and Helping Others:

·        Volunteering or assisting the needy person, feeling the happiness that accompanies the act of touching the life of the other person positively.

·        Satisfaction that comes with successfully assisting people who need the help.

Thinking about these moments, one can conclude that happiness is a result of close relationships, achievements, hobbies, and enjoyment of the current situation. It is evident that relationships, purpose and mindfulness are key in the creation of happiness as depicted in the mentioned experiences.