Simple Ways to Live Happier

Once you start living in the concrete jungle, hustling everyday to make a living and make a life for yourself you get to a point where you ask yourself if it is all worth it and suddenly you realise that life might be passing you by. As you grow older you realise that happiness in your everyday life becomes more important than most things.

When you reach that point you need to make a conscious decision to be happy, you don't need to do a complete 360 and overhaul your life however you can do small things everyday to change your whole outlook on life. So here you go, simple ways to make yourself happier everyday:

• Get out of the house get some sunshine, breathe in the fresh air outside, that is the first step to happiness
• Exercise is a great way to look great and feel awesome, exercises releases those feel good hormones that make us feel oh so good
• Be optimistic try to stay in an upbeat and positive mood, don't feed your sadness. It's ok to be sad but don't feed it or wallow in it
• Enjoy the little moments in life so stop, smell the roses, smile and enjoy the little things and live in the moment
• Meditation helps calm you on the inside and outside giving you a clearer outlook on life to make you happier
• Sleep earlier the key to starting a new happy day is to get a  good nights sleep, you feel more rested and then you are less likely to let in any negative energy that can impact on your happiness
• Spend more time with loved ones, spending time with people who uplift your spirits can make you happier and keep you smiling
• Be grateful, wake up with a smile on your face and gratitude for each day and each blessing that you have in your life
• Keep smiling, even if you don't feel like it. Studies have shown  that faking a smile can actually force you to become cheerful and actually smile
• Treat your body like it deserves to be treated, being good to your body, helps make you feel more positive about everything else because when you look good, you feel good
• Plan a trip this gets you excited and happy, so even if you don't go on the trip, the process of planning the trip and researching all the activities that you want to do is enough to make you happy and giddy with excitement
• Follow your heart and be happy, no matter what you do when you follow your heart you allow yourself to be happy and also enjoy life more
•  You can't change your past, no matter what you can't change your past, but you can learn lessons from it and let it go.

Remember everyday is a blessing and an opportunity to be happy. So make yourself happy, everyday and until next time

Peace, Love and Happiness

Ellie

Ramblings of a twisted mind

I try not to regret things I've done because I feel that they have led me towards "the bigger picture" lately however I've been filled with some sort of longing or emptiness, some unfulfilled purpose or dream. Its a terrible feeling that really gets you emotionally disorientated, I don't know whether I'm coming or going, So much so that I'm starting to withdraw again.

Well Ive been trying to keep myself busy by focusing on something else entirely, looking for distractions, but then the problem is that when the sun sets and the stars come out at night its just me and my thoughts.
Anyhoo I babble on, I guess I just needed to type this out as a release of some sort. Oh well!

Peace, Love and Happiness
Ellie