What Makes You Happy?

I really enjoy writing, and I love the feeling I get after finishing an article. I enjoy the art of handwriting, calligraphy, punctuation, grammar, and typing, etc. I love helping people and giving them answers to their questions, if it is something I feel I have knowledge of and/or experience in/of.

I also appreciate positive music and positive reading to lift my spirits.

I also like answering questions about losing weight, since I have previously lost a lot of weight on Weight Watchers and have lost some stubborn weight trying a Mediterranean diet as I've aged. I find maintaining weight loss to be the hardest thing. I have written a mini eBook on Amazon giving some tips on what has helped me lose weight over the years. Being at a lighter weight makes me happy.

I also relish reading about being happy, so that is why I have written so many articles about inner peace.

Getting good, restorative sleep is very important to being happy. When you don't get restful sleep, it can make your day quite difficult and cause you to have negative thoughts and feelings.

Try writing down any negative thoughts or feelings you have before closing your eyes at night. This way you can rid your mind of problems and be able to get a better night's sleep. I read this really good book, The Sleep Book How to Sleep Well Every Night by Dr. Guy Meadows. This book really delivered and helped me to sleep well at night.

Exercising in nature is another thing that makes me happy. Just moving around is so good for your body both mentally and physically. Exercising can help relieve stress too which can make you happier.

Yes, deep breathing can make you happier. It can help you release anxiety. Diaphragmatic breathing or belly breathing can help you reduce stress and be very beneficial.

Smile and the world smiles with you. Live life for now. It is all you have right now. Make the best of what you have right now. Don't dwell on past mistakes or negative feelings. Stop thinking so much. Do what you enjoy within reason, that doesn't cause negative consequences.

It is great when people give you positive feedback on your writing, but you also need to make sure that you have positive feedback from within yourself. Say positive affirmations to yourself to build yourself up. Don't rely on others for your inner happiness, worth, and confidence. Build yourself up from within. Replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts.

Meditation and mindfulness can also be very helpful with being happy. Just using your five senses can be very helpful with giving you moments of happiness if you are struggling with stress or anxiety. If you use your five senses while eating, it can help you appreciate food even healthy food that you think you don't really like. We need to learn to appreciate the smaller things in life to be happier.

I have learned a lot of information on HubPages from reading other articles for my own personal life. I have also learned about things for improving my own writing, even though, yes, I know, I still make mistakes. Things I have learned: to use more commas, to make more paragraphs, and to not use a lot of pronouns, etc. I'm sure the list goes on.

What makes you happy? I am trying to dig a little deeper with my polls. Wish comments were still allowed on articles.

I have written and published a mini eBook on Amazon called Eat Books to Lose Fat. By reading many books referenced in my mini book, I have been able to lose weight after being stuck. Just having the activity of reading books, their content, and writing gave me an outlet of activities to lose more stubborn weight and not eat mindlessly. Getting rid of stress, being happy, was an important step.

I have written more articles on being mentally healthy, positive thinking, and techniques. If you are interested in learning more about that, please read my other articles. You may want to start with my very first article, titled: "Introduction to Freeing Yourself From Your Problems." I have also written articles about recovering from injuries and speedy recovery tips.

Thank you for reading.