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small steps to taking responsibility for your own happiness.</p><h2 id="3c7a">1. Write Your Own Happy List</h2><p id="cffd">Start by writing a list of at least 100 things that make you happy.</p><p id="3154">These could be:</p><ul><li>things you enjoyed doing as a child but haven’t done in years</li><li>hobbies or interests that you say you don’t have time for</li><li>simple pleasures like enjoying a steaming cup of hot chocolate on a cold day or going for a walk in the countryside</li><li>places you’d love to visit or revisit</li><li>activities, sports or exercise classes you’d like to try</li><li>things you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t yet had the chance.</li></ul><p id="1fe8">Write down everything that comes to mind and don’t stop at 100 if you have more things to write!</p><h2 id="707b">2. Choose One Thing and Do it Today!</h2><p id="5907">Look at your happy list and pick just one thing that doesn’t need any prior planning or preparation. Do it today without delay!</p><h2 id="5bb3">3. Pick 3 More Things and Plan To Do Them this Week</h2><p id="2b47">Write down the day and time when you’ll do three more things on your list this week.</p><p id="2184">Don’t let anything or anyone stop you! Your happiness is non-negotiable.</p><h2 id="96d5">4. Do at least 5 More Happy Things in the next Month</h2><p id="275a">Write a list of at least five more things that would bring you happiness and schedule them within the next month.</p><p id="483d">Include at least one thing that you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t yet done.</p><p id="cf00">Life is short.</p><p id="dc48">There’s no point in waiting for some mythical point in the future when you’ll feel ready to do what you’ve always wanted to.</p><h2 id="48dd">5. Repeat Step 4 Every Month</h2><p id="1c9f">Make your happiness a priority, no matter what else is going on in your life. In fact, if things are tough, it’s even more important to prioritize the things that make you happy.</p><h2 id="f072">6. Make Enjoyment Part of Your Daily Routine</h2><p id="adfd">Write down the things you’d l

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ike to do regularly that bring you a lot of happiness.</p><p id="94c4">Make time for them in your daily and weekly routine, even if it means getting up earlier in the morning or stopping an activity that you feel obliged to do but brings you no joy.</p><p id="9338">Don’t feel guilty about doing the things you enjoy — and don’t let anyone else make you feel guilty.</p><h2 id="1f1a">An Unexpected Benefit of Taking Responsibility for Your Own Happiness</h2><p id="77fb">Some time after I started taking responsibility for my own happiness in this way, I noticed an unexpected benefit: another person would suggest doing something on my list that I hadn’t shared with them (I didn’t share my list with anyone at all).</p><p id="4ed0">My daughter suggested we go to Berlin together. This was a place I’d always wanted to visit but had never had the opportunity. So, this summer we went and had an awesome time.</p><p id="c941">A friend suggested we meet up in York, a town I wanted to revisit! Yes, you’ve guessed it — that was on my list too!</p><p id="fb13">Good friends we hadn’t seen in ages called unexpectedly and said they’d drop in to see us in a few days’ time.</p><p id="87e6">Other serendipitous events included a book I had wanted to read catching my eye as I walked in the library.</p><p id="2e19">This seemed quite strange at first, but, upon reflection, it wasn’t. I’ve found that, if you set positive intentions for yourself and your life, circumstances sometimes (but not always!) arise that translate these intentions into reality.</p><h2 id="be84">Making Yourself Happy Is Not Selfish</h2><p id="ff9e">Always remember that taking responsibility for your own happiness is not selfish. In fact, it’s the opposite.</p><p id="04aa">If you feel happy, everyone around you will benefit from your positive vibes. Your relationships will improve and your life will feel richer and more fulfilling, even if your external circumstances have not changed at all.</p><p id="8e72">So, what are you waiting for? Start writing your happy list now!</p></article></body>

Empower Yourself To Be Happy

Six Small Steps to Taking Responsibility for Your Happiness

Some people spend years waiting for their soul mate to come into their life.

They think they’ll be finally happy when they meet that special person who will instinctively know how to make them happy.

The bad news is that such a person doesn’t exist.

The good news is that you already know your soul mate — it is you.

Who Knows Exactly What Makes You Happy?

Who knows you better than you know yourself? Who knows exactly what makes you happy? You, of course!

Only you can make yourself happy.

Can Another Person Give You the Happiness You Crave?

Another person, whether it’s your boyfriend, girlfriend, partner, husband, wife, child, mother, father, friend or anyone else, won’t be able to give you the happiness you crave.

How can they?

They are not you. Even with the best will in the world, they can’t get inside your mind, heart and soul to find out exactly what makes you happy.

At best, they can only guess — and their best guess will be partly based on their own assumptions, which, with the best will in the world, may not be correct.

If you’re expecting another person to make you happy, whether now or at some point in the future, you’re putting the responsibility for your happiness onto them.

Once you begin to take responsibility for your own happiness, you will blossom.

6 Small Steps to Making Yourself Happy

Here are six small steps to taking responsibility for your own happiness.

1. Write Your Own Happy List

Start by writing a list of at least 100 things that make you happy.

These could be:

things you enjoyed doing as a child but haven’t done in years
hobbies or interests that you say you don’t have time for
simple pleasures like enjoying a steaming cup of hot chocolate on a cold day or going for a walk in the countryside
places you’d love to visit or revisit
activities, sports or exercise classes you’d like to try
things you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t yet had the chance.

Write down everything that comes to mind and don’t stop at 100 if you have more things to write!

2. Choose One Thing and Do it Today!

Look at your happy list and pick just one thing that doesn’t need any prior planning or preparation. Do it today without delay!

3. Pick 3 More Things and Plan To Do Them this Week

Write down the day and time when you’ll do three more things on your list this week.

Don’t let anything or anyone stop you! Your happiness is non-negotiable.

4. Do at least 5 More Happy Things in the next Month

Write a list of at least five more things that would bring you happiness and schedule them within the next month.

Include at least one thing that you’ve always wanted to do but haven’t yet done.

Life is short.

There’s no point in waiting for some mythical point in the future when you’ll feel ready to do what you’ve always wanted to.

5. Repeat Step 4 Every Month

Make your happiness a priority, no matter what else is going on in your life. In fact, if things are tough, it’s even more important to prioritize the things that make you happy.

6. Make Enjoyment Part of Your Daily Routine

Write down the things you’d like to do regularly that bring you a lot of happiness.

Make time for them in your daily and weekly routine, even if it means getting up earlier in the morning or stopping an activity that you feel obliged to do but brings you no joy.

Don’t feel guilty about doing the things you enjoy — and don’t let anyone else make you feel guilty.

An Unexpected Benefit of Taking Responsibility for Your Own Happiness

Some time after I started taking responsibility for my own happiness in this way, I noticed an unexpected benefit: another person would suggest doing something on my list that I hadn’t shared with them (I didn’t share my list with anyone at all).

My daughter suggested we go to Berlin together. This was a place I’d always wanted to visit but had never had the opportunity. So, this summer we went and had an awesome time.

A friend suggested we meet up in York, a town I wanted to revisit! Yes, you’ve guessed it — that was on my list too!

Good friends we hadn’t seen in ages called unexpectedly and said they’d drop in to see us in a few days’ time.

Other serendipitous events included a book I had wanted to read catching my eye as I walked in the library.

This seemed quite strange at first, but, upon reflection, it wasn’t. I’ve found that, if you set positive intentions for yourself and your life, circumstances sometimes (but not always!) arise that translate these intentions into reality.

Making Yourself Happy Is Not Selfish

Always remember that taking responsibility for your own happiness is not selfish. In fact, it’s the opposite.

If you feel happy, everyone around you will benefit from your positive vibes. Your relationships will improve and your life will feel richer and more fulfilling, even if your external circumstances have not changed at all.

So, what are you waiting for? Start writing your happy list now!