Happiness This Way

Your happiness curve

Through the work of researchers around the world, a "happiness" U "curve" has been discovered. It has been found that the happiness of our first years' fall drastically in the 40's. Very good. We have to go through the lowest point, regardless statistics if we maintain control over our programs, our stress levels and balancing life and work.

Analyzing data from two million people in 80 countries, economists at the University of Warwick in England and Dartmouth College in America found a consistent pattern as to age the highs and lows reached in the level of happiness.

It was reported in the journal Social Science & Medicine this year that our happiness levels are higher in our younger years and older, but our level of happiness tends to bottom in our mid 40's, regardless of gender or geography. The authors, economists Andrew Oswald of Warwick University and David Blanchflower of Dartmouth College, you can not determine "why" behind the consistency of U-curve between such diverse populations, only that it exists.

However, we can take control of our own happiness curve taking proactive measures to maintain life work balance tilted toward the top of the curve.

6 ways to take control of your happiness curve

1. Take time to be happy. At this time-crunched economy, in which they work longer hours and spend less time relaxing, it is vital to create more hours each day to be happy. Is all a matter of intelligent management capability over time. Where to begin? Make a record of how you spend every hour of every day for a week. End a week, your circle of wasting time and eliminate them, one by one. Spend only scheduled times a day to respond to emails and phone calls. If after ten minutes each day getting your documents organized, establishing hours during the week other tasks. Each week, voting to retrieve a new time set aside just for you.

2. Simplify. Simplify your life by getting rid of possessions that lead to work more than joy. If you spend more time organizing paperwork, go paperless by storing files on disks in a single location. If you spend more time cleaning and re-arranging items home, get rid of those sets of clothes, dishes, furniture and other household items that are not necessary. It's that simple.

3. Energize. If you are too tired to be happy, then turn to a healthy diet and regular doses of exercise. There are alternatives to running, if it considers it boring? Then dance. Can not find time for friends who make you laugh? Invite a heart-healthy dinners or fun walk one day a week. Incorporate what makes you happy in your agenda for an energizing life diet and exercise.

4. Avoid stress instigators. We are here in life to learn, and one of the learning is to find what makes for stress unhappy. It is a way to remove them. Avoid or minimize the time spent with stress instigating workers, clients, acquaintances and members of family. The practice of taking deep breaths and exhaling slowly when in stressful situations that can not help you calm through these episodes.

5. U-curve Recognize your triggers. Although the trend of the curve in U is universal, there is no universally individual responses. If you recognize what is cause of their unhappiness, which can prevent the bottom of the curve taking proactive measures. Are you satisfied with your achievements at work or in their personal efforts? Make a list to celebrate the achievements he has made. Even the small gains can add up quickly when you enter one by one, once a week. Writing achievement a day can keep the thought alive and be a great way for more success strategies to make you happy.

6. Prioritize your happiness. He writes "Happiness" at the top of the list of tasks this week. Next to the word, see what makes you happy and pencil, as you would an important meeting with a client or a fundamental task of the home. When you know for sure that you are happy with certain people over others, schedule time to be with those who are happier. If a hobby or just hanging out being lazy makes you happy, adding that the time schedule.

About the Author

Ruth Klein is an award-winning business owner, best-selling author and marketing and time management consultant whose clients range from solo entrepreneurs to the Fortune 500. Sign up to receive Ruth’s 7 Part Mini-Course on Branding and Productivity. http://tinyurl.com/25tqo5

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