Activities that Make you Happy

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Megan Albers

Listening to music can help boost your mood.

With post election hate surging and school stress higher than average, a multitude of emotions can be experienced. It is possible that among these emotions, we are missing one key feeling: happiness.  

It is important to incorporate habits to boost ones mood into busy life schedules to make you feel better about oneself, and also the world around us.

There are many ways to add happiness to a daily routine.  One example, according to WebMD, states that exercise releases endorphins throughout your body boosting your mood, and also diminishes one’s perception of pain.

Although exercise is important, it might not be everyone’s go-to for a mood boost.

According to theweek.com, listening to music from a time in one’s life that you were happy can increase mood overall.  It can remind you of a specific moment, or place in your life that brings back the emotions that you felt in those moments, which is all the reason more to listen to a favorite throwback playlist.

Another example as stated by theweek.com that can trick ones brain into a good mood is simply smiling.  When the muscles used to smile are triggered, the brain will believe it is truly happy, which in turn boosts overall mood.  Not to mention, a smile is contagious, so not only could it make one person happy, others can be made happy as well.

One final, and obvious way that is crucial to obtaining a good mood is getting a healthy amount of sleep. Too much or too little sleep can leave one feeling drained and unmotivated, which are not positive emotions.  

There are many reasons to add mood boosting activities to one’s daily routine, but one overarching reason is that everyone deserves to be happy.  Spread happiness to those you know, as well as those you don’t to help create a positive environment for everyone.