Happiness does not simply refer to the way you feel at a certain time when something good occurs. It is also a manner of thinking, a choice you make each day, and the manner in which you live.

Nobody is always happy, but you can build habits that support happiness. You don’t have to wait for a perfect life to feel peace, joy, or contentment. Wherever you are, despite imperfect circumstances, you can bring light into your own life.

These are 105 things you can do daily to feel more alive and more connected. You may not like all of them, but the more you try, the more you’ll know what works for you. Remember—taking care of your happiness is doing a big thing. Because it is a big thing.

Start Your Day with Purpose

By making each day simple, wake up with a plan.
Spend ten minutes in the morning outside.
Have a glass of water upon coming out of bed.
Do not check your phone in the morning at least in the first 30 minutes.
Write at least one thing you are appreciative in the morning.
Voice yourself up.
Be gradual and cautious at making your bed.
Breathe deeply before going out of your room.
Have healthy food in the morning.
Wish a person a good morning or at least write a text.

Mindful Movement and Gentle Attention

When you walk past strangers, smile to them.
Now take a slower pace of walking, and feel how you walk.
Play soft music or any motivating music.
It is better to keep a simple to-do list and to cross out small achievements.
Thank people more often than you imagine you should.
Apply warm water on your face and look at yourself touchingly.
Compliment a person knowing that you will not get one on your side.
Relax and do nothing in five minutes.
Tip on your skin sunlight.
Find time and laugh, about anything ridiculous.

Choose What You Let In

Read some few pages of a good book.
Send a small note to a person you love.
Unfollow those accounts that make you depressed about your life.
Don’t compare your life to someone else reel.
Out-loud verbalize, I am doing my best.
Realize that not every day can be neat.
Do not condemn yourself in case of failure.
Forgive others even they do not request.

Engage Your Senses and Body

Slow down the ways of eating and be aware of the food you eat.
Make something with your hands—cook, paint, draw, fix.
Do something to move your body daily, even some stretch.
This will be a no to anything that takes your energy.
Maintain a clean atmosphere in your space, a small corner at a time.
Use a window or burn a candle in order to refresh air.

Connect Authentically

Speak to an individual that listens.
Maybe listen to a person without interrupting.
Get other people to assist you when you want them to do it.
Be willing to support a person in need.
Always keep yourself promises.
Don’t be in a hurry and take time offs when your mind gets too much.

Reflect and Let Go

Exercise by sitting quietly and merely observing the breath.
Write about three things which made this day to feel okay.
Discard clothes or things that are no longer useful.
Just to be safe, save something—even a little bit of money.
Talk more slowly and more decisively.

Heal Through Writing and Words

Write a letter to your younger self out of love.
Write a letter in hope to someone in the future.
Receive compliments without an attempt to push them away.
Tell someone who is in need of that that you love them.
However, drop grudges, bit by bit.

Go Where the Peace Is

Go to places that give you calm.
Associate with those who will help you feel secure.
Talk of what is important to you.
Don’t be afraid to answer, I do not know.
Pay attention to the sky on a daily basis. See it getting transformed.

Honor the Body and Its Wisdom

Consume a lot of water than what you desire.
Walk around barefooted whenever you find you can.
Be interested in things rather than being judgmental.
Allow yourself to have rest without any feeling of guilt.
Believe that all things do not require your involvement at this moment.

Celebrate Smallness and Growth

Frankly, celebrate small victories as you celebrate big ones.
Allow yourself to cry whenever you want to.
When your heart is heavy talk to a wise one.
Discover something new no matter how little it is.
Follow less and communicate more.

Be Present in the Ordinary

Keep away your phone at the dinner table.
Watch a film that makes your spirit lighter.
Consider yourself at the time when you were younger and how you have evolved.
Bring yourself to believe in other people.
Train yourself to get rid of the things within your powerlessness.

Accept and Release

Accept the concept of not being perfect.
Speak very kindly about others.
Maintain a collection of life altering moments.
It is okay to accept that there are questions that will not yet be answered.
Talk up on something that you care about.

Kindness to Self Matters

When you screw up, use nice words on yourself.
Think about what you could achieve today but not what you failed to do yesterday.
Take time and move a little slower and notice things.
Get along with past pasts.
Put reasonable limits and observe them.

Build Gentle Discipline

Treat your body as though it has a life of its own—because indeed it has.
Waiting to be told by another person is not necessary.
Become a good company to yourself.
Focus your power around what you can.
Give up winning every time.

Learn, Apologize, and Love

It is important to learn how to apologize, and apologize sincerely.
Allow yourself to be loved even though you do not feel worthy.
Go and do something nice to someone when they are not looking.
Pick progress not perfection.
Be happy about simple things.

Stay Curious and Calm

Be free of fear of new ideas.
Find out what causes you to lose track of time.
Live through the tough stuff rather than battling it.
Never be embarrassed by taking naps.
Be attentive to the body signs.

Release the Struggle

There are times when you should laugh at yourself.
Refuse to make arguments in order to win.
Quit keeping narratives that do not benefit you.
Take a break without making it a priority to earn it.
Make some bit of beauty your day.

Choose Faith and Return Again

Have faith that there is still good around.
Have faith in an impending future.
It is one day at a time.
Keep appearing when it is difficult to do so.
Be happy by choice—yet again and once again and once again.

In Closing

Happiness is not a fixed state that you reach and then stay in forever. It is something you exercise. It comes from small care, repeated gently, over time.

Some days you will feel light. Some days you will feel tired or low. But even on those days, you can take just one small step toward peace.

There is no set formula for a happy life. But you can build a foundation with many small acts, done with love and faithfulness. The more often you do them, the more they bloom into something greater.

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105 Ways to Be Happier in Your Life Every Day