30 Miniscule Things For Infinite Happiness
From someone who managed to turn their life around
2 min readOct 25, 2021
- Wake up the same time everyday — you’ll naturally start falling into a sleep routine.
- Try to avoid using a screen in the morning.
- If you need to, try to not use social media.
- Drink water first thing, not coffee — wait at least an hour to have your coffee.
- (And try to drink it black.)
- Get into the habit of reading. It might be hard at the start but once you find what you like to read, you’ll reap so many benefits.
- But again, don’t force yourself to read books you aren’t enjoying.
- Or TV show for that matter. No matter how big they are, if you didn’t like the first episode of Squid Game, don’t force yourself.
- The same way building the habit of reading might be hard, the same thing with working out. So try to find a way make exercise fun for yourself.
- Eat something green.
- Drink water more than anything.
- Journal.
- Seriously, do it. Whether in a notebook or audio/video recordings — get your thoughts out.
- If you’re tired, go to sleep; nothing is worth you guzzling coffee and energy drinks for.
- Meditate. Pray. Breathe.
- Dress how you want to dress.
- Use sunscreen.
- Floss.
- Take the extra two minutes to unsubscribe from all the annoying newsletters in your emails.
- Watch the sun rise every once in a while.
- Smile to yourself in the mirror.
- Have a cold shower.
- Stretch/do a yoga routine (even if following a video from YouTube)
- Subscribe to a sentence of the day — whether it be a historical fact, a Bible verse, a Shakespeare quote; find something that will give you a notification daily to make that day even more unique.
- Go for a walk in the park.
- Try to not use technology at meal times.
- And try to eat at the same time everyday.
- Having a structured routine is what will propel you that 1% everyday as you follow your habits/systems to slowly and steadily achieve your goals.
- But don’t beat yourself down if you have a day off because life happens.
- Pick yourself back up. No one else will.
Remember that you’re here and there’s no reason to break yourself down. Life is too short to not try and do that 1% that will bring you up where you deserve to be — and that’s to be happy.
Maria is a poet, essayist, academic and music critic who still occasionally dabbles in fan-fiction and doesn’t yet understand Twitter. If you want some visuals, here’s a YouTube channel also.