Joy From the Past, Present and Future

Find Happiness from Your Past

• 1.     Write down your top-ten accomplishments of a time
• 2.     Think of someone who owes you money and write it off.  Let the person know the debt is wiped clean.
• 3.     Arrange to see a friend or family member you have not seen in a long time.
• 4.     Donate a possession you no longer need or use.
• 5.     Forgive yourself for making a major mistake
• 6.     Forgive others for their major mistake.
• 7.     Discuss the best moments of 2010 with your staff
• 8.     Silently wish success to someone you have hated.
• 9.     If one of your past decisions bothers you, acknowledge that it was best decision you could have made, at the moment in time
• 10.  Identify the 20% of your life that gives you 80% of your happiness.

Find Happiness from the Present

• 1.     Carpe Diem!  Seize the day, every day!
• 2.     Put yourself first.  Do whatever gives you pleasure: music, swim, relax, eat, enjoy.
• 3.     Be kind to people who bother you.  Why not?
• 4.     Spend some time outside with animals or nature.
• 5.     Stop taking yourself so seriously.  Crack jokes about yourself and watch the reactions!
• 6.     Spend more time with happy people.
• 7.     Work on your favorite hobby.
• 8.     Buy yourself a gift
• 9.     Express your appreciation of others to them directly.
• 10. Be generous.  Drop twenties into bell-ringers’ buckets.  Leave 50% tips at restaurants.  You won’t regret it.

Find Happiness from your Future

• 1.     Plan 4-6 weeks of vacation time for next year.  Enter the dates and destinations in your calendar.  The mere act of planning the time is rewarding.  You can always change your mind later.
• 2.     Ask yourself, “What problems, if solved, would change my life?”  Decide to solve them in 2011.
• 3.     Visualize all the people you will help in the future.
• 4.     Consider how you can make the next week a memorable week.
• 5.     Write down our top three goals.
• 6.     Share these goals with someone
• 7.     Ask others what they want to accomplish next year.
• 8.     Lit your opportunities in life.
• 9.     Examine which of your skills will be most valuable to you during the next few years.
• 10. Decide 2011 will be your best year ever!