According to a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, there’s a simple trick you can do every day to make yourself a happier person, and it only takes ten minutes a day. Here’s what you have to do . .
Each night, write down three things that went well that day. You can use a pen and paper, or your computer. It doesn’t matter.
And they don’t have to be BIG things. A compliment you got on your outfit counts. Or if you got to work a few minutes early, that counts too.
Then next to each of those things, answer the question, “WHY did this happen?”
You don’t need to write a paragraph, just one sentence that sums it up. Like if you got to work early, maybe you’d write, “Because I didn’t hit the snooze button.”
And THAT’S IT. Studies have found that if you do it every day, it forces you to focus on the positive things in your life . . . and you’re almost guaranteed to be a happier person six months down the road.
The guy who came up with it says it’s tough for some people to think of three good things a day at first. But after about a week, it gets easier and easier.
Good Luck! And keep smiling!
