measuringlife:

Here are the rest of the notes from the workshop I went to on Well- Being this week that was offered through the Center for Consciousness and Transformation at my University (employer) 

Happiness is a choice

• 50% is genetic
• 40% is something you can control
• 10% is circumstances 

Happiness strategies 

1. express gratitude
2. look on the bright side/cultivate optimum 
3. don’t care yourself to others
4. practice acts of kindness 
5. nurture social relationships 
6. write out pain/upset
7. learn to forgive or let go 
8. increase flow experience /lose track of time 
9. savor joys of life, put time aside for it
10. commit to goals 
11. practice religion/spirituality 
12. exercise, meditate, act happy (fake it til you make it)

Other thoughts and notes: 

• Flow: focus and habits
• Correlation between age and satisfaction – comfortable in own skin, dealing with set back
• Overall we are too focused on negativity/weaknesses – keep a gratitude journal
• Gratitude matters – feel happier, more determined, more energetic, more optimistic, and more likely to offer support to others. you sleep better, exercise more, and experience fewer symptoms of physical illness 
• 9 out of 10 people say they are more productive when they are around positive people 

Reblogging myself from ~2013 as I got back and tag/reread all my posts for a project…