Happiness goes by many names for each of us. Some call things, possessions, happiness. Some call happiness travel and adventure happiness. Some find happiness in stillness and being in a state of peace. Whatever you call happiness, there’s always room to increase your happiness, especially when it comes to the small habits you do each day that may impact your overall happiness.

If you receive the Get Your Life Together, Girl newsletter each Tuesday morning, you may have seen today’s mindset reset as the tool of the week! Today, we’re taking it a bit further and expanding upon it. It seems fitting to talk about how our habits run against our happiness because I’ve received many questions about genuine happiness and how to be happier in the last few weeks.

So, that’s what you’re diving into in today’s mindset reset.

Now, let’s start with a quick assessment. Where do you fall on the happiness scale?

From one to 10, one being not happy at all, life is hard, things are far too heavy, and ten being you are at your happiest, where would you fall?

Allow yourself to answer honestly and without judgment. No one is judging you—so just be honest. You should probably always know that when people sit with me, and I ask that question, most people's answers fall between a 5 and 7. That’s the average ranking of happiness. Now, a five is considered neutral. You aren’t necessarily unhappy, but you aren’t super happy. A 7 is pretty great—there’s a baseline level of happiness and room for improvement.

That’s precisely our focus today—the room for improvement!

So, let’s break down how to stop acting from unhelpful habits, and then I want to give you actual practices that build happiness.

We can put in place healthy habits that serve us and help us be present and aware.

Step 1: PRACTICE NOTICING!

What is noticing? It is focus. When we practice noticing, we focus on how we feel, what we think, our reactions and responses, and what causes us to act.

Great focuses when practicing noticing come down to asking yourself questions:

What triggers me?

How am I acting and showing up in my life?

How do I feel daily?

Where am I feeling these things, and who am I with when I do?

What thoughts are centered in my life right now?

 Step 2: Stop & Access

When we stop, we don’t immediately react. When we slow down, we realize how much our response has a massive impact on our happiness.

 When we stop and access, we can slow our thought process. How do we do so? We can stop and be silent. We can go to paper and pen and write out our thoughts.

 Remember, we can’t change what we don’t witness.

 Step 3: Reassess and Respond

Ask yourself: What do I want to happen from here? What’s my intention, and how can I deliberately create new action? How can I choose a new response?

So, in the beginning, I spoke about habits that build happiness. A few are:

Exercise

Get plenty of sleep

Practice gratitude

Deep breathing

Acknowledge the unhappy moments

Keep a journal

Face stress head-on

Avoid comparing yourself to others

Declutter each week

See friends and family. Remember we are social community-based beings. We need one another.

Plan your week

Ditch your phone – seriously unplug when needed

Get into nature

Meditate —many meditations here sprinkled through the podcast episodes, or you can join me on Insight Timer for meditations.

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