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I just wanted to see what memories make your happy, whether it's from your childhood, your teen years or right now.

I’m in a dark place and just wanted to know what small routines people have that make them happy?

Hey there! I barely know you, but, if you are feeling down, I’m always there for you no matter what. You are not alone and you never will be. Whether you’re sick, or just feeling down for some other reason, just know that it’ll get better, I pinky promise.

You are a true fighter.

sincerely, 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 ♥

This article suggests how happy we are influences our vote. Does this line up with what you know about happiness? https://theconversation.com/happiness-swings-votes-and-americas-current-mood-could-scramble-expectations-of-young-and-old-voters-234622

I think the only way to find it for me is to not have to work more than 1/4 of the year but idk how realistic that is and if I did find a way to do that I'd 100% have to have a paid off house.

Hey there, what I mean by "emotional training" is to react emotionally in a different way by just consciously trying to, and doing this consistently until your brain gets used to it. This would be extremely useful for decreasing the intensity of negative emotions in reaction to life's negative events, and then increasing your overall happiness.

For example, an individual who is dealing with a any negative situation, like a break up or something, could try to consciously force themselves to feel less negative about it, obviously in a gradual and coherent manner (that is, without simply trying to jump from negative to positive in one second). And as life goes on, each time this individual would become more emotionally resilient.

Hey there, I think I found a technique extremely powerful and simple which can lower emotional suffering (bc I think that being capable of regulating negative emotions is far more important than generating positive emotions to become a happy individual). I call it "emotional recalibration" for dramatic and mnemonic purposes.

Emotional recalibration means to empty your mind for a few seconds/minutes and actively try to go from a negative intense emotion to a neutral state (not cheerful), and doing that as gradually as possible. That's basically the exercise. You can do it while breathing deeply and as many times as needed.

The idea is not to eliminate your negative feelings, bc you're allowed to feel bad, but not too much to the point it ruins your happiness. It's like gradually convincing your brain that it's ok to not feel this bad even if the bad situation that's disturbing you is still there. Gradually is the key term, and also neutral state since it's obviously useless to try to become cheerful all of a sudden. Also not needed to change your thoughts about anything or forcing yourself to be optimistic about inherently negative things (that strategy is useless as well).

I've personally been applying this technique and... It's just too powerful if you do it seriously. I find myself feeling weird because of how I can now think calmly about things that were extremely painful to me just like three days ago. Try it out and tell me what you think about this?