How to Be Happy

News Release Seabird Marine Services June 1, 2012

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 So happiness -
isn't that the thing that all of us strive to find and keep? Nobody is happy all
of the time, but some people are definitely more fulfilled than others. Studies
on what makes people happy reveal that it doesn't have much to do with material
goods or high achievement; it seems to whittle down to your outlook on life, and
the quality of your relationships with the people around you. To be happy you
should know what to love and how much.
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Be optimistic. In the
1970s, researchers followed people who'd won the lottery and found that a year
after they'd hit the jackpot, they were no happier than the people who didn't.
They called it hedonic adaptation, which suggests that we each have a
baseline level of happiness. No matter what happens, good or bad, the effect on
our happiness is only temporary and we tend to rebound to our baseline level.
Some people have a higher baseline happiness level than others, and that can be
attributed in part to genetics, but it's also largely influenced by how you
think. So while the remainder of this article will help boost your
happiness, only improving your attitude towards life will increase your
happiness permanently. Here are some excellent starting points for doing
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Follow your gut. In
one study, two groups of people were asked to pick out a poster to take home.
One group was asked to analyze their decision carefully, weighing the pros and
cons, and the other group was told to listen to their gut. Two weeks later, the
group that followed their gut was happier with their posters than the group that
analyzed their decisions. Now, some of our decisions are more crucial than
picking out posters, but by the time you're poring over your choice, the options
you're weighing are probably very similar, and the difference will only
temporarily affect your happiness. So next time you have a decision to make, and
you're down to two or three options, just pick the one that feels right, and go
with it.  
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Make enough money to meet
your basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. In the US, that magic
number is $40,000 a year. Any money you make beyond that will have negligible
effects on your happiness. Remember the lottery winners mentioned earlier?
Oodles of money didn't make them any happier, and it won't make you any happier.
Once you make enough money to support your basic needs, your happiness is not
significantly affected by how much money you make, but by your level of
optimism.  
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Your comfort may increase with your
salary, but comfort isn't what makes people happy. It makes people bored.
That's why it's important to push beyond your comfort zone to fuel your growth
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Stay close to friends and
family. Or move to where other members are- so you can see them more. We
live in a mobile society, where people follow jobs around the country and
sometimes around the world. We do this because we think increases in salary will
make us happier, but the fact is that our relationships with our friends and
family have a far greater impact on our happiness than our jobs do. So next time
you think about relocating, consider that you'd need a salary increase of over
$100,000 USD to compensate for the loss of happiness you'd have from moving away
from your friends and family.[4] But if
your relationships with your family and friends are unhealthy or nonexistent,
and you are bent on moving, choose a location where you'll be making about the
same amount of money as everyone else; according to research, people feel more
financially secure (and happier) when they're on similar financial footing as
the people around them, regardless of what that footing is.
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Find happiness in the job you
have now. Many people expect the right job or the right career to
dramatically change their level of happiness, but happiness research makes it
clear that your level of optimism and the quality of your relationships eclipse
the satisfaction you gain from your job. If you have a positive outlook, you
will make the best of any job, and if you have good relationships with people,
you won't depend on your job to give your life a greater sense of meaning.
You'll find it in your interactions with the people you care about. Now that
doesn't mean you shouldn't aspire towards a job that will make you happier; it
means you should understand that the capacity of your job to make you happy is
quite small in comparison to your outlook on life and your relationships with
people.
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Smile. Science
suggests that when you smile, whether you feel happy or not, your mood will be
elevated. So smile all the time!  
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