I'm becoming pretty interested in this Happiness Project thing, and i've been looking at the website quite a lot, and it seems like every week there'll be a post with a video about how to make yourself happier in general life. it seems pretty simple, so i'm thinking that I might start a happiness project of my own, and updating it every week. i haven't decided which day a week yet, but i think it might be fun..
over the next few days i'll look at a few previous ones, just to get myself used to it.
Strong Relationships
this first video is basically about how strong relationships with other people are the key to happiness. it's about how if you try to make new friends, hug people a bit more, just act a bit more friendly with other people and it'll make you feel happier. this means that any opportunities you get to help build stronger relationships with the people in your life, you should take.
i realised how true this is; you know there are certain people in your life than can make you happy when you're feeling a little bit down. it's important not to get lonely, it's so much harder to get depressed when you're surrounded by people who love and care about you.
In the spirit of building relationships, i feel i should mention last night - i went out with a friend from college that i haven't seen in a while. we never got on particularly well, but it's not like we hated each other. i wouldn't ordinarily hang out with him alone, but he asked me to go and do something, and after reading that article i figured i should try. the only thing i would do otherwise would be sitting at home waiting for the hockey to be on. and it's funny because just before i left i read an article called 'Are You The Person Whom Everyone Else Finds Difficult' and half way through talking with him, i realised that he could have answered yes to almost all the questions. it seems awful, but i swear the moment i realised it all seemed so tiring just having a conversation with him and i even got a little irritable. i guess you don't realise something until someone points it out for you. oh well..ܤ
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