Happiness Tips

What were the happiest stories to hit the newsstands this year? There’s no one right answer, but one thing is for certain: There’s a lot more to choose from than you think. Yes, good news was everywhere in 2018. You just had to look for it. Now we’re not denying all the bad stuff that’s happened this year. Losses, setbacks, and unspeakable tragedies struck hearts and …Continue Reading

Being happier at work might seem like an oxymoron: It's work after all, right? Isn't it supposed to be miserable? Actually, no. While we're all for finding jobs that fulfill you for their own sake, we understand that the context of those jobs—coworkers, menial tasks, office politics, and so on—can put a damper on your joy, no matter how much you love your work. Fortunately, …Continue Reading

We like to think of gratitude messages as a two-for-one gift. Not only do they make the person they’re directed toward feel great (of course), but they have a way of boosting our moods too. An expression of gratitude is likely to elicit a positive response, which creates a feedback loop that fosters good feelings in both parties.” —Dr. Franklin Porter, psychologist in New …Continue Reading

To pave the way for the International Day of Happiness, the 2018 World Happiness Report was released yesterday. Here at Positive Routines, we waited (im)patiently for top rankings and insights from perhaps the most positive news to hit the media since...last year's happiness report. Dying to know what the happiest country is? Where does the US fall in all of this? Is there …Continue Reading

If you’re looking for ways to be happy that are backed by experts and verified by science, you’ve come to the right place. Because the search for happiness isn’t as complicated as it seems—it’s about being grateful, staying connected, feeling the whole range of your emotions (even the less-than-positive ones), and sometimes not being happy at all. It's about finding and …Continue Reading