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Getting Happy
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Today, Nate explores getting happy. “Let’s start living,” he urges. He lists the causes of unhappiness: overworking, poor diet, no routine, staying inside, not allowing yourself to feel too much, social media, not getting ready for the day, and skipping self-care. Those same areas serve as starting points on your road to happiness. Nate then lists ways to increase your happiness: make time for self-care, practice gratitude every day, consistently exercise, get outdoors daily, find your tribe, find a way to give back, and develop a spiritual practice.
He poses some questions: Is your life an endless to-do list? And does completing that to-do list really fulfill you or make you feel good in the moment? But is tomorrow filled with yet another to-do list? What if you had no to-do list? These questions can help you identify what is actually fulfilling for you. But to take action to use those identifications to make yourself happier requires courage.
Nate then outlines the steps for happiness goal scenarios. Step one: identify and understand what you want to change. Step two: rid your life of negativity. Step three: exercise more often. Step four: be kind to others. Step five: build a support network. Step six: eliminate the non-essentials. And step seven: take baby steps. He outlines some methods of self-accountability in enacting these steps, like using post-it notes to remind yourself of your goals. Nate shares some of his own goals he set for himself, and how he worked to achieve them.
He reminds listeners of the importance of modifying your goals so that they feel achievable to the stage of life you are in, and to be deliberate in your actions. He challenges listeners to pick one or two things to invest more time into in building your happiness, adding that he hopes you take on a stretch goal.
Key Topics:
- Introduction (00:12)
- Getting happy (00:43)
- Life as a to-do list (03:46)
- Action requires courage (06:59)
- Steps in happiness goal scenarios (07:39)
- Nate’s changes (09:54)
- Modify your expectations (14:54)
- Stretch goal challenge (18:11)
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