9 Evidence-Based Happiness Practices/Ideas and A Bonus

Guess which is the bonus!!!

1. Self-talk — Awareness, Disruption, Challenge, Reprogram
2. Comparisons — Your brain naturally compares you to whoever's doing better at something. Be a good scientist about it:
   • If you're measuring yourself against that freak faculty member with 100+ pubs, consider ALL faculty — the average publication rate is eight over a career. Really.
   • Intentionally feel good about the process
   • Focus on gratitude
   • Ask if this comparison will matter to the you that is dead
3. Gratitude — Two minutes, huge.
4. Do good for others
5. Social connections
   • Call a friend
   • Enter a third space — club, coffee house, salsa social, smile at strangers in public
6. Decreasing social media and technology use — your brain and your happiness will thank you
   • Always be signed out of email
   • Delete email and social media apps. Make sign-in hard.
7. Smile
8. Spend time every day with nature — even if it's the one tree on your block
9. Dogs (and cats, and rabbits)
10. Salsa dance — the most essential🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄💃💃💃