Everyday Happiness - Finding Harmony and Bliss
Education:Self-Improvement
Did you know there are seven buckets of happiness we can add to now that will improve our happiness decades later? We’ve already discussed the first half, so today’s episode will cover the remaining 3 buckets and how you can build these happiness savings into your life with ease!
Transcript:
Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in about 2 minutes a day, through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life.
I'm your host Katie Jefcoat and welcome to day 3 of 3 in our chat about building a happiness 401(k). Yesterday, we dove into the first four happiness buckets, and today we are finishing it off with the last three…and these are doozies!
Without further delay, emotional resilience comes in as the fifth happiness bucket. Life can be tough; I certainly don’t deny it. There are days when happiness can seem just out of reach or so far away that you can’t even see the light. A critical effort we can put into our happiness buckets now is creating and practicing coping mechanisms. If you live long enough, you will face hardship. That unfortunate fact of life can be an accident, a death, an illness, and other unfavorable situations. By building these routines in our lives now, we will benefit in the long-term as we will be adequately prepared for when ill luck strikes rather than taking a less healthy alternative.
Moving on to the sixth bucket, I want to share a quick quote. A friend of mine’s dad used to tell her, “the day you stop learning, you put one foot in the grave with the other soon to follow.” Education is a happiness bucket we must take advantage of every day. Continued lifelong learning is a pillar of happiness we have discussed before. To keep learning through the years means to engage the mind. Not only does this help to prevent age-related cognitive declines, but it keeps people passionate. When you learn, you act, keep moving, and dream.
Lastly, it comes as no surprise that relationships are on the list, coming in as the seventh bucket. Here at Everyday Happiness, we talk about building social bonds and connections all the time. Having a close network of individuals provides you with an invaluable support system that can aid you through the most challenging aspects of life and celebrate all the joys. By continually building and maintaining good relationships throughout life, you can benefit here and now as well 50 years down the line.
As you go through the years, filling these buckets may be easy or hard. You might be able to fill some of the buckets but not the others. That is okay! Just like with a monetary 401k, there will be days, weeks, months, and years where you can only add so much. You can only do what you can, and every effort will benefit you in the long run. If you can only work on one bucket, Brooks recommends the last, building relationships. Healthy relationships may have been last on the list, but they are the most potent factor of happiness.
Now you may be thinking, can you use Intentional Margins to aid your happiness buckets? Absolutely! If this mini-series has inspired you to make some small changes or tiny habits, I encourage you to build them into your intentional margins. You don’t have to do all seven at once, but you can add one at a time until you have a healthy routine. Some will be easier than others, but I believe in you!
Along the way, I encourage you to add a little kindness to your happiness mission. Sending a little dose of sunshine and sparkle into the world can make a difference in your happiness 401(k) and others’.
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