10 Simple Things Guaranteed To Bring You Happiness

Life can hit you hard at times and you might feel like you go through bad days all the time. There are always little things in life that will make you happy. Check out our list of 10 simple things guaranteed to bring you happiness and see if what you have in mind matches with our list!

1. Hugs

Hugs make you feel all nice, warm and fuzzy inside and they’re even better when they’re from your favourite person!

It’s comforting and makes you feel protected. Research has shown that giving and receiving hugs can instantly help you into a calm state – it can boost oxytocin levels which can heal feelings of loneliness, isolation and anger.

Hugs are soothing and can help you release tension especially if you have had a bad day and need to instantly relax. It will bring you brief happiness but will definitely help you with your mood.

2. Eating when you’re hungry

Ever had that feeling when you’re so hungry and your stomach does those weird whale sounds? (yeah, happens to me a LOT).

Or maybe you’re stuck in a meeting at work which has been going on forever and the smell of food wafting by is enough to make you salivate? Or maybe you’re on a long commute home from work and all you can think about is raiding your fridge as soon as you get home?

If you’ve ever been in any of these situations, you probably feel like you died and went to heaven after taking your first bite of food. When the food instantly melts in your mouth, what seems like something you eat everyday seems to taste even better when you’re hungry.

Eating food when you’ve been hungry for so long can seem really trivial and something you might do everyday but it will definitely bring you happiness!

3. Catching up on sleep

As a kid, you probably hated going to sleep and thought you were a cool and rebellious kid staying up late and boasting to all your friends.

Now you’re an adult and much older, you probably appreciate sleep a whole lot more and would love to stay in bed all day if you had the chance.

Working all week can really tire you out and make you really question if the early mornings and getting home late for a job you probably don’t like that much is really worth it. When the weekends roll around, lie ins and catching up on sleep will bring you happiness. You’ll want to stay in bed all day and sleep is even better with fresh sheets and duvet covers!

4. Receiving parcels in the post

If you’re a shopaholic, you probably love shopping online and get really excited and happy when you know you have parcels coming in the post.

As soon as you get confirmation on the day your parcels are meant to be arriving, you’ll probably be waiting around by the window to see the postman coming. Your levels of happiness will probably hit the roof as soon as you have said parcels in your hand and you’re unpacking everything.

If they’re clothes, you might end up trying on all the clothes and parading around in your room pretending you’re in a fashion show.

5. Catching up with friends

As an adult, life gets in the way and trying to balance your social life and work can be difficult at times which is why when you catch up with your friends, you try to make the most of it.

Happiness doesn’t necessarily mean you have to go big – you could just have a meal together and catch up with what’s been going on in your life or you could do fun activities like bowling. While life can make it difficult for you to meet up regularly, when you do catch up with each other, you’ll appreciate being able to make time for each other and you’ll be able to pick up where you left off from the last time you saw each other.

6. Finding something you thought you lost

Finding something you thought you lost – this always happens whenever you clean your room or maybe there was a time you went out and put some loose change in your pocket only to find it when you’re about to do laundry and you’re checking the pockets before you put everything in the washing machine?

It’s always a good feeling and probably brings you happiness to know that you’ve found something you tried to find before and have now managed to find it. While you’re cleaning your room and you find something you thought you lost, it probably brings back memories (and is also probably the same reason why cleaning your room takes so long).

7. Walk in the park

Being stuck indoors whether you are stuck in an office working all day or just love being at home, a walk in the park can bring you happiness.

It might be something you don’t do often or feel you have no need to do but it will help you get fresh air and really appreciate nature. It’ll be a chance for you to get active and explore aspects of your neighbourhood you probably never knew existed.

8. Watching a film

A good film will always bring you happiness. Right now, a particular film will probably come to mind which is your go to film that you would just love to watch over and over again.

There are so many feel-good films and films that make you cry but films will help you escape reality for a while, if not only for a short while. Just like reading a book, it can take you into a completely different world and when the film ends, you’ll end up questioning what to do with your life.

9. Exploring new places

Exploring new places is always exciting and brings out your adventurous side. It will help you to become more outgoing and give you more confidence when it comes to trying out new things.

Taking risks and trying something new might be scary but it can help you discover things you might not have come across before and make you wonder why you never did it earlier. Exploring new things and places will help you forget the not so good things and bad days and make you focus on something completely new.

10. Listening to your favourite songs

Listening to your favourite songs are definitely guaranteed to bring you happiness. Listening to songs can instantly improve your mood and get you up and dancing.

Everyone can relate to songs – this can be through the lyrics or it might bring back certain memories that might be attached to special people in your life or an event that you hold dearly. Just listening to those songs can make you relive those memories and take you back in time.