Experiment.

 Experiment.

Pay close

attention to your mood at

different times of the day, when

you’re doing various activities, and

when different events happen.

Try new things: try a different

sleep schedule for a month or

two, try different social activities,

try different leisure activities,

try a different soap, try different

hobbies, try different diets, try

different ways of dressing, try

spending time with different

groups of friends. Shake things

up! Get out of the ruts you’re in

that you don’t even see.

Keep a journal of how you feel,

and write in it at least once a

day. After you’ve experimented

for a while, go back and look in

your journal for patterns. When

are you happy? When are you

unhappy? Then do more of what makes you

happy and less of what makes you

unhappy.

If you try this experiment, I

guarantee you’ll be surprised.

People are surprisingly bad at

predicting what will actually make

them happy, but your journal

won’t lie.