July is the seventh month of the year and is named after Julius Caesar. This month there really is a reason to be happy as International Happiness Day is celebrated. As such I will provide you with some simple tips to help you not only celebrate this day, but to be used at any time. We also have International Joke Day this month, so hopefully this will put a smile on your face. In some parts of the world, Christmas in July is celebrated. As such, I will discuss the …

How do you see yourself in time? Do you tend to look to your past, spending time reminiscing? Or do you focus on the present, neither looking to your past or your future. Or are you concerned solely with the future? Ideally, strive for a balance between all three: looking fondly to your past, enjoying your present and being hopeful about the future.

Take the time to reflect on every day of the week and consider the benefits of each. What do you enjoy doing and what do you look forward to that happens on that day in particular? If there is one day where the list is short, what can you do to increase the good points?

When working on your goals, try to enjoy the journey along the way. Actually achieving the goal will make you feel great, for a while. However, it will not last. So when working on your goals, make sure to enjoy yourself along the way and learn from the experience.

How patient are you? How do you cope when the person ahead of you in the queue at the supermarket cannot find their purse, forgets their pin, rambles on to the shop assistant and still doesn’t leave once their transaction is complete? How about with yourself? Do you get annoyed when things end up being more difficult than expected, so you give up? Do you avoid jigsaws, crosswords or Sudoku declaring them boring?
If you are an impatient type, chances are you will feel a lot of anger and helplessness as …

Given much thought to the town you live in lately? Whether you chose it or not, this place is your home. So take the time to reflect on what’s good about it. Why do you like living there?  What does it have to offer? If somebody was visiting – where would you tell them to go? One weekend you could even get out and about with your camera and take snaps of all the good things.

We all hope to get more time from our day. Most of us, I imagine also want to be happier. This article discusses ways to better manage your time that will help increase your overall mood.
1 Limit television watching to one hour a day
By setting this time restriction on your , you have retrieved so much more time to do all those things you want to be doing. What’s more, time spent away from the television will be far more fulfilling and meaningful then merely watching others do their thing.  …

Starting today, keep a journal of your achievements. Small things, as well as the grander successes. Keep track of what’s going on in the here and now, as well as leaving space to record achievements from your past. When you have a low moment, be sure to take out your journal and read through it, reminding yourself how great you really are.

Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.  Louis E. Boone
Do you enjoy learning? Is it a pleasure to discover new things, or do you associate the word ‘learning’ with being sat behind a desk at school being fed information you have no control over? Happily, as adults we can choose what we want to learn and the skills we want to develop. …

I hate being ill. I’m not ill very often, but when I am it makes me really grumpy. I lay in bed thinking about all the things I could be doing if I wasn’t ill. I then promise myself that I will not take my health for granted. Because it’s easy to take your health for granted. You don’t notice it until things go wrong.
The same could be said for happiness. Life’s pretty good, you’re trundling along quite nicely then bam – something inevitably happens that throws you off course. …