{"id":2450,"date":"2013-02-18T19:35:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T19:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2018-10-02T15:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T19:26:24","slug":"nine-simple-strategies-for-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2013\/02\/nine-simple-strategies-for-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Simple Strategies for Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you are totally organized and always know what you need to do next,<\/strong> always have control of your tasks, and always correctly forecast how long something will take… I am insanely jealous of your skillset.<\/p>\n Starting last October, even as I started to declare 2013 as my Year of Happiness (my 15th anniversary in business, etc), I began a slow slide into disorganization and overwhelm, mostly due to over-commitment.<\/strong> Most people are shocked when they hear this, yet it’s true. By late December I was underwater, in constant stress, worried that I was missing something important, and always feeling behind in my work.<\/p>\n So I did what any self-respecting coach might do: I hired myself a coach to help me return to sanity and recalibrate my broken systems.<\/strong> I’ve been working with her for a few weeks and I’m starting to feel like I’m in control once again. She helped me move my manual tracking system back into the digital world, which has been exciting. More importantly, she is challenging me to look at the STORIES I tell myself about my organizing skills, and in the process I’m learning some new things about myself.<\/p>\n One is this: I make things more complicated than they need to be.<\/strong> I often look to my own writing for coping strategies, and this time what jumped out for me was Happiness Principle #10: Simplify<\/a>. I am moving from complexity back to a simpler system for me.<\/p>\n Thus my thoughts this month turned to “How to make Happiness and Leadership more simple?”<\/strong><\/p>\n This month I return to basics. Everything on this list can be integrated into your life in tiny bites, with minor disruption yet with big outcomes if you practice a few of them daily.<\/p>\n I might also have titled this article, Happiness in a Minute, but that’s not really the point.<\/strong> Each of these items, practiced regularly, will strengthen your Positive Emotion muscles for a lifetime.<\/p>\n Don’t make Happiness more complicated than it needs to be. Keep it simple.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you are totally organized and always know what you need to do next, always have control of your tasks, and always correctly forecast how long something will take… I am insanely jealous of your skillset. Starting last October, even as I started to declare 2013 as my Year of Happiness (my 15th anniversary in … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,34,274,40],"tags":[146,397,398],"yoast_head":"\n\n