What makes you happy? One life coach says it might not be the things you’re spending the most time with.
Dennis Worden says Americans are among the most entertained and stimulated people on the planet. But is this the best way to live? Or put another way, are you happy?
Worden says well-being forms from our habits. When we use entertainment or social media as an escape mechanism, we develop bad habits that infringe on our ability to lead normal, healthy lives. These habits make us lose sleep, gain weight, form attitudes of entitlement or impatience and possibly neglect the ones we love.
So here’s his reminder to all of us — Our lifestyle choices are the primary drivers of our happiness.
Good leadership amounts to keeping destructive habits at bay to make room for things that are truly life-giving. But we can’t have the life we want if we aren’t taking care of the basics: getting a good night’s sleep, diet, and exercise, and maintaining strong relationships.
So Worden offers this word of advice — “Exercise is a good habit! It makes us more alert during the day, increases brain activity and releases the neurotransmitter serotonin that is primarily responsible for mood management. Binge-watching TV shows at night is a bad habit that agitates our brain with too much stimulus and is linked to poor sleeping habits.”
So he says to be happy go with what your body needs first a foremost which is sleep!