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7 Ways to be Happier Fast

We tend to focus on what worries or upsets us instead of what brings us happiness. When you shift your attention to the things that give you pleasure you’ll become happier pretty quickly.
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7 Ways to be Happier Fast

As soon as you open your eyes, you start your mental to-do list. You don’t hear the dove cooing outside your window. As you drink your coffee, you think about what you didn’t get done yesterday. You don’t notice the blooming tulips in your yard even though they’re your favorite flowers. We tend to focus on what worries or upsets us instead of what brings us happiness. When you shift your attention to the things that give you pleasure you’ll become happier pretty quickly.

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Annie Kagan left her career as a successful chiropractor and her hectic New York City life in search of serenity in a small house on the tip of Long Island. When her brother Billy died unexpectedly and began speaking to her from the afterlife, her future took a surprising turn. She recorded her conversations with Billy from the other side and published them in her debut bestselling book The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved To Me There’s Life After Death (Hampton Roads, 2013) www.anniekagan.com https://www.facebook.com/AfterlifeBillyFingers (Images courtesy of from Bigstock purchased by Circle 3 Media)
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