My Start to More Happiness

Hi there, This will be my first blog so please have patience with me anyone that happens to read this. I was sent an interesting email the other day with info that I found very intriguing. It is summarized as follows:

"There is a simple 2-minute task you can do each day, that, if repeated for 21 days researchers have found brings the following results:

Your intelligence rises, your creativity rises, your energy levels rise. In fact, what we've found is that every single business outcome improves. Your brain is 31 percent more productive...

So, what’s the thing that can drastically boost success: positivity.

When you get in a positive mindset, your brain releases dopamine, which does two things for you:                                                                                                                            
1.You are happier.
2.All of the learning centers of your brain are turned on.

Here are six simple suggestions from Achor that will help your students retrain their brains to view the world in a more positive light.

• Spend two minutes a day to write down three new things you are grateful for - for 21 days in a row.
• Journal about one positive experience you’ve had every 24 hours.
• Exercise.
• Meditate to allow your brain to focus on one thing at a time.
• Perform random acts of kindness.
• Write one positive email to someone you know every time you open up your inbox."                      

Shawn Achor TED talk

Now I do in general think of myself as a happy person however I have found myself lately, as everyone does at times, a bit more stressed and anxious than usual so I have decided to put real effort into trying this.  I will then applying to myself, teaching my classes and teaching my children. So I chose to try this format out as a way of organizing my positivity items items and sticking to it for at least the 21 days.