Dropping the drains to happiness.
These are tricky and take some thought and practice. Read through the list and begin with whatever one or two resonate with you at this time and then go back to the list and try one or two others.
1. Just do it like Nike
2. Realizing that (like scratching a bug bite) getting more of what you want just increases what you need for the next hit and it only lasts for a little while anyway.
3. The same with its opposite of trying to push away what you do not want. There is always going to be something else.
When bad news strikes just feel it, be sad then let it go. If you carry it around you just intensify the feeling.
4. What is, is. Let it be.
5. Visualization and meditation on mindfulness and dropping the hindrances during the meditation.
6. Decide to let thoughts and hindrances drop for a given time, like a 10 minute meditation or 1 minute at a time.
7. Build up a tolerance to let things go.
8. Become aware of the restlessness, surrender to it , let it be , take a breath and relax, reach for a drop of happiness.
9. Be less serious for a moment.
10. Sing a song
11. Smile
12. Find your trigger
13. Choose to be happy rather and insisting on being right.
14. Shift up and back between adding happiness with your trigger and letting go of the drains.