10 Ways to Be a Happier Person for the Rest of Your Life

I'm not a very big fan of specific resolutions on New Year's because I have crashed and burned with so many of them. But being happy? I can manage that one just fine, thank you. I am really happy here at the beginning of 2013, and really my only goal is to end the year just as happy, if not happier. But how does one do that (being happy in today's society is so hard!)? Here are 10 little ways to be happier this year and for the rest of your life. - By Casey Mullins

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It could be worse, but it's not
There isn't anything I dislike more than people undermining other's suffering. I was once having a really rough parenting day and my dad's response was "Think of all the women without babies because they're dead." Well, yeah. That totally helps (No, it doesn't.) However, I've learned that when I acknowledge how much worse the situation could be for myself? A lot of the self pity washes away. ... more
Photo by: Diana Stone
It could be worse, but it's not
There isn't anything I dislike more than people undermining other's suffering. I was once having a really rough parenting day and my dad's response was "Think of all the women without babies because they're dead." Well, yeah. That totally helps (No, it doesn't.) However, I've learned that when I acknowledge how much worse the situation could be for myself? A lot of the self pity washes away. Vivi barfed all over herself during a 3 hour drive last week, my first thought? "Good thing we're only 5 minutes from the next town and not in the middle of the desert!" less

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