Organize Your Happiness

Published: Jan 26, 2005

Application

The concept of having a happy life can be organized.

Just as Benjamin Franklin organized his efforts for improving his "virtues," you can organize your self-improvement toward a happier life.

Organize the MAXims gleaned from this site into your own effective self-improvement program.

Select some units of happiness for organizing into your implementation plans.

Streams of happy minutes that accumulate into a happy life.
Physical exercise for cleansing the body and mind.
Running thoughts through your mind as a form of brainwashing.
- Oft repeated goals can create a conclusion or illusion similar to, "If it quacks like a duck, if it walks like a duck - it must be a duck." For example, "If I talk like a successful manager, if I think like a successful manager, if I dress like a successful manager, if I behave like a successful manager - others will conclude I am a successful manager."
Follow routines for maintaining self-motivation.
Maintain a clean workspace to improve your focus on actions that count. Remove what can't be resolved now.
Set a pace for accomplishing essential "to do's."
Prioritize actions into an appropriate order.
Devise schemes to freshen your resolve to keep on going on.
Schedule moments of idleness and slothfulness that contribute to character building.
Think of actions that can be delegated or removed from your to-do list.
Schedule ego-stroking events where you are complimented for your existence and accomplishments.
Prepare a friendship-building agenda.

Organization and happiness are, indeed, compatible.

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