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What's top of your list of new
year resolutions for 2016?Do more exercise? Eat better? Spend more time with your children?
Find a fulfilling career? How about ticking all your boxes and simply be happy?
Happiness is often an indirect
consequence of our actions and the way we think. However, the good news is that
making even the smallest adjustments can help us attain that kind of state we
all want to achieve. Rachel Kelly, author of Walking on Sunshine, offers some simple changes we
can all make to our lives to improve our state of mind.
Be mindful
It can be any routine activity you perform
during the rush of the day, like hand washing. Slow down and give the task your
full attention. You'll soon start appreciating these small moments of stillness.
Follow the
60% rule
Perfectionism
is an illusion, but the pursuit of it is real and can have damaging
consequences. If a friendship, relationship, work project is
60%right, then you're doing well.
Breathe
When things
get too much, try the onefingeronthenose breathing trick. Then just breathe through the other nostril. By having the rate at which you breathe, you
lower your blood pressure and trigger(引发)the body's relaxation response.
Exercise
Breaking a
sweat, ideally the first thing in the morning, releases a chemical in the brain
to reduce pain, and which in large amounts can make you feel relaxed and
energetic and sets you up for the day.
A.So readjust your thinking.
B.So, if you can, start your day right.
C.Build a "mindful" activity into your day.
D.Sadly, you can't simply “become” happy.
E.Press a finger against one side of your nose.
F.With so many external pressures can any of us be truly happy?
G.It's all about creating the right conditions for your body to feel
relaxed.
答案:【1】D【2】C【3】A【4】E【5】B