I agree that happy people do much of what you suggest but unhappy people need more than good advice. some ways for an unhappy person to feel happier about life might go more like...accept life on lifes terms. stop always wanting things to be different. get out into nature even for a stroll in the park every day and LOOK out at the world while you are out there in it, not at your unhappy thoughts. keep a gratitude journal every evening writing 10 things that you are grateful for that happened today. Look in the mirror and tell yourself you approve of yourself ,eye to eye ,every morning noon and night. Even when you dont feel it.Its really hard for an unhappy person to commit to things like this but short of going the medicine route there isnt much other than a commitment to some daily practice. The greatest thing an unhappy person can do is to understand that we only have today to get through. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is not important. Then to promise to do at least something like what i have listed with the intention of getting to a better life as the outcome.Its a difficult thing but so far as I know theres no other way. Then life itself starts to kick in and we find ourselves creating a much better routine which might well include some or all of your wonderful list, and more.
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