This is 5 Minute Friday!

I want to start this episode with a quote from author Margaret Lee Runbeck who said,

I'm not going to be talking about the

content of this episode, but Dr. Santos gave me a life-changing prescription.

I wanted to dive in with six keys to happiness.

I know it's been very challenging for so many people this year to be happier with so much uncertainty, stress,

overwhelm, news, politics, COVID, all this stuff that's happening right now.

Uncertainty in the job market, the housing market, the stock market, what's happening?

It's hard to be happy.

So here are six things you can do every single day to increase your happiness,

even in spite of chaos and uncertainty.

Number one, this is from research.

This is from Dr. Laurie Santos studying this on a daily basis at Yale who said,

number one, spend time and energy in the right way, which means getting off social media

and watching stuff all day that's consuming and numbing your mind without a purpose.

Stop worrying about perfect grades or that big time job.

Stop worrying about all these different things and make real connections.

Don't spend hours and hours on day on your screen, on your phone.

I'm sure if you looked at your screen time, it would say four, five, six, eight hours a day

that you spend on the phone.

Now, obviously if you're working or if you're doing stuff on social media to help build something,

that's okay, but you've got to find that time to enjoy leisure time.

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