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We do most of our routine activities out of habit. When you practice making healthy choices over and over, they become habits, too — habits that can boost your happiness.
Half of your happiness depends on conscious choices you make every day — choices that, with time, become habits. In "The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness," I list several healthy habits that can help you boost your happiness. By choosing healthy habits, you can decrease your stress and increase the energy available to you each day — making it easier to do the things that bring you joy.
Here are three of the habits from "The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness."
Adapted from The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness, By Amit Sood. Learn more about the book and about Dr. Sood's Resilient Living program.
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