52 Tips to Live a Happier, More Productive Life

I do a lot of these already, how about you? (click the link for the full list with descriptions)

  1. Try rising early.
  2. Do less.
  3. Slow down.
  4. Practice patience.
  5. Practice compassion.
  6. Find your passion.
  7. Lose weight.
  8. Exercise.
  9. Eat healthy.
  10. Meditate.
  11. Get organized.
  12. Think positive.
  13. Simplify your finances.
  14. Simplify your life.
  15. Accept what you have.
  16. Envision your ultimate life.
  17. Set long-term goals.
  18. Review goals.
  19. Life mission.
  20. Plan your big tasks for week and day.
  21. Maintain focus.
  22. Enjoy the journey.
  23. Create a morning and evening routine.
  24. Develop intimate relationships.
  25. Eliminate debt.
  26. Enjoy the simple pleasures.
  27. Empty your inbox and clear your desk.
  28. Build an emergency fund.
  29. Keep a journal.
  30. Use the power of others.
  31. Read, and read to your kids.
  32. Limit your information intake.
  33. Create simple systems.
  34. Take time to decompress after stress.
  35. Be present.
  36. Develop equanimity.
  37. Spend time with family and loved ones.
  38. Pick yourself up when you’re down.
  39. Don’t compare yourself to others.
  40. Focus on benefits, not difficulties.
  41. Be romantic.
  42. Lose arguments.
  43. Get into the flow.
  44. Single-task.
  45. Be frugal.
  46. Start small and slow.
  47. Learn to deal with detractors.
  48. Go outdoors.
  49. Retire early.
  50. Savor the little things.
  51. Be lazy.
  52. Help others.

Share:

Related Articles

7 thoughts on “52 Tips to Live a Happier, More Productive Life

    1. Same here.

      Also, if you would’ve waited another day to post that comment, Zach, it would’ve bought you a whole extra year to procrastinate.

    1. upvote for Steve!

      Also, being lazy (#51), runs a bit counter to accomplishing the other 51 tasks, but it is what I’m best at, so glad to see it included.

      Wow, now that that’s accomplished, I think I can look at some pictures of cats.

  1. pffft. whatta weenie list. Here’s a better one –

    Be courteous, kind and forgiving,
    Be gentle and peaceful each day,
    Be warm and human and grateful,
    And have a good thing to say.

    Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike,
    Be witty and happy and wise,
    Be honest and love all your neighbors,
    Be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant.

    Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus,
    Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent,
    Criticize things you don’t know about,
    Be oblong and have your knees removed.

    Be tasteless, rude, and offensive,
    Live in a swamp and be three dimensional,
    Put a live chicken in your underwear,
    Get all excited and go to a yawning festival.

    O.K. everybody!

    Be courteous, kind and forgiving,
    Be gentle and peaceful each day,
    Be warm and human and grateful,
    And have a good thing to say.

    Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike,
    (O.K. everybody on this!)
    Be witty and happy and wise,
    Be honest and love all your neighbors,
    Be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant.
    (Let ’em hear you outside!)

    Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus,
    (Everybody sing!)
    Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent,
    Criticize things you don’t know about,
    Be oblong and have your knees removed.

    (Ladies only)
    Be tasteless, rude, and offensive,
    (Now the men)
    Live in a swamp and be three dimensional,
    (Everybody)
    Put a live chicken in your underwear,
    Go into a closet and suck eggs.

Comments are closed.