輕鬆生活的5個方法

1. Be grateful – Some study participants were asked to write letters of gratitude to people who had helped them in some way. The study found that these people reported a lasting increase in happiness – over weeks and even months – after implementing the habit. What's even more surprising: Sending the letter is not necessary. Even when people wrote letters but never delivered them to the addressee, they still reported feeling better afterwards.
充滿感激。有研究表明，每天心存感恩的人比一般的人要快樂很多，即使這些感恩的話不說出來，寫下來也可以。

2. Be optimistic – Another practice that seems to help is optimistic thinking. Study participants were asked to visualize an ideal future – for example, living with a loving and supportive partner, or finding a job that was fulfilling – and describe the image in a journal entry. After doing this for a few weeks, these people too reported increased feelings of well-being.
樂觀積極。正面思考可以幫助人快樂輕鬆地生活，研究表明如果一個人堅持一週積極客觀地面對生活，會很大程度上改變自己的生活態度。

3. Count your blessings – People who practice writing down three good things that have happened to them every week show significant boosts in happiness, studies have found. It seems the act of focusing on the positive helps people remember reasons to be glad.
記住生活中美好的一面。每週可以記下3件讓自己快樂的事，這也是快樂生活的根源之一。

4. Use your strengths – Another study asked people to identify their greatest strengths, and then to try to use these strengths in new ways. For example, someone who says they have a good sense of humor could try telling jokes to lighten up business meetings or cheer up sad friends. This habit, too, seems to heighten happiness.
發揮自己的長處。可以問自己的長處並有效地將它們利用，這也是輕鬆生活的好辦法之一。

5. Commit acts of kindness – It turns out helping others also helps ourselves. People who donate time or money to charity, or who altruistically assist people in need, report improvements in their own happiness.
助人爲樂。幫助他人，在別人需要的時候給予幫助，可以讓自己感覺快樂。