How To Become Happier Through Habits

We all want to be happy, but what makes some people happy and others unhappy?

Is it the environment that they live in? Their genes? Their upbringing?

Their choice of career? Or their choice of friends?

It’s been said that the happiest people don’t necessarily have the most money or the most success, but they do have a lot of habits.

The habits of the most happy people are the same habits as those of the most successful people. But the most successful people don’t always have the most money or the most happiness.

They are happy because they know what to do, and they do it consistently.

The good news is that habits are the key to achieving success in any area of your life including health and happiness.

We all know that you can’t just decide to be happy or to be successful—you have to do the work of creating the right habits.

And if you want to change something in your life, you need to break the old habits and form new ones.

This is the core idea behind the habit loop.

And in this post, I’ll share with you some “Happiness Hacks” to help you become a happier person right now and how to create the habits that will make you happier long into the future.

So all you have to do is SMASH that PLAY button RIGHT NOW and kick your feet up as I download some motivational “Dad-Splanation” goodness directly into your brain through your headphones.

Catch you on the other side!

Episode Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro
1:34 – Welcome and Salutations
1:52 – Happy Black History Month
3:13 – Sad news at Casa de Rodriguez
5:04 – Super Bowl Tradition at Casa de Rodriguez
6:43 – Meat & Potatoes: How To Become Happier Through Habits
8:34 – Happy Hack 1: Make relaxation a routine
9:43 – A popular form of relaxation
10:43 – The real “hack”
11:05 – Happy Hack 2: Practice gratitude
12:06 – Happy Hack 3: Value social interaction
12:25 – My experience with social interaction
13:35 – The other side of social interaction
14:03 – Happy Hack 4: Take care of your physical health
14:42 – Importance of sleep to physical and mental health
16:12 – Why food and hydration is important to your mental health
17:07 – My friend’s experience with dehydration
19:29 – Take the necessary precautions even while it’s cold
20:57 – Adjusting your mood with exercise
22:55 – We’ve been taking to the streets
24:55 – Happy Hack 5: Monitor your Social Media intake
25:22 – Excited that I’ve pulled the trigger
26:17 – This is where we need to be careful when we’re on Social Media
26:40 – FACT DROP!
27:04 – Take these actions to use Social Media without killing your mental health
27:48 – Happy Hack 6: Journal your feelings
28:51 – The key to journaling
29:24 – Happy Hack 7: Make yourself laugh
29:59 – Why I always laugh
30:30 – The thing with laughing
30:57 – Why I love doing Dance Fitness with the wife
31:57 – Another FACT DROP!
32:07 – The Bottom Line
32:26 – BONUS TIP: Book recommendation for The Compound Effect
34:01 – Outro