{"id":12253,"date":"2023-06-01T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/?p=12253"},"modified":"2023-06-01T14:37:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:37:17","slug":"how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Know If You&#8217;re Happy Or Not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash-610x458.jpg 610w, https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">happiness<\/a>? The dictionary says it&#8217;s &#8220;A state of well-being and contentment.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a good start, but how can you know if you&#8217;re happy? What does happiness look like?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although happiness is in the mind of the &#8220;beholder,&#8221; you&#8217;re probably happy when the following things are true about your life:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Your Needs Are Being Met<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Your needs are being met to the level you need them to be met, even if life is hard and you&#8217;re facing difficult times right now.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You Feel Satisfied &amp; Content<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 You tend to be happy when you feel satisfied with your life; you consider your life and feel good about it. You evaluate your life and count your blessings. It could be where you live, who you&#8217;re with, living a life of purpose, family, job, home, belongings, opportunities, or simply being grateful for your health. You&#8217;re content.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You Have Peace<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A happy person tends to feel and know everything will be okay. They&#8217;re at peace with their life, family, and friends. And they turn negativity into positivity.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>They Define Happiness&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 They don&#8217;t follow social norms blindly or seek to please people&#8217;s expectations; they define what happiness means to them. They know it isn&#8217;t about acquiring wealth and possessions, being popular or famous, or gaining people&#8217;s approval. They embrace their freedom and use their power of choice to live life on their terms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s a Journey<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 A happy person realizes that happiness is a journey with ups and downs and struggles. But even during the ups and downs, they feel good about life and are happy (or at least hopeful and content) because they focus on the ups and not the downs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You Live &amp; Act Happy<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 It&#8217;s one thing to claim you&#8217;re happy, but it&#8217;s another thing to live happily each day. When you choose to live and be happy now, you&#8217;re more hopeful, cheerful, and optimistic overall. And you tend to eat better, move more, think differently, and worry less. You believe it&#8217;s your privilege and right to exercise the power of happiness right now in your situation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happiness is more than thinking positive thoughts. It&#8217;s having your needs met, but it&#8217;s not about having everything or even the best. It&#8217;s about being satisfied with WHO you are and WHAT you have while also being able to work for the things you want.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While you must do more than think positively to really and truly feel happy, happiness starts with your thoughts and manifests in your actions.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is happiness? The dictionary says it&#8217;s &#8220;A state of well-being and contentment.&#8221; That&#8217;s a good start, but how can you know if you&#8217;re happy? What does happiness look like?&nbsp; Although happiness is in the mind of the &#8220;beholder,&#8221; you&#8217;re probably happy when the following things are true about your life:&nbsp; Happiness is more than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12254,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[716],"tags":[1049,387],"aware":[1752,1753],"class_list":["post-12253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happiness","tag-emotional-health","tag-happiness","aware-attitude","aware-wellness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How To Know If You&#039;re Happy Or Not - Lifestyle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Seven ways to know if you&#039;re truly happy or just faking it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Know If You&#039;re Happy Or Not - Lifestyle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seven ways to know if you&#039;re truly happy or just faking it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lifestyle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-01T13:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-01T21:37:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lynell LaMountain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lynell LaMountain\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lynell LaMountain\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/person\/cfdae19a482b883c3b074ccd2f5e79c6\"},\"headline\":\"How To Know If You&#8217;re Happy Or Not\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-01T13:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-01T21:37:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/\"},\"wordCount\":459,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"emotional health\",\"happiness\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Happiness\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/\",\"name\":\"How To Know If You're Happy Or Not - Lifestyle\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-01T13:30:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-01T21:37:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"Seven ways to know if you're truly happy or just faking it.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How To Know If You&#8217;re Happy Or Not\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/\",\"name\":\"Lifestyle\",\"description\":\"Mind Body Soul\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Lifestyle.org\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cropped-logo-mark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cropped-logo-mark.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Lifestyle.org\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/person\/cfdae19a482b883c3b074ccd2f5e79c6\",\"name\":\"Lynell LaMountain\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42173dc931ff4191976669136813ca426dc46417af153c19585503016d313214?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42173dc931ff4191976669136813ca426dc46417af153c19585503016d313214?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lynell LaMountain\"},\"description\":\"Lynell LaMountain co-hosts Life Style Magazine, a weekly syndicated television show that averages three million viewers. Lynell is a published writer, professional speaker, coach. His areas of expertise are decision making, relationships and outlook.\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How To Know If You're Happy Or Not - Lifestyle","description":"Seven ways to know if you're truly happy or just faking it.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How To Know If You're Happy Or Not - Lifestyle","og_description":"Seven ways to know if you're truly happy or just faking it.","og_url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/","og_site_name":"Lifestyle","article_published_time":"2023-06-01T13:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-01T21:37:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1500,"url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lynell LaMountain","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lynell LaMountain","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/"},"author":{"name":"Lynell LaMountain","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/person\/cfdae19a482b883c3b074ccd2f5e79c6"},"headline":"How To Know If You&#8217;re Happy Or Not","datePublished":"2023-06-01T13:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-01T21:37:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/"},"wordCount":459,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg","keywords":["emotional health","happiness"],"articleSection":["Happiness"],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/","url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/","name":"How To Know If You're Happy Or Not - Lifestyle","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg","datePublished":"2023-06-01T13:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-01T21:37:17+00:00","description":"Seven ways to know if you're truly happy or just faking it.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg","width":2000,"height":1500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/how-to-know-if-youre-happy-or-not\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How To Know If You&#8217;re Happy Or Not"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/","name":"Lifestyle","description":"Mind Body Soul","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#organization","name":"Lifestyle.org","url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cropped-logo-mark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/cropped-logo-mark.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Lifestyle.org"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/person\/cfdae19a482b883c3b074ccd2f5e79c6","name":"Lynell LaMountain","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42173dc931ff4191976669136813ca426dc46417af153c19585503016d313214?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/42173dc931ff4191976669136813ca426dc46417af153c19585503016d313214?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lynell LaMountain"},"description":"Lynell LaMountain co-hosts Life Style Magazine, a weekly syndicated television show that averages three million viewers. Lynell is a published writer, professional speaker, coach. His areas of expertise are decision making, relationships and outlook."}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/d-jonez-jj4x2mlEYQ0-unsplash.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12253"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12259,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12253\/revisions\/12259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12253"},{"taxonomy":"aware","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestyle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aware?post=12253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}