Create your day the way you want it to be by using as many of these seven happiness boosters as you like. Of course the more you use, the more happiness you can experience and the quicker you will be on your way to creating your day!

1. Smile - It is hard to stay in a bad mood when you are smiling. Try it for yourself and see. Smiling is easier than frowning too, plus smiling is contagious. When you smile at someone they usually smile back, which makes you  feel good.

2. Play Music - Music has the power to touch you emotionally. Play your favorite upbeat music to lighten your mood when you need a pick-up. Just be sure that the music you pick is inspiring and motivational. Stay away from those sad love songs that bring you down, instead, look for songs that make you feel good.

3. Count Your Blessings - Make a list of everything in your life that you are grateful for. It is easy to take for granted all that you already have. Writing down those things you are thankful for is a great way to remind yourself.

4. Smell the Flowers - Keeping flowers and live plants in your home is another great way to provide yourself with a quick boost of happiness. Aside from looking beautiful and smelling great, they add positive energy to a room.

5. Finish What You Start - What better way to start the day than with no unfinished business from yesterday hanging over you. Be sure that you finish any tasks or chores or projects that you assigned yourself for today. Then, when you wake up tomorrow you will have a fresh slate to fill with a new day’s tasks.

6. Meditate - People who meditate on a regular basis report feeling happier and more peaceful. You want to feel happier and more peaceful, right? Meditation is not hard and it is not mysterious. Meditation is simply learning to focus your mind. Begin today and commit yourself to starting with just ten minutes of meditation each day.

7. Lend a Hand - Do something for someone else without expecting anything in return. A simple truth of life is that you feel good when you help someone else feel good. Do that a lot and you will feel good a lot.

Bonus Method for Difficult Situations - Break it Down - Sometimes, especially if you are in the middle of a personal crisis, looking at the whole day and imagining trying to feel happy can be tough. Instead, only focus on the moment right now. Only imagine yourself feeling happy for an hour, or 30 minutes, or even 5 minutes. Whatever you can manage. Then do it again. Soon you will be able to string together big chunks of happiness and before you know it you, yes you, will be on your way to having a happy day.