Honors College Art & Science of Emotions Fall 2017 (1:20 p.m.) Sadness Journal | Página 12

that happen throughout the day that can provide genuine sources of happiness. Another thing you can do is
work with charities to help people in need. This is probably most beneficial if it doesn’t involve a mone-
tary donation and instead involves you donating your time. This will make you feel good about yourself
and it will also make others happy. Another thing that can go a long way is learning how to say no. There
are a lot of things going on around the holidays, ranging from parties to gift-giving to having to work shifts
for other people. Sometimes the best thing to do for yourself is to just say no. It’s not possible to go to
every party; this will cause a great deal of stress and will make you sad. Being involved with many different
gift exchanges can get expensive. It would be so much easier to just say no. No one wants to work the hol-
idays. If a co-worker asks you to work a shift for them, you should be comfortable with saying no. The
underlying theme is to do things that will make you happy, not things that will make everyone but you
happy. The most important thing in life is to do things that make you happy. The holidays are supposed to
be a time of year that makes us happy. A lot of the times, the holidays have the opposite effect on us. This
doesn’t have to be the case. If we have the right mentality and do the right things, we truly can make the
holidays the most wonderful time of the year.
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