These 8 things to be happy without spending money

If these days you feel like you can't take it anymore, the quarantine of COVID-19 It's killing you, it's time to take a new direction, and I'm not talking about throwing away clothes that don't fit you, rearranging your house, cleaning out your drawers or reorganizing your goals and going shopping to completely renew your closet.

We all know that a new crisis is looming, and it is called Coronavirus But let's be inventive and remember that the money does not make you happy and it has been proven that it is better to take a break, sometimes forced as is the case, before resuming work activities and returning 'refreshed and with batteries recharged'.

And that will make you happier?

Probably not, because in the following months you will have the same expenses, you will be paying credit installments and there will not be a stable income for a long time; so this is the perfect time to reorganize your financial projects, pay off debts that are weighing you down, save even if it hurts you and take up a free hobby again.

1.-Choose your friends wisely

Neuroscientist Moran Cerf has been recognized for his studies on how people can live a fuller, happier and less stressful life. And his research has revolved around how people make their decisionsIt turns out that we are lazy decision-makers, we fall into biases, we allow emotions to cloud our judgment and we make decisions without much thought. In an article on Inc.com, Cerf indicates that choosing a circle of friends is one of the most important decisions a person makes in his or her life.

He came to this conclusion after discovering that people's brains synchronize when they are in the presence of another individual. If you want to be more fun, you synchronize yourself to psychologically fill that other person. Naturally, you start to be similar and look for people who fit in their way of being to how you are.

2.- Track your good luck

Cerf notes that people are luckier than they give themselves credit for, so he encouraged his Northwestern students to keep track of the times they took a risk and how it paid off.

For every time they went over the speed limit on the road and didn't get a ticket, they had to write it down. And for every time they got a ticket, they had to write that down, too. At the end of the month, they had to divide the times they paid by the times they didn't have to. Often, the volunteers were surprised at how lucky they were, they just didn't realize it before, Cerf said. "You realize that you're lucky," he said. You realize that you attract luck, most of us are, but we don't notice it and that's the point," said the expert.

3.- Make the right budget for you.

As a neuroscientist obsessed with decisions, the Money is one of the biggest interests de Cerf. He has found that many people struggle with proper budgeting because they are against many of the methods out there for controlling spending and saving.

Payroll payments, for example, come twice a month. Bills payable come monthly, people go out to buy their supplies four times a month. Cerf's recommendation for managing these scales is to stick to one budget. At first, the experiment will seem complicated because of the amount of money you have to manage each month. But Cerf says that as a result, life will seem less stressful and you will have a greater sense of control over your finances.

4.- Make your bed

One of the New York Times' recommendations for a happier life and a better person is to get up and make your bed every day. With this small commitment, you will start your day better and complete the rest of your daily routine activities.

5.- Use appropriate footwear

The mockery that Melania Trump's footwear generated last year when she posed for the media after the hurricane that devastated Houston (a pair of high heels) is an invitation to leave the best impression of yourself on others, both literally and figuratively.

6.- Wash your hair

There has always been a debate about how often you should shampoo your hair, and dermatologists and stylists recommend washing your hair with dry shampoo at least once or twice a week. Remember that your scalp is also skin, and like the skin on your face, it needs to be rinsed regularly.

7.- Schedule sex

According to Anya Strzemien of the New York Times, a reader once wrote that as unsexy as it sounded, she had a habit of scheduling sex for herself. Having sex on her to-do list made sex an extra activity, even if it didn't always happen on the list, as it might when she schedules sex to go to the gym or go grocery shopping. "I'm not always in the mood for sex, but after all, I'm glad I put it on the list. And the 'just have to do it' model works," the reader said.

8.- Accept the things you cannot control

In a story reported by the NYT, a newlywed couple, Gertrude, 98, and Alvin, 94, said that like many relationships before them, they met at a gym. In addition to sharing their story, they gave this advice: “Of course, part of living a long life is due to the advancement of medicine, but also a big cause is that we live free of worries, We don't let things we can't control bother us in the slightest," they said.

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