This document outlines 12 practices for a happy life, including seeing reality accurately instead of how you wish it to be, setting intentions based on virtue rather than harmful motives, behaving ethically, speaking harmoniously instead of gossiping, maintaining balance in work and leisure, choosing a career that helps others and the environment, being fully present instead of mindlessly busy, training the mind to focus on positivity, and assessing personal happiness using metrics from happycounts.org.

1. 8
Practices 4 A Happy
Life

2. See things as they really are

3. …not as you wish to see them

4. Set your intentions with virtue

5. …not out of greed, hatred or delusion

6. Behave ethically and morally

7. …do not act in ways you will regret

8. Speak to create harmony

9. …do not gossip or engage in idle chatter

10. Have balance in your life

11. …do not work too hard or too little

12. Choose work that causes good

13. …do not engage in an occupation that
harms others or the planet

14. Be as fully aware as you can in
the present moment

15. …do not spend too much time in
mindless activity

16. Train your mind

17. …to focus on the virtuous and good

18. Take the Gross National
Happiness Index
www.happycounts.org
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