How to Find Your Happy Place

Ladies, do you have a happy place or places that make you happy?

I asked this question on Instagram yesterday and received many responses from women who follow me on Instagram.

Finding a happy place is different for many people. It can be your home, a special room in your home, your garden, your family, or your favorite place that makes you happy. Your happy place is where you are relaxed, happy, and stressfree. It can also be many places or one singular place that makes you happy.

Self-care and happiness are important as we get older because they prevent depression and health issues.

Travel to New Places

My husband and I love to travel to new places and cross off destinations on our bucket list. As empty-nesters, we have the opportunity now to travel more and have more free time to travel. Because we are blessed with good health, we appreciate being able to travel and see places all over the world. Being over 60 we don’t take life for granted as we did in our 30’s. So many things can occur in a blink of an eye that changes everything forever. When my husband asked me to fly to Barcelona recently I didn’t even hesitate. I set everything aside to be with him and see the world together.

Even taking weekend getaways are happy places I treasure. Exploring places and cities in the United States is a wonderful way to be happy and rejuvenate your spirit.

Half Moon Bay

Asheville was on our bucket list.

Another happy place for me is our beachfront condo in Hilton Head. Looking at the ocean or being at the beach was a popular happy place for many people who responded to my question on Instagram.

Or in my backyard by the pool and near my garden.

Do an activity that you love

I am not good at golf but I enjoy being with my friends and being outdoors thinking about nothing but trying to hit a little ball all over a beautifully manicured lawn. Some of you may enjoy knitting or reading a good book, but find an activity that makes you happy.

Create a Happy Place in Your Home

Our homes are an extension of who we are: what we do within the walls of our homes shapes our mood, affects our productivity and influences our outlook on life. As an interior designer, I am constantly creating happy homes for my clients to come home to. I wrote about creating a perfect relaxation space in your home.

If you need a place to get away to do what you love, make it happen! A private space doesn’t have to be small, but it does have to be furnished with your favorite things. Create an area of your home dedicated to switching off and unwinding – and you don’t even have to carve out a room, it could be a small reading corner.

Is Family Your Happy Place?

Nothing is more precious than being around your family and for many of us, it’s our happy place.

Nothing brings me greater joy now than being with our little granddaughter on a daily basis as we’ve been living in a generational home for a while. They sold their house and we had them move in with us while they searched for a bigger home in Atlanta. Livie is my happy place now and it’s been a joy having her in our house and smiling her big special smiles at me.

Does Shopping make you happy?

Since it’s Memorial Day weekend there are lots of wonderful sales going on. Many of you think shopping is your happy place. But it’s not what we buy that makes us happy it’s the shopping experience and the anticipation of the reward to come.

You can shop my look if it makes you happy!

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The beauty of happiness is that it is subjective as well as a state mind. With the right perspective, your happy place will be easier to find. The next time you find yourself in your favorite place, take some time to savor the moments.

I hope you enjoyed my happy places and I would love to hear from you what makes you happy.

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Have a great weekend!