{"id":23111,"date":"2022-11-22T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/?p=23111"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:43:49","slug":"how-to-be-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/hvordan-bli-gladere\/","title":{"rendered":"3 tips on how to be happier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23111\" class=\"elementor elementor-23111\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370242b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"370242b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e230d71 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"e230d71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Sauna Oslo<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20440af8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20440af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to be happier<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594b61bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"594b61bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At KOK, we're constantly curious about how we can bring more joy to everyday life and create happier lives in general. Nothing less. And although what we offer is essentially joy and excitement, we're always looking to learn more about happiness, joy and positive vibes.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ace23f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ace23f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Written by: Kristin Lorange<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b74d9a1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b74d9a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/KOK_Mars_2023-23-1-qz582jz7wfnnh1aiqt5lsoyv6v904ttxsdjs8kj05u.jpg\" title=\"KOK_March_2023-23\" alt=\"How to be happier\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11b87127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11b87127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Here are some tips we've been reading up on lately. It's been of great value to us, and now we hope it can be of value to you too.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22ba58af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"22ba58af\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52434cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52434cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Find joy in the little things<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6aa929ed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6aa929ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dc71d4a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dc71d4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\"Do not ask your children to strive for extraordinary lives. Such striving may seem admirable, but it is the way of foolishness. Help them instead to find the wonder and the marvel of an ordinary life. Show them the joy of tasting tomatoes, apples and pears. Show them how to cry when pets and people die. Show them the infinite pleasure in the touch of a hand.<br \/>And make the ordinary come alive for them. The extraordinary will take care of itself.\"<\/p><p>-\u00a0<span class=\"authorOrTitle\">William Martin, from the book <\/span><span id=\"quote_book_link_101826\">The Parent's Tao Te Ching: Ancient Advice for Modern Parents<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-121cf983 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"121cf983\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whether you have children or not, you were once a child, and if you're lucky, you still are a little bit. Many of us aspire to extraordinary lives, or are constantly searching for happiness up ahead. Whatever your level of ambition, you have everything to gain by seeking joy in the small, intimate things. Yes, it may seem trite, and for many of us in the irony generation, it takes a little extra effort to get over the need to grin a little with mindfulness. The beauty of the ancient life hack of finding happiness in ordinary life is that it's like a muscle you can train. And this little exercise will bring you wealth and happiness.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some small things worth enjoying are, for example, water, air, food and friendship, a cloud, a flower, a smile.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-128dcc29 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"128dcc29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/KOK_Mars_2023-46-scaled-qz582jz7wfnnh1aiqt5lsoyv6v904ttxsdjs8kj05u.jpg\" title=\"KOK_March_2023-46\" alt=\"How to be happier\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62e82c51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62e82c51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Good routines<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-553538b0 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"553538b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\"Perfect your existence by slowly going through the routine of your life until you have mastered it. Do the ordinary things that make up your life. Learn to perform these like a master. You will get great satisfaction from them.\"<\/p><p><em>- John-Roger<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2124ba9c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2124ba9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd84e9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd84e9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Good habits and routines are a perennial topic for many people. Do you also feel that there's a long list of habits you should definitely adopt, and you know how much good it would do you, but then time just slips away and life gets in the way? Luckily, you're not alone, and there's plenty of help to be found in good books. Here are our personal recommendations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b0b4df4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b0b4df4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><strong>Atomic Habits - James Clear<\/strong><br \/>This is the classic in the category, a good place to start. Scientifically based and logically explained.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>The Creative Habit - Twyla Tharp<\/strong><br \/>Legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp describes how you can turn creativity into an unconscious habit. Equally relevant for those who do not necessarily work directly with creativity.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People - Stephen R. Covey<\/strong><br \/>Over 40 million books have been sold so far, and not without reason. Provides a good model for how to become more independent and responsible and set conscious long-term goals.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Better Than Before - Gretchen Rubin<\/strong><br \/>Through interesting research results and various case studies, Rubin explains how you first need to know yourself before you can build good habits. Lots of simple and effective advice.<br \/><br \/><\/li><li><strong>Badass Habits - Jen Sincero<\/strong><br \/>Light-hearted and unpretentious. Makes the problem less overwhelming, while concrete, evidence-based advice makes it easier to create change. Again, the main point is that to achieve lasting change, you need to find out who you really are. It sounds lofty, but she has a clear plan to help you get there, so just put one foot in front of the other.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a4c3e75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a4c3e75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Perhaps the most important piece of advice is to start small, don't try to do everything at once. Then you're setting yourself up for failure. We speak from experience. And that said, we've seen that it's often better to just read a book three times and then understand and implement its principles than to read five different ones and end up drowning in advice. But one last important tip follows below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1962ebe6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1962ebe6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63437f4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63437f4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Speak nicely to yourself<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428e0c54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"428e0c54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So simple, and so effective. People who think more positively tend to cope better with stress, have better immune systems and are happier. Allowing your inner critic too much leeway steals energy and self-esteem, and this can happen without you even knowing it. But if you follow tip 1, you'll train your attention, which will make it easier to observe when you're talking negatively to yourself. Then it will be easier to turn those negative thoughts into more supportive ones. If you don't quite know what to say instead, one trick is to talk to yourself as if you were a child, a good friend, or a sweet old lady doing the best she can. For example:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38e6df08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38e6df08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you get up in the morning, say good morning Gunda, I hope you slept well and that you have a nice day. Small at first, cozy after a while.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pat yourself on the back and praise yourself when you reach a small milestone. At least 5 times a day. This creates a sense of achievement and motivation to continue working.<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acknowledge your own feelings and describe out loud to yourself the experience of being sad, angry, lonely. Offer comfort and pat yourself on the cheek (yes, really). This will make it easier to process and the negative feeling will pass more quickly. <\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57db4dea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57db4dea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Thanks for reading this far, you're cool and we hope you get a lot of benefit from our little tricks for great joy!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOK Norge Hvordan bli gladere Vi p\u00e5 KOK er stadig nysgjerrige p\u00e5 hvordan vi kan f\u00e5 mer glede i hverdagen og generelt skape mer lykkelige liv. Intet mindre. Og selv om det vi tilbyr egentlig er glede og begeistring, er vi alltid p\u00e5 s\u00f8ken etter \u00e5 l\u00e6re mer om lykke, glede og positive vibber.\u00a0 Skrevet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-helse"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23111"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23886,"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23111\/revisions\/23886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}