IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE POPULATION OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS A PRIORITY FOR IMPROVING STATE MANAGEMENT
The priority goal of any state in many areas of state and public life is to solve urgent socio-economic problems and, as a result, improve the quality of life of citizens through the creation of conditions for decent work and productive employment, improving the health of the population, and increasing real incomes.
In the current conditions, improving the quality of life of the population is a priority for national development in the long term. The main methods for solving issues of quality of life are to increase the overall level of socio-economic development of the country and the region, as well as the development and implementation of relevant programs.
In the Constitution of the Russian Federation - the main document of the country, and in the Concept of long-term socio-economic development of the Russian Federation (for the period from 2008 to 2020), which has the status of a state program, one of the priority goals is the creation of conditions that ensure a decent life and free development of a person . The quality of life of the population is the most important criterion for assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of the designated goal. Today, despite some improvement in the situation in the social sphere at the state level, the problem of territorial unevenness of socio-economic development remains relevant and acute. Therefore, it is no coincidence that in Russia the satisfaction of the material, spiritual, cultural and social needs of an individual person (or family) largely depends on the territory of residence.
The effective growth of the quality of life of the population of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation largely depends on improving the quality of regional governance. To a large extent, the socio-economic well-being of a particular subject of the Russian Federation in the medium and long term depends on the quality of management, the effective use of modern public management tools.
Public management arose along with the development of the school of public policy and is the organization of the process of effective management within public institutions. Its fundamental principle is the reorientation of the work of government agencies to achieve concrete results and qualitatively meet the needs of the population. Public management is aimed at improving organizational efficiency, which implies establishing feedback from the population, which allows you to receive up-to-date information in time and make innovative changes in the work process in accordance with the needs of public service consumers. Also, feedback is a form of control over the work of officials.
The task of improving the quality of life of the population is a nationwide task that can be solved only through the joint efforts of all levels of government (federal, regional, municipal). The priority of the activities of the authorities is to consistently improve the quality of life of the population, reduce poverty, provide decent living conditions for people and develop a welfare state.
From a practical point of view, each person positively assesses the quality of his life if there is an interesting job, a decent salary, comfortable and convenient housing, as well as a full-fledged social infrastructure of the living environment.
On fig. 1 presents the main guidelines for the activities of state and municipal authorities in the field of improving the quality of life of the population of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation.
Rice. 1. The main guidelines for the activities of state and municipal authorities in the field of improving the quality of life of the population of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation Source: sost. ed.
The quality of life is an integral indicator of the organization of life in a constituent entity of the Russian Federation and largely depends on the completeness and quality of services provided to citizens by federal and municipal services, on the direct activities of state authorities and municipal government aimed at meeting the daily vital needs of residents and their families, on the effectiveness "feedback" of society and the state. It should be noted that the quality of life of the population depends not only on the level of material well-being and improvement of settlements, but also on the creation by the public authorities of the opportunity for the population (the business community and individual citizens) to participate in the joint adoption of vital decisions (for example, on the development adoption and implementation of programs for the development of territories, ensuring public order), which in turn increases the level of public confidence in the public authorities, the degree of satisfaction with their living conditions, the social significance of citizens and, in general, improves the moral and psychological climate in society.
Currently, at the federal level, there is no approved federal program or concept for improving the quality of life with a clear statement of tasks and criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of implementation. Individual attempts are being made at the level of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and there is already experience in the development and implementation of regional programs and concepts for improving (increasing) the quality of life of the population (Table 1).
Table 1
A brief description of the program documents adopted in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to improve (improve) the quality of life of the population
In many subjects of the Russian Federation, targeted programs are being adopted to improve the quality of life of elderly citizens (for example, St. for the quality of life of the population of the region and take prompt action to improve it. So, under the Administration of the Kemerovo region, there is a coordinating and analytical council on the quality of life of the population of the region. In 2011, in the Volgograd region, on the initiative of the deputies of the regional parliament, a Public Expert Council was formed on the quality of life of the population of the Volgograd region, consisting of civil servants, specialists from supervisory authorities, and social activists. However, in practice, these structures only consider the urgent problems of housing and communal policy, the healthcare system, education, etc., without taking any action to solve them.
The quality of life of the population is an indicator of the effectiveness of public administration. The desire to improve the efficiency of public administration is one of the strategic tasks of modern society, associated with government reforms carried out in Russia in recent years aimed at improving the quality and standard of living of the population.
In Russia, at present, improving the quality of life of the population is one of the main strategic goals of the state, determined by the President of the Russian Federation. The President of the Russian Federation has repeatedly emphasized that the improvement of the standard of living of Russian citizens should be achieved by increasing the efficiency and quality of the work of the state apparatus. In May 2012, a number of decrees were adopted, aimed, among other things, at improving public administration. Among the main directions of this improvement, which are of interest to the authors in the context of this article, we highlight the following:
1. Improving the process of providing state and municipal services.
2. The functioning of the system for disclosing information about the developed draft regulatory legal acts, the results of their public discussion.
3. Creation of conditions for an effective interested dialogue and interaction between the authorities and the public (including on improving the quality of life of citizens, the effectiveness of current policies and the prospects for the country's socio-economic development) through the functioning of the concept of the "Russian Public Initiative".
4. Providing Internet access to open data contained in the information systems of state authorities of the Russian Federation.
5. Improvement and development of the institution for assessing the regulatory impact of draft regulatory legal acts.
6. Development and implementation of a mechanism for public monitoring, evaluation and exerting a real influence of citizens on the actions of the authorities in the interests of complying with the provisions of the Constitution through the establishment of criteria and procedures for assessing the effectiveness of the activities of leaders by citizens: territorial bodies of federal executive bodies, their structural divisions; local authorities. The results of this assessment can be used as a basis for making decisions on the early termination of the performance of their duties by the relevant managers.
7. Development of new mechanisms for the formation of public councils under the state authorities of the Russian Federation
Let us consider in more detail the implementation of the above directions for improving public administration and the nature of their impact on the quality of life of the population.
The creation and development of a network of multifunctional centers for the provision of state and municipal services, operating on the principle of "one stop shop", makes life easier for citizens and businesses, as it helps to reduce the time for the provision of services, reduce the risk of corruption, time and financial costs when receiving services and, ultimately, increasing the level of satisfaction of citizens with the work of public authorities.
The transition to the provision of public services in electronic form has significantly increased their availability, reduced corruption risks, and reduced the time and financial costs of the state and citizens. The unified portal of public services gosuslugi.ru has been functioning since December 15, 2009.
To ensure the improvement of the quality and accessibility of mass and socially significant public services to citizens of the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, an annual monitoring of the quality and accessibility of public services is carried out, as well as studies of the degree of satisfaction of citizens with the quality of the activities of state authorities and local governments in terms of the provision of public, municipal services and the implementation of control and supervisory functions. This monitoring is one of the tools for obtaining objective information about the degree of satisfaction of citizens with the quality of the activities of state authorities and local governments in terms of the provision of state and municipal services. Including monitoring allows to determine the level of citizens' confidence in those transformations that are carried out at the state level to improve public services.
In accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 12, 2012 No. 1284 “On the assessment by citizens of the effectiveness of the activities of the heads of territorial bodies of federal executive authorities (their structural divisions), taking into account the quality of their provision of public services, as well as on the application of the results of this assessment as the basis for making a decision on the early termination of the performance of their duties by the relevant managers" on a specialized resource on the Internet – vashkontrol.ru - a collection of opinions on the quality of the most massive and socially significant public services. The assessment is carried out directly by the recipients of services on their own initiative in the questionnaires that are filled out on the website vashkontrol.ru. The assessment of the quality of public services is carried out according to such criteria as the waiting time in line, the politeness of the employee, the comfort of the conditions, the availability of information on the procedure for obtaining the service, etc.
The results obtained during the collection of citizens' opinions on the quality of services are used in the calculation of indicators and ratings of departments and services immediately after the applicant fills out the questionnaire, and can also be compared with the results of other types of monitoring (monitoring the quality of electronic services, monitoring satisfaction with the quality of services based on the results of sociological surveys, etc.) in terms of satisfaction and quality of public municipal services. The results of this assessment can be used as a basis for applying disciplinary measures against the relevant head of the territorial body of the federal executive body (its structural unit) provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on the state civil service.
At present, work is continuing in the Russian Federation to increase the information transparency of public management. Thus, in accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 2012 No. 851, the Russian Federation has created a system for disclosing information about draft regulatory legal acts being developed and the results of their public discussion. In June 2013 President V.V. Putin signed Federal Law No. 112-FZ “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection” and the Federal Law “On Providing Access to Information on the Activities of State Bodies and Local Self-Government Bodies”, aimed at further implementing the policy on ensuring openness of information about the activities of state bodies and local self-government bodies.
Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 183 “On the consideration of public initiatives sent by citizens of the Russian Federation using the Internet resource “Russian Public Initiative” approved the Rules for Considering Public Initiatives of Citizens of the Russian Federation. A specialized website on the Internet, where citizens of the Russian Federation can put forward their public initiatives (proposals on the socio-economic development of the country, improving state and municipal government) using a special Internet resource www.roi.ru, implemented at the federal level, works with April 15, 2013 At the regional and municipal levels, it should work from November 1, 2013.
In accordance with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 183, regional expert working groups have been created in many constituent entities of the Russian Federation to consider public initiatives and Regulations on these groups have been approved (for example, Astrakhan, Kaluga, Murmansk, Rostov, Sakhalin, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk regions, the Republic of Adygea, Kalmykia, Komi).
Compared with the federal authorities, the state bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation and municipalities should be as accessible to citizens as possible. Therefore, active work is being carried out to introduce the "Open Government" at the regional level in the form of the "Open Region" module, the main goals of which are to increase the efficiency of state and municipal government, ensure openness of power, and involve civil society in state and municipal government. The results of the rating of openness of the government of the regions of Russia, published by the Institute for the Development of the Information Society in 2012, indicate the maximum openness (compared to other subjects of the Russian Federation) of the governments of the Ulyanovsk region, Moscow, the Penza region, the Republic of Buryatia and the Ivanovo region.
One of the topical directions for implementing the information transparency of public management at the regional level is the disclosure of information on state (municipal) expenditures (submission of budgets and reports on their execution) in an informative and compact form that is understandable to an unprepared user. Currently, this direction is being implemented in the form of disclosure of the budget of the city of Moscow (budget.mos.ru), Volgograd region (budget.volganet.ru/budget/), Leningrad region (budget.lenobl.ru/), Saratov region (saratov.ifinmon .ru/), Tula region (dfto.ru/www/open/), etc.
In January 2013, the Government of Moscow launched its own open data portal (data.mos.ru/), on the basis of which mobile applications were created: for making an appointment with a doctor, for calling a taxi, etc. In addition, there are non-commercial projects that dedicated to the availability of information disclosed by the state to citizens, such as OpenGovData.ru (project by I. Begtin) and GisLab.info (open data on the boundaries of specially protected natural areas of federal subordination of the Russian Federation).
The Institute for Regulatory Impact Assessment, which has been actively developing in the Russian Federation since 2010, is focused on improving the quality of lawmaking, creating transparent and understandable mechanisms for making informed regulatory decisions. With the help of the procedure of public consultations at the stage of legislative initiative, a barrier is created to the promotion of insufficiently developed solutions, which may subsequently entail unjustified costs for entrepreneurs and the state budget, i.e. measures are being taken to level the possible negative impact of the adopted acts on the investment and business climate. The final adoption of legal documents is carried out upon reaching a consensus of the interested parties.
To post information on the development of draft regulations by federal executive authorities and the results of their public discussion, a specially created Unified portal regulation.gov.ru has been developed and is functioning normally since April 15, 2013. Since January 1, 2013 at the regional level the regulatory impact assessment procedure was introduced in 20 pilot regions, incl. in the Krasnodar Territory, Astrakhan Region, Volgograd Region.
In fact, the subject of the Russian Federation of the Southern Federal District, which has fully implemented the assessment of regulatory impact, is the Krasnodar Territory. Astrakhan, Volgograd and Rostov regions are among the regions of the Russian Federation of the Southern Federal District that are actively engaged in promoting the institution of regulatory impact assessment, the Republic of Kalmykia is among the regions with low activity. In the Republic of Adygea, no actions are taken to introduce the regulatory impact assessment procedure.
According to the results of the third round of monitoring the introduction of the regulatory impact assessment institute into the decision-making mechanism in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (April 2013), conducted by the National Institute for System Research on Entrepreneurship Problems, the Top 10 constituent entities of the Russian Federation included: Sverdlovsk, Ulyanovsk, Vologda, Yaroslavl, Volgograd, Lipetsk and Kaluga Oblasts, Chuvash and Udmurt Republics, Republic of Tatarstan and Krasnodar Krai.
Increasing the efficiency of the activities of state structures is one of the main directions for improving the system of public administration of the Russian Federation. Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 1284 provides for citizens to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities of heads of territorial bodies of federal executive bodies (their structural divisions) by collecting opinions on the quality of the most massive and socially significant public services. Citizens can evaluate the quality of public services according to such criteria as: waiting time in line, politeness of an employee, comfort of conditions, availability of information about the procedure for obtaining services, etc. At the same time, the results of this assessment can be used as a basis for applying disciplinary measures against the relevant head of the territorial body of the federal executive body (its structural unit) provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on the state civil service.
Federal Law No. 32-FZ “On the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation” provides executive authorities with the opportunity to form public councils. So, under each Ministry (Committee) of the region, in accordance with the Decree of the Governor of the Volgograd Region dated May 12, 2012 No. 317 “On the Formation of Public Councils under the Executive Authorities of the Volgograd Region”, Public Councils are organized. The Public Council under the Governor of the Volgograd Region was also created. This form of interaction between the government and civil society is used by the top leadership of the country and in almost all subjects of the Russian Federation. Practice shows that this is one of the effective forms of interaction between the authorities and civil society.
The main task of the Public Councils is to assist the executive branch in the prompt solution of the industry's priorities. The Public Council is a permanent expert and advisory body and ensures the interaction of the population of the region with the Ministry (Committee) in order to take into account their needs and interests in the implementation by the Ministry (Committee) of the functions assigned to it and in order to exercise public control over its activities.
In order to improve the quality of life of the population of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, in our opinion, it is necessary:
1. Study and summarize:
– foreign experience in the development of social standards of quality and standard of living and social protection of the population, state social standardization;
- the domestic experience of the regions with the best achievements in certain areas of improving the quality of life of the population, to use the results obtained in solving problems in the socio-economic development of the subject of the Russian Federation.
2. Adopt a federal law on the development of standards for the level and quality of life of the population in Russia, which ensures (in accordance with Article 19 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation) the social equality of all citizens of the country, regardless of their place of residence.
3. To develop a comprehensive, scientifically substantiated long-term federal concept for a sustainable improvement in the quality of life of citizens of the Russian Federation.
4. Approve a unified system of indices - parameters according to which the assessment and planning of the quality of life of the population should be carried out.
5. Organize a social and scientific expert council on the quality of life of the population of Russia (consisting of experts in the field of quality of life management) for:
– carrying out continuous monitoring of the quality of life of citizens of the Russian Federation and, based on its results, providing proposals and recommendations to public authorities for making operational decisions;
- assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of the activities of public authorities at all levels based on an analysis of the dynamics of indicators of the quality of life in specific territories;
- carrying out information work (forums, exhibitions, scientific and practical conferences, round tables) on topical problems of the quality of life of the population, aimed at the exchange of experience and the development of specific measures and mechanisms for their solution;
– development of the main federal concept for improving the quality of life in the medium and long term.
6. Strengthen the work of state regulatory bodies to preserve existing and create new jobs, encourage employers to fulfill social obligations to hired workers.
7. Constantly improve the quality of training of specialists who carry out the process of providing public services to the population.
8. Establish hotlines for issues that arise among the population (education, healthcare, housing and communal services, etc.), really functioning, and not those that cannot be reached by phone or the subscriber cannot be called or no one picks up the phone.
So, today public management has several priority areas, the main of which is to improve the quality of life of the population. A significant improvement in the quality of life is the most important socio-economic task on the agenda. To achieve it, the system of public administration is being improved, which is primarily aimed at improving the information transparency of the activities of public authorities, expanding the scope of their interaction with the population within the framework of participatory relations, and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of public administration.
Most of us, thinking about improving the quality of our lives, want more spacious living space, a new car, a good vacation abroad. However, financial well-being, climbing the social or career ladder, high position, status and a corresponding salary do not guarantee a “high-quality” life.
Moreover, with the expansion of their professional duties, a person often pushes the main needs of the soul, personality and body into the background.
And this cannot but affect the vitality, preventing a healthy and fulfilling life.
In my opinion, there are 10 common factors that negatively affect the quality of life of a person and reduce his vitality:
1. Poor quality food
Our body primarily draws energy from food. Chemically processed, genetically modified vegetables and fruits, stale meat and fish - instead of saturating the body with useful substances, they overload it with additional work to remove harmful chemicals and toxins, slowly destroying and disrupting its functions, depleting natural recovery mechanisms.
Ecologically clean products, prepared with love and accepted with gratitude, fill the body with the necessary energy. Therefore, it is very important to be sensitive to. If you don't know which foods are right for you and which are contraindicated, learn how to use the dowsing method with a frame or pendulum to determine the quality of a food or drink.
Not all products are equally useful in summer or winter, in the evening or in the morning. Having mastered the methods of dowsing, the basics of healthy nutrition and biorhythmology, you will always know how useful your food is and at what time of the year or time of the day it is most valuable.
2. Poor drinking water
In order for water to be useful and healing, it must be not only purified, but also structured. Most modern cleaning methods give only the illusion of cleansing. Ordinary water contains many impurities, and after it passes through the taps, its original structure changes. Sold purified water is also unstructured, because it is in plastic vessels for a long time, which negatively affects its original beneficial properties and crystal lattice.
After drinking such water, the internal structure of a person also changes, for the restoration of which he subsequently spends his priceless and very often non-renewable internal resources.
Structured water, due to magnetization, freezing, recitation of healing mantras, prayers, filled with the energy of love, on the contrary, acquires the original, natural molecular structure, contributing to the natural functioning of the body and contributing to its healing.
3. Unhealthy sleep
Too long or short, shallow or interrupted sleep affects our daily tone and performance. Psychological stimuli, such as the evening news, interfere with our ability to relax and set ourselves up for a night of comfortable rest. In addition, our man likes to have a good snack at night, washing down dinner with strong tea and biscuits, which also does not contribute to quality sleep. And therefore, it is not without reason that Mikhail Zadornov, an expert on our bad habits, after an evening performance, wishes the audience “bon appetit” for the night.
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Do you know that one of the secrets is just a cheerful state and mood. Physical and emotional health is generally the key to success in any endeavor.
Developed, “thinking high”, in which you can never make out a developed personality because of a cigarette in your mouth, rough mats and holey trousers. Don't laugh, but the widespread denial of the capitalist values of the consumer society often translates into just such behavior. Meanwhile, our world is harmonious and built on balance, so there is no need to choose between the spiritual and the worldly, the wealth of the mind and the material - you can have both. Having embarked on the path, it is not at all necessary to give up earthly pleasures and a comfortable life, but often we ourselves prevent ourselves from fully enjoying the riches of the Universe. You can improve the quality of life by analyzing your behavior and changing it - you will be surprised what little things can affect a person's life.
Marginal Habits
Suppose you want to increase your level of well-being, use effective methods to make more money, but for some reason the process does not go or the changes are too slow. What is the reason? You yourself are blocking the wealth that can come to you with the wrong way of thinking and behavior. Enemy number one - those that have survived from those times (if any) when you lived in poverty or poverty: complain about the fact that there is no money, envy a colleague who has received a salary increase, buy the cheapest products in unkempt stores with boorish cashiers, etc. .d. Everyone knows these behaviors behind them, and should recognize and let go of them. If you want to be rich, you need to think as if it has already happened. Would a rich person spare a couple of hundred rubles for a taxi and go through the whole city on public transport in 30-degree frost? No. Eradicate all habits from a poor past in yourself if you want to improve the quality of life in the near future.
Lifestyle for the poor
If you have already achieved material stability, but further growth has stalled, analyze your lifestyle in comparison with your model. Moreover, we advise you to take the model not from Russian realities, but to turn to the West: for example, if you want to become a very rich person, do not analyze the life of Russian oligarchs, you should not copy it at all, better study the lifestyle of an American or European millionaire. The Internet will help you to find out what the average millionaire does, where he rests, what lifestyle he leads. We are talking about the West because the culture of well-being is much more developed there. We bet it turns out that a rich man:
b) Works hard, but allows himself to rest, delegates authority to his assistants, vice presidents, etc. As a rule, such people remain active in business much longer than rich Russians live - up to 70-80 years.
c) Never stops the process of self-development - reads serious literature, does not miss the opportunity to communicate with an interesting and intelligent person, improves his own, etc.
d) Not indifferent to the fate of other people, is engaged in charity work in favor of various groups of citizens, environmental programs.
Now compare your lifestyle with the model: do you lead a healthy lifestyle? Do you do charity work or volunteer? Are you able to delegate authority to others, or are you earning yourself a strong one by trying to do all the work yourself?
Any points where you find a discrepancy need to be worked on. Replace old habits with new ones while continuing to work to improve the quality of life - as soon as your consciousness becomes the consciousness of the rich and these changes will be implemented.
Today it is extremely rare to meet a person who would be one hundred percent satisfied with his life. Increasingly, people complain about an unworthy standard of living, and blame anyone for this: the state, authorities, parents, employers. But not just yourself. And why is someone else to blame for the fact that you do not live the way you want? It may be convenient for you to blame everything and everyone around you, because it is much easier than starting right now to change your life. If this is not the case, and you are ready to take a step towards qualitative changes in your life, then the following 10 tips will help you.
1. Stop relying on power and the state
Hoping that the authorities will take care of you is a deliberately failed path. In any, even the most prosperous state, the authorities pursue their own goals and are simply not able to cover the interests of each of the citizens. Create your own life, take an active position, and do not let someone manipulate you.
2. Do not drive yourself into credit slavery
Loans and debts are the sale of one's own time, that is, literally, this is the sale of oneself. If you are already in debt bondage, then you should give up all efforts to overcome this stage. Start a new life - without debt, and you will see that you can afford much more.
3. Avoid superficial knowledge
Become an expert in what you do. Continually deepen your knowledge, and also try to comprehend the essence of any thing that interests you. Superficial knowledge in your business leads to the fact that your work is depreciated. When we stop, we do not stand still, but roll back. Don't allow it.
4. Throw Energy Vampires
Quite often you can hear complaints about friends, husbands, wives, just acquaintances or colleagues. Why complaints? Analyze the situation in stages - can you do something with those who exhaust you and pull you down? Yes? So do it! Did not work out? Leave them alone and boldly move forward. Understand - life is one, and time runs away from us at an irreversible speed. We cannot change people until they want to. So don't waste your time.
5. Take a break from reality
Do not think that only alcohol and drugs allow a person to temporarily plunge into another reality. In fact, the most effective hallucinogenic drug is books. In addition to the fact that books allow us to reboot our worldview system, they also bring maximum benefits for our development.
6. Take care of your finances
How many times can you hear from people who are barely making ends meet complaints that they do not have enough for anything, although they began to earn longer. But why not take and put things in order in your finances. “I’m not so mercantile to plan a budget!” - save this phrase for the day when your annual income will exceed millions.
7. Use every opportunity for self-realization
“I won’t go to this university because I don’t have money” or “This project is a complete scam”, well, a billion more phrases like that. And they use them in most cases, without trying to do something. Treat every chance as an opportunity, not as a problem to be avoided.
8. Visit countries and people that beckon you.
An employee of the statistics department conducted an anonymous survey in his company. It turned out that every average employee spends on clubs, booze, parties and cigarettes as much money as would be enough for two week tours in all-inclusive hotels. Don't have money for travel? Read the sixth paragraph again.
9. Find like-minded people
Increasingly, you can meet closed people who suffer from loneliness inside themselves, although they have people whom they call friends. But, unfortunately, it is difficult to find those who see this world the same way. Difficult doesn't mean it's impossible. Do not change your position in life, find "your" people, and do not suffer from not filling the basic need - to be understood.
10. Take care of others
The Bible says, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” That is, the good deeds that we do can make us happier than the good that we receive. Take a look around - so many people and animals need you, so many you can give a piece of love. Why waste this chance?
Remember, we are here on Earth for a short time, and how we live this life is up to us. You can lose time complaining and looking for someone to blame, or you can already take these 10 steps to meet happiness today. The choice is yours!
A person to a greater extent chooses how happy he will be. Therefore, the improvement of your life is in your own hands, and no one else can influence your well-being. Here are some effective ways to help you.
Gratitude
Cultivate a sense of gratitude. At the end of each day, you need to say out loud or write in your journal what and whom you are grateful for.
Physical exercise
Ride a bike, walk, climb a mountain, swim, or go to the gym. All types of physical activity cheer up and give rise to positive emotions. When enough endorphins are in your body, you feel euphoric. So you can actually become happier after a run.
Family
Spend more time with your family, forming and strengthening bonds.
Friends
You need to build a strong support network. If your blood relatives are unavailable for one reason or another, you need to find yourself a second family. Make real friends. They are the harbingers of happiness.
Support
In difficult times, you need to feel free to ask for help and let others help you instead of fighting problems on your own. Independence is a healthy addiction.
completeness
You should close all cases from the past and forget about all the problems that spoil your life in the present.
Forgiveness
Heal all your relationships. Forgive everyone who has hurt you in one way or another, and first of all, forgive yourself. Notice how old grudges make your life difficult, especially if you cling to them a lot. And if you are not ready to forgive others, start with yourself.
Mindful Meditation
Meditation allows you to focus and concentrate. It allows you to literally be present in the present moment, not in the past or future. You can also practice unbiased awareness. Journaling can be a form of written awareness. This is a very powerful practice for those who want to learn how to concentrate their mind.
Needs
Know what you need and make sure all your needs are met.
A game
Find fun partners and play with them as often as possible, thereby bringing back the magic and wonders of childhood. Regain the innocence of the happy child that lives in every person. This will allow you to look at the world through the eyes of a child, that is, with delight and surprise.
Generosity
It's so nice to give! You should do some volunteer work, do something good, especially by accident. Give gifts, recognition and your attention.
Strengths
Develop your potential by identifying your own core strengths. As you become proud of your accomplishments, you will notice your self-esteem and life satisfaction increase.
Risk
If you take risks, you develop courage. Happy people never stop at comfort and safety. They are ready to experience disappointment, defeat, disapproval, shame, and even humiliation in order to achieve greater success in the end.
Rethinking Success
You should stay away from the common belief that success is determined by money, status, power and influence, because true success is determined by the number of real strong relationships.
Self care
Practice self-care, which is also known as healthy selfishness.
Anxiety
Forget about worries both at work and in your personal life. Anxiety in the future. These terrible things may never happen. Live in the moment, believing that everything will be fine.
Kindness
Practice kindness towards others as well as yourself.
Pleasure
If you enjoy the moment, you can live it. In addition, enjoyment can mean both the memory of something good from the past, and the anticipation of what will happen in the future.
Pleasure
Go in search of that part of you that believes you deserve to enjoy life.
Presence
Always be present here and now, because that is where life takes place.
Values and goals
Understand your values and goals, and live by them.
Body
Listen to your body, which sends you signals when you need to rest or relax, and be sure to respect the opinion of your own body. You definitely need to stop and calm down to look at your life and understand where you need to make any corrections. You don't need to focus on any results, and put aside all the gadgets. You can do this on your own or with someone else.
Integrity
If you live honestly and authentically, then you won't care too much about social conventions, and that's when you can live according to your own inner truth. To do this, you need to become the owner of your own shadow, both good and bad.
Passion
You should follow your passions if you want your spirit to be always satisfied. You should find out what exactly your spirit feeds on, and then feed it as often as possible. It can be dancing, singing, yoga, playing a musical instrument, time with children or grandchildren, solitude, music, relaxation, being in nature, creative expression, drawing, writing, beading and various hobby groups.
Spirituality
Focus on the spiritual, not the material.
the beauty
Recognize and express your inner artist and creator.
openness
Stick to flexible opinions (no radical attitudes!), and this will allow you to grow and develop. Openness invites novelty and adventure into your life that allows you to live your life to the fullest.
Optimism
If necessary, then you need to make the transition from pessimism to optimism. It is in your power to consciously and consistently change the way you think.
Intention
Use the power of your intentions, you have no idea what you are really capable of.
purpose
Listen to the call within you to understand what your purpose is. If you find out what the main meaning of your life is, you will be able to live more meaningfully, as well as do the good that only you can do.
