9 Simple Tips To Improve Mood and Feel Happier

Suggestions to crank up your spirits when you just don’t feel like yourself

Liberty Forrest
5 min readSep 7, 2021

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(Photo courtesy of SteveBuissinne at freerangestock.com)

Do you ever have days when you just don’t feel like yourself? You might feel a bit flat or “down,” and you don’t know why?

I presume you’re human and conscious or you wouldn’t be reading this; therefore, the answer to that has got to be a resounding “yes.”

All of us end up there at times. You wade through your day like you’re trying to walk through water, which sounds simple enough to do but isn’t. You try to brush it off but that lingering mood hangs like cobwebs in your brain.

Depending on your personality, others might notice that something is amiss and ask if you’re okay. Especially if you’re usually quite perky or something of an extrovert. If you’re suddenly quiet, everybody thinks there’s something wrong.

You tell them you’re okay because nothing is bothering you in particular. So why the heck do you feel like this?

If there’s no obvious answer, here are nine tips that could help:

1. Journalling

Your flat mood might be due to an unresolved issue that’s trying to get your attention. Or maybe a situation is impacting your life in a way that you…

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Liberty Forrest

Creator of “Witchy” cartoon. Award-Winning Author. Spiritual Arts. My PUBS: 1) THE AFTERLIFE; 2) HOPE, HEALING AND HUMOUR; and 3) THEWITCHYONE (for "Witchy")