How to Live a Happy Social Life?

Many people strive for this ideal, yet many struggle to reach it. How does one go about creating a social life that makes them happy?

What kind of friends should someone choose? And how much time should they plan on spending with them daily?

More importantly, how do you cultivate the necessary habits to maintain a happy social life for your entire life?

We are about to answer all of these questions and more right now!

How to Live a Happy Social Life?

1. Be the Life of the Party:

It all starts with you. No, really. You might not like it, but this cliche holds true. If you are a positive happy person, you are bound to attract equally happy and positive people.

When you are able to find joy even in the most mundane of things, you know you are on the right path.

Telling a joke, smiling around others, and generally trying to have a good time are what contribute to your social happiness the most.

This extends to literally becoming the life of the party at social events. Become the go-to person when people want to get away from their problems, and you will build some of the best friendships ever.

Avoid negativity as much as you can. It has a place when you are looking for support from your loved ones, but overall, it puts a damper on your social life and ruins the happy vibes you’re after

2. Be a Good Friend:

When you are a good friend, people will instinctively like you more. Obviously, we are not talking here about putting on a facade and fooling people.

We are talking about really becoming a good friend. This happens when you listen to others when you support them if possible, and when you do more activities with them.

Proactivity is the name of the game here, and you want to take every step that helps you build stronger bonds with people.

Let’s agree here that the definition of a good friend can be quite tricky. There are so many variables that play a role in determining whether you are a good friend to one person and not so good to another.

However, there are general characteristics that people DO understand and make someone a good friend:

• Listening to them.
• Being honest.
• Being trustworthy.
• Dependable.
• Non-judgemental.

You will be surprised how better you feel every time you do these things. People will love you more, and you will get addicted to the process. Therefore, all of that keeps you socially happy.

3. Choose the Right Crowd:

You cannot please everyone. Know this and repeat it to yourself every day. The right choice of friends and people can make or break your entire life, not just the social part of it.

Always look for people who share common interests with you, who love you for your quirks and uniqueness, and who push you on to become better.

These are the people who become lifelong friends, and you probably will not run into them in places that are not right for you.

At the same time, you have to keep an open mind because you are likely to make friends in even the most unexpected places.

What does that tell us? It tells us again that the quality of the people you surround yourself with is the basis behind living a happy social life.

It also tells us that you have the power to choose who to hang out with and who to avoid.

The process of picking the right ones is all about you staying true to yourself ALL the time. If you are into nerdy hobbies, do not give up on them to please people who do not like nerdiness.

In a similar vein, avoid negativity like the plague because it really is a plague, a plague on your social life.

At the end of the day, if you are not doing things with people who are similar to you, then can you really say you have a happy social life?

Your first course of action is to determine that, and once you do, you will find the people who enrich your social life and make you happy.

4. Don’t Give Up on Family:

No one’s family is perfect. It’s fair to say quite a bit of them are dysfunctional. When your entire family is dysfunctional to the core, it Is impossible to make peace with that and live happily.

In such a scenario, it is better to cut contact or avoid them altogether if possible.

But what about the other way around? What if you have a mild family or even a supporting one? Should you ignore their influence on your social life? The answer is no.

When you love someone in your family, spend more time with them and let them know that. If you support each other, keep that going and do not give up on them.

Family is powerful because it represents a group of people who you probably know and understand better than anyone. It makes sense then to develop a stronger bond with them.

Your family members will have interesting things to say and activities to do when they are around.

Unlike everyone else, if you have an adventurous cousin, sister, or aunt, they might entertain doing some crazy activities with you that others might not exactly like.

Family and social life intersect a lot, and you have to pay attention to the effects they have on your happiness.

Strive to keep good family members in your life, and cut the ones that carry unnecessary baggage and cause a lot of drama.

5. Master Small Talk:

Do you know what people’s no.1 problem is when trying to build a social life? They do not know where to start. They have no clue about how to approach people and leave a good impression.

This all can change if you pay attention to your small talk habits. Small talk is basically any time you are in a social environment with lots of people around and many opportunities to strike up a conversation.

This can be anywhere from the bus station to the gas station and even the supermarket. Do not let shyness stand in the way of your social development.

If you want to talk to a girl and ask her a random question, think of the best way to do it right then and there.

If you want to ask someone about the time, or why the train is so late today, do it. There is no shame in that, and you will likely find yourself going from one topic to the next if you stay patient.

Some of the most unlikely friendships were formed through small talk, and it can boost your happiness and make your social life better.

In Conclusion:

Don’t think for a moment that you are doing enough with your social life. You can always do better and make yourself happier by taking the necessary steps to build, cultivate, and nourish social relationships of all sorts.

It all starts with you becoming a source of positivity. Then, it extends to the type of people you surround yourself with, including family and friends.

Remember that living a happy social life is something you strive for every day, and you need to practice doing that consciously to see great results.

Now, stop reading and get out there and talk to people. You will feel better right away.