You don’t have to wait for salsa night, points out David Larbi.
“On the average day, you can have a little smile at four or five things that might seem minute, but bring you a happy feeling,” he says.
“And the good thing about doing that is, the more of those small moments you notice, the happier you are, and the more likely you are to notice them.”
He shares his upbeat philosophy on social media, and has published a book, Frequently Happy, encouraging people to look for uplifting moments in the everyday.
“This morning, it was very cold, and I put my socks on. My feet were a little bit warmer.
“That moment of joy made me feel a lot better.”
And if sometimes in the middle of January, it feels as though winter is out to get you, with its biting winds and long nights, he says, remember, it is nothing personal.
“Winter is not actively malicious,” he says. “It is just the earth doing what it has to do.”
