Your happiest Spring yet!

These quick tricks help you feel sunny and energized

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Heighten happiness by planting seeds

Womans WorldThis is the perfect time of year to plant a few tomato, pepper or cucumber seeds indoors (in about eight weeks, you’ll have healthy little plants to kick-start your veggie garden!). And doing so could boost your cheer in 1 minute, plus prevent the blues as effectively as daily workouts can, Princeton University investigators say. That’s because daily exposure to growing plants—whether you’re watering and caring for them or just glancing at them as you walk by—increases the release of mood-steadying alpha brain waves.

OR WEAR YOUR FAVORITE SHIRT! To reduce your risk of blah moods as spring gets into full swing, put your favorite cheerful summer shirt front-and-center in your closet so you’ll see it each time you get dressed. Australian researchers say the gratitude you feel when you’re reminded of happy days ahead automatically increases your body’s production of uplifting serotonin.

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