1cm Diving Is the Key to Happiness

 written by 20224 Jun Min Ah

Have you ever heard of 1cm diving?

It means a tiny piece of happiness out of your life. Everyone around the world has been experiencing the pandemic since December of last year. It might make some people unhappy. There could be those who have difficulties in achieving their goals. Others may feel disappointed about not achieving their goals or just the year in general.

However, we do not have to be sad and lose hope. Trying just one thing can be worthy and be the start of your significant positive outcome. Even though it can be seen as trivial, it is better than doing nothing. There is a saying, “Well begun is half done.”

This expression is especially needed for this year; it was inevitable to have a problem with our plans. To stop the spread of the pandemic, we have to follow some rules and regulations. These regulations require some limits for our lives. Therefore, we do not have to blame ourselves when things go amiss. Then, how can we overcome our disappointments and stress?

The answer is 1cm diving. This diving is just doing one little happy thing for ourselves.

The first step for doing 1cm diving is to find an activity or a hobby that can make you “truly happy.” The thing can be very familiar. It could be like this: “I am happy when I watch a YouTube video.”

Pretty easy, right?

Then, we have to leave the baggage of our minds. This baggage is the stress, anxiety, worries and problems that keep us on edge. So the second step is to relieve your baggage. For instance, we can do this by talking about these stressful or worrisome stories to others and completely forgetting the stories afterward. Before being happy, getting over stressful things is necessary.

The last step is finally to do the activity or hobby we found before in the first step. Sometimes we tend to find happiness or solution for stress from great things. However, we do not have to do it.

Happiness is near us. Finding a little happiness or just changing our minds can bring us positive emotions and accomplishments.

By doing 1cm diving and changing our minds, we can spend our time well and face the new year. We may have a difficult time next year like this year. Nevertheless, we can make ourselves mature when we try to overcome the pandemic in various ways.

The PRESS will be with you for every step you take when doing these things!