5 tips to stay sane and happy

A “five-a-day” programme of social and personal activities can improve mental wellbeing, much as eating fruit and vegetables enhances physical health, according to Foresight, the government think-tank. Its Mental Capital and Wellbeing report, which was compiled by more than 400 scientists, proposes a campaign modelled on the nutrition initiative, to encourage behaviour that will make people feel better about themselves.

The five steps mentioned in this report are:

1. Connect: Developing relationships with family, friends, colleagues and neighbours will enrich your life and bring you support.
2. Be active: Sports, hobbies such as gardening or dancing, or just a daily stroll will make you feel good and maintain mobility and fitness
3. Be curious: Noting the beauty of everyday moments as well as the unusual and reflecting on them helps you to appreciate what matters to you
4. Learn: Fixing a bike, learning an instrument, cooking – the challenge and satisfaction brings fun and confidence
5. Give: Helping friends and strangers links your happiness to a wider community and is very rewarding

This report rings some bells with some psychology topics I've read about recently...

1. Emotional Quotient (EQ): An ability, capacity, skill or a self-perceived ability, to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups.
2. I haven't seen a "health quotient" but definitely there should be correlatiion to being active and healthy and the other quotients.
3. Curiosity Quotient (CQ): A measure of one's curiosity.
   
4. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Passion Quotient (PQ): A way to measure one's cognitive intelligence and acquistion of knowledge.
5. Spiritual Quotient (SQ): A way to quantify one spirituality and how it affects those around them. It's more practical than what one may think.

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