4. Go outdoors
With everything we have to occupy and entertain us these days, it’s often easy to spend most of your time indoors and ignore the fact that there is a big, beautiful world out there to be enjoyed. Scientific research has proven that spending time outside can elevate your mood by stimulating areas of the brain that are associated with happiness, satisfaction, and feelings of well-being. It’s also true that spending time in the sun enables your body to produce its own supply of vitamin D, which is believed to be beneficial for warding off depression.