The human mind is hardwired to look for problems. What might go wrong tomorrow? Did I say something today that might have offended someone? Should I find a better job? Spotting potential risks and focusing our attention on them is a survival tactic that helped us a lot in the past; but it also causes your anxiety.

I like to use the question in the title as a sort of reverse psychology way to think more positively. Forget problems of social acceptance or scavenging for nuts and berries. The problem to solve now is “what are ways I can enjoy today?” Really, think about it. Enjoying today is now your most important job. Could you make a stop at your favorite coffee shop? Could you scroll through memes you’ve downloaded because the cracked you up in the past? Maybe look up cute cat videos on YouTube? If you treat it like a problem to solve there’s a million different creative answers you could think of.

I think we should ask this daily. I’m sure you’ve noticed your mind defaults to “problem chasing” on a regular basis, and spending too much time in that space is not healthy for us psychologically. At the same time, no one lives in happy lala land 24/7. But we can use this prompt to steer life back to the sunshine and brainstorm fresh ways to do it.

Mull it over. Even if today sucks and you just want it to be over and it feels like nothing is going right. Set that aside for just a minute. You have only one problem to solve now: If you had to enjoy something about today, how would you? 

Integration: If you can take a few moments to try this, how did it feel? Did you do one enjoyable thing that you wouldn’t have done otherwise? If so, why not set a daily reminder in your calendar to do this for 60 seconds each day at the same time? You can spare the minute. How many happy moments did you give yourself over that year? Time is passing regardless, let’s inject some happiness along the way. If you could turn back the clock one year and have had 365 happy minutes, wouldn’t that be nice? Well, you can start now.