Go out for a run at the same time each day. Go to bed at the same time each night. Identify a particular time and space where you meditate. Create rituals around the time you spend with friends. It’s as easy as planning a weekly lunch date with a classmate or colleague and sticking to it. Or finding a TV series your friends all like and getting together each week to watch another episode. Those regular, ongoing forms of socialization take very little time and effort to plan or execute, but yield big payoffs in happiness.

