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You could get Botox for those frown lines...or try these surprisingly simple moves that will keep a perma-smile on your face.

By Colleen Rush

Real happiness — the kind that leaves you feeling ridiculously giddy and radiant — isn’t just about those occasional big-ticket bliss experiences, like falling head over heels in love or landing your dream job. It’s also about the simpler moments of joy in life, the ones that come around a lot more often. “You can create happiness by focusing on the small, everyday positives and minimizing the negatives…not by waiting for that lottery jackpot hit to happen finally,” says researcher John Reich, PhD, professor of psychology at Arizona State University. Cosmo has unearthed piles of research on the power of positivity to show you just how easy it is to put yourself on cloud nine in an instant.

Don’t believe everything you think. When your inner critical voice starts heckling you about how your abs are flabby or making you feel like crap ’cause that guy so isn’t interested, assume the voice is wrong.