You cannot achieve happiness in a regular way of life. It is something that you have to pursue every single second of your day.

Happiness that lasts is earned through your habits. Happy people, usually have habits, that make them happy day in and day out.

Although exploring and adopting new habits is not much easier, you can work on getting rid of ones that are bad to ensure that you are happy most of the time. There can be several bad habits that can lead to an unhappy life, below are some of the habits that you can change to lead a much happier life;

1. Get rid of negative people in your life:
Negative people or those who complain are bad because they wallow in their problems and fail to focus on solutions. They want people to accompany them to their sad party so that they can feel better about themselves.

Most negative people have a habit of complaining about everything. They will speak badly about their family, their partners, and their in-laws, and then they expect you to always lend a sympathetic ear.

A normal person feels pressured to listen to complaints and negative things that negative people say. 

You should avoid getting drawn in only by setting limits and distancing yourself when necessary. A great way to set limits is to ask them how they intend to fix their problems. The complainer will then either quiet down or redirect the conversation in a productive direction.

I will give you one example, there was one girl, who used to always complain about her in-laws, and when she was angry in her home also, again she used to say bad things about her day and mom.

I always felt like I don't want to listen to these things, as one should handle these things or at least speak up against bad things that are happening. But no, she used to have a happy face in front of her in-laws and used to do backbiting in front of us.

She just wanted someone to hear about her complaints and negativity, and it made her feel good about herself, as she was seeing everyone else as Villian and herself as the hero of her story.

I used to give her solutions or some ideas about how to get rid of those issues, but she was more focused on speaking her negativity out, than listening to solutions.

There is a name for people who do these kinds of things - Narcissist 

You should strive to surround yourself with people who inspire you, people who make you want to be better, and you probably do. But what about the people who drag you down? Why do you allow them to be a part of your life? Anyone who makes you feel worthless, anxious, or uninspired is wasting your time and quite possibly, making you more like them. Life is too short to associate with people like this.

2. Comparing your life with others:
We all are walking through our journeys, and we cannot just compare ourselves with other people.

Some might become successful in their teenage and report to bankruptcy at 30, but others may struggle hard and become rich at 50.

How life moves for others is nothing same as how life is moving for you.

You will have to see it in perspective. Comparing your life with others will only lead to depression and sadness.

Also, one should understand that social media rarely represent reality. Social media provides an airbrushed, color-enhanced look that the lives people want to portray. 

Take it as a pinch of salt.

3. Immunity to Awesomeness:
Amazing things happen around you every day if you only know where to look. Technology has exposed us to so much and made the world so much smaller. But there is a downside as well; 

Exposure raises the bar on what it takes to feel awesome. And that's bad because few things are as uplifting as experiencing true awesomeness. True awe is humbling. It reminds us that we are not the center of the universe. Awe is also inspiring and full of wonder, underscoring the richness of life and our ability to both contribute to it and be captivated by it. 

It is hard to be happy when you just shrug your shoulders every time you see something new.

4. Isolating Yourself:
Isolating yourself from social contact is a pretty common response to feeling unhappy, but there is a large body of research that says it is the worst thing you can do. 

This is a huge mistake, as socializing, even when you don't enjoy it, is great for your mood. We all have those days when we just want to pull the covers over our heads and refuse to talk to anybody, but the moment this becomes a tendency, it destroys your mood. Recognize that when unhappiness is making you antisocial, you need to force yourself to get there and mingle. You will notice the difference right away.

5. Blaming:
We need to feel in control of our lives to be happy, which is why blaming is so incompatible with happiness. When you blame other people or circumstances for the bad things that happen to you, you have decided that you have no control over your life, which is terrible for your mood.

6. Controlling:
It is hard to be happy without feeling in control of your life, but you can take this too far in the other direction by making yourself unhappy by trying to control too much. This is especially true with people. The only person you control in your life is you. When you feel that nagging desire to dictate other people's behavior, this will inevitably blow up in your face and make you unhappy. Even if you can control someone in the short term, it usually requires pressure in the form of force or fear and treating people this way won't leave you feeling good about yourself.

7. Neglecting to set goals:
Having goals gives you hope and the ability to look forward to a better future, and working towards those goals makes you feel good about yourself and your abilities. It is important to set goals that are challenging, specific (and measurable), and driven by your values. Without goals, instead of learning and improving yourself, you just plod along wondering why things never change.

8. Living in Past and Future:
Life fear, the past, and the future are products of your mind. No amount of guilt can change the past, and no amount of anxiety can change the future. Happy people know this, so they focus on living in the present moment.

It is impossible to reach your full potential if you are constantly somewhere else, unable to fully embrace the reality (good or bad) of the very moment. To live in the moment, you must do two things;

• Accept your past: If you don't make peace with your past, it will never leave you and it will create your future. Happy people know that the only good reason to look at the past is to see how far you have come.
• Accept the uncertainty of the future: Don't place unnecessary expectations upon yourself. Worry has no place in the here and now. 

As someone has correctly said;

Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.

Conclusion:
Although we can't control what is happening to us, we can for sure control, how are we going to respond to the issues that are popping out around us.

So it is up to us if we want to pursue happiness by getting rid of our bad habits or if we want to just keep complaining about our bad luck.