Research, if helpful, is still inconclusive about who is happier between extroverts or introverts. What is conclusive is being happy is up to each person to take actions that make each, and others around us happy.

Are you a happy introvert or extrovert?

When my husband had quintuple bypass surgery some years ago, during his ICU (intensive cardiac unit) stay he motioned with his hands for a pen and something to write on. He wrote, “jazz.” Being a time before the prevalence of smartphones, I went home to get a portable radio. We tuned into his favorite local jazz radio station. The nurse and I talked the next morning. He and two other recovering patients slept as happily and peacefully as anyone had in her many years in the unit. She remarked, “music apparently makes us happy.”

Here are some introvert friendly suggestions to get you started making both short term and long term more sustainable happiness.