Happiness Is Free - Create Your Own [Part 1]

Your happiness is heavily dependent on you and you can create your happiness. If you are waiting for others to make you happy, you may end up being very unhappy. So the responsibility is on you to create your own happiness. What is happening around you notwithstanding, irrespective of what the world suggests, you can still be happy if you want to, and this is without recourse to what you have or do not have. So here, we shall be taking a workout on ways in which one can create and increase their happiness even in this cruel and unhappy world.

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1. Make a list of your achievements and accomplishments

If you focus your attention more on what is not working for you, you will become unhappy, but if you focus on what you have achieved, you will see yourself becoming naturally happy. For example, instead of focusing on the fact that you have not gotten admission into the college, why not focus and be grateful for the fact that you were able to finish high school and this will not only release inner joy in you, but it will give you the strength to continue in your quest to pursue after college admission. Even in your place of work, you can draw happiness from the accomplishments you have achieved. It is true that dignity comes from labour but much more than that, it brings happiness when you have achieved something from the labour.

A lot of people are focused so much on pushing after what they want to get but sometimes, they tend to forget to recount their blessings or to focus on what they already have - no wonder why the level of happiness among people is dwindling. While you are busy pursuing your daily goals, also stop for a moment to reflect on the goals that you have accomplished. This will help you to know that you are, indeed, making reasonable progress. Even when you set major goals or when you have broken them down into micro goals for easy accomplishments, each time you achieved one goal, learn to celebrate your win.

2. Live a life of contentment

The truth is that you cannot have the whole world, so you have to learn to value, appreciate, and be happy with what you have. You will be surprised that there are sad rich people. It is by being contended and grateful for what you have that you become happy with it. Contentment does not mean that you are not striving to be better, it only means that you are not sacrificing your happiness in the pursuit of material things. You will be surprised that even the people that have money also want more money. So if you are waiting to have all the money you want before you will be happy, then you will be very unhappy.

There is a kind of feeling of peace that comes with contentment. What you do not have now should not make you to overlook what you already have. The truth is that there are what you have now that many others are praying to have. If you can afford an economy flight ticket, be contented with it and do not feel bad because you cannot afford a business class. After all, there are many others that cannot even afford the same economy class that you can. So you see, with contentment, you learn to live each day at a time, and live your size per time. This will help you to see many reasons to be happy.

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3. Do what makes you happy and what you love to do

A few weeks back, a friend of mine resigned from her place of work and picked up another one that pays her less. When I tried to find out why she had to leave a high-paying job for the current one that she got, she explained how her former one has been making her unhappy. Even though the pay was much, but it also tampered with her peace and filled her with anxiety and fear. This is why it is better to do what you are happy with and what you love.

You may not be able to control a lot of things that happen even at your workplace, but you can prioritise your peace and do not let those other things to control you. When you do what you love to, you will naturally be happy about it even if challenges arise along the line. Always remember that you tend to live a happier and better life when you focus your energy in doing what you love and not what you are forced to.

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