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I want you to be happier
People say happiness isn’t found, but I beg to differ.
I want you to be happier
Happiness is a life’s work of reflection and action, knowing what to subtract and add to your life that may bring or take away well-being, meaning, gratitude, authenticity, and health.
People told me you couldn’t find happiness. Happiness isn’t just something you can snap your fingers for and be.
Can you find happiness or not?
Happiness is a paradox. It comes, goes, ebbs, and flows, yet the more I think about it, research, and learn about happiness, the more I begin to understand and implement happiness protocols in my life.
Still, I wake up days super-duper-happy, and other days, I think, “wtf am I doing in life?”
Am I an eternal dopamine searcher looking for that one thing to make me happy — that one job, that one drug, that one car, that one house — will I constantly be searching?
Buddhist monks have pontificated on happiness, suffering, and all the things one can do and think about for a meaningful life, yet thinking about happiness does nothing too.
