“If you want to find happiness, find gratitude” – Steve Maraboli I used to think that happiness was something that happened after I got the things that I wanted. Happiness, to me, was the “end goal”. Whatever I […]
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“If you are unhappy with your life and the state of the world, the best place to start changing things is within yourself.” – Bryant McGill One of my feel-good, “make me happy” activities is my morning walk/run.
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Do you ever wonder if you will ever be truly happy in your life? Do you wonder if happiness is just a hoax and success is an illusion? Do you feel like they don’t really exist? I felt
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“Those who know the secret of love know the greatest secret of life.” – Osho Even before I was born, I knew that my parents did not want me. They were having yet another child, the 5th, and
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“How do you do it?” He asked.
I was at a party and this guy had just heard I was a stand-up comedian. Like a lot of people I meet he wanted to know how I’m able to make a living in a notoriously difficult field like stand-up comedy.
A lot of people have a passion – something they’d love to do with their life. They want to be a painter, or a musician, or travel the world. But they put off these dreams because they seem impractical.
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Sometimes the only thing you can do is to just stop searching. Making it look like you’re after the feeling is not the same as actually having the feeling.
I was at a point in my life where everything looked great from the outside. I had just graduated college with Honors and two Degrees; I had my own apartment that I could afford; I got a new job plus multiple freelance opportunities. But still… something was missing.
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If you are not happy here and now, you never will be. – Taisen Deshimaru When I was young, I had big dreams. I wanted to live an adventurous life, follow my heart, be fearless and passionate… and
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I started out very excited about this job. After living and searching for work in Antalya, Turkey for 6 months, including 2 months as an English teacher to children, the opportunity of working for an American company while in Turkey was all I hoped for. Maybe the pay was only $1800/month, but after the exchange rate, this put me in the top 10% of earners in my city. I made 4x the amount of money my fiancée did working almost half the hours. I should have been happy.
I wasn’t.
The first three weeks were exciting. Learning about new products, sales procedures, getting to know the other new starts in my class; all things I truly loved. The job itself was a work-from-home customer service position and I didn’t mind the work. The people calling in were by and large friendly, the company benefits were decent, and the hours were not bad either. Even so, every day I had to drag myself to my desk and start the day.
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In the last two years, I was obsessed with “finding” success and happiness – because I didn’t have much of either.
I was feeling lost in life, stuck, and had no idea which way to go. And I also was struggling with one big thing that many people complain of today: I was trying to find meaning in life. And that’s how I got obsessed with finding happiness.
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Some people CHASE happiness. And some people CHOOSE happiness… – Robert Holden I have a confession to make. I have made the worst mistakes you can make when following your dreams and happiness. The one that even your
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Hardliner. Grouch. Curmudgeon.
If you opt to go your own way and let the approval of others take a back seat, you’re going to be called these names at some point. But you’re going to be happier. And you’re going to be more respected, too.
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