Being Happy with your Life

We spend so much of our lives thinking… “When I have this car…” , “When I get successful…” , or “When I start a family…” then I will find happiness.

Well the reality is happiness is not found through becoming Mr.X or by having Y. Happiness can be found by being at peace with who we already are and also appreciating what we already have.

I have experienced and you too can relate to it that while we work we fantasize about being on vacation, but while on vacation we worry about work. Only when worrying about the future stops then can we start to enjoy the present.

Stop waiting and start living, life is happening RIGHT NOW.

As rightly said, "Be happy with what you have, but be excited about what you want."---  Alan Cohen.

You might be thinking that all the rich people are happy as they have money which can buy them happiness. Having money for quick disposal certainly helps generate happiness to some extent but its very short lived rather it fuels greed and ego in the long run.

"Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it. And rent is due daily. Happiness is really an expensive thing."

The reality is when you expect a lot or un-promised things from friends, your job, or life overall and it doesn’t happen you get upset. At least I know I get upset, it actually pisses me off. Why? Because that’s not what I wanted, that’s not what I expected.

Well --- don’t get me wrong… I am not telling you to expect nothing from life. No Never. Stay ambitious, stay hungry for success, have your goals, and list out your needs. What I am saying is that it does not matter what life presents in your way everything will be okay. What needs to be accepted is that life moves on, with or without you.

So it doesn’t matter what your goals are in life, hunt them down and don’t ever quit. Don’t have expectations as to how you will achieve your goal, or by what date you will achieve your goal. Just realize you have a goal, and that you will achieve it.

"Happiness is forward movement, working towards your goals, and having a purpose, a reason to live. Also Happy people plan actions, they don’t plan results." ------  Dennis Waitley.

Now there is still an easier way I can break it down for you like I always like to do. With a list – everyday make a small change, everyday improve just a little bit more. (Spoilers Ahead)

• Sleep and eat well - Science backs up the fact that when you get enough hours of sleep and eat proper meals it has a big impact on happiness. Don’t get hangry.(hungry + angry)

• Let go of negativity – Optimism is the way to go, you can find many articles on how to become a more optimistic perfect. Life is an adventure, and you are in a journey to becoming the best version of yourself and nothing should stop you from achieving greatness.

• Un-friend Energy Vampires – Anybody who discourages you from achieving your goals or hinders your path to growth by distracting you from your goals is/are an energy vampire. Next article coming soon on this topic.

• Let go of yesterday and tomorrow – The past has happened and can’t be undone, and the future is unreal and it cannot be predicted. The past is your memories and the future is your imagination, but neither is life right now.

• Balance work and life – Keep in mind you don’t live to work, you work to be able to live. Your life is not your job, your job provides for your life.

• Go on adventures – Travel, explore your city, go on a hike, try new activities at your park, new restaurant, and new socializing people, anything that is new and out of the usual is an adventure. LIFE is all about experiences and adventures.

• Exercise – It has been scientifically proven that exercise is not just a stress reliever but also a mood-booster. At Least exercise for 30 -45 minutes daily. Some motivation for Exercise.

• HUNT your Goals – Everyday keep moving and keep living. Find a reason to get up in the mornings, your main reason should be the goals you have not yet achieved and if you have pick up new goals! ALWAYS, ALWAYS, keep growing, become the best version of yourself.

"Happiness is really the joy that you have when you do these small things."

When you want something out of life you’ve got to be willing to go into action. Don’t wait around for things to be just right; don’t wait for the right time, don’t wait for the right moment, there will never be a right moment.

Start listening to yourself and act on your dreams, don’t allow yourself to put things aside. Part of you will say: “it’s to hard, I don’t have it in me, I don't know how”, but trust me you do know the answers. PUSH YOURSELF, fall in love with the progress, and embrace the pain and the difficulty. Realize that every struggle, every moment of pain is a step closer to your goals.

Once you know what you want, dedicate the rest of your life to going after it. Every day is a new day to change your life, just simply make the choice. Don’t be lazy, don’t procrastinate, and don’t blow it to the side. Make yourself a promise, a promise for change, and keep it.

"Don’t let this year be like last, and if last year was great still don’t let it. Raise the standards! " – Tony Robbins

So many times in life people don’t begin the journey because they are not quite sure what to do, how to do it right, how to do it perfect. Don’t wait for the perfect trainer, just get up put on your shoes and move, get some momentum.

"The most intense fight a human will ever have is between the person they are, and the person they are capable of becoming."

Remember to every single day move towards happiness, change your life, but first change your mindset. Because it’s not the movement of the clock that produces a new life, it is the movement in your mind. You can have a new year, you can buy a new car, but if you put the old man in the new car it doesn’t change anything. A new house doesn’t make a new marriage; a new outfit doesn’t make you a new person.

NEW LIFE COMES FROM A NEW MIND, AND A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT YOUR LIFE.

Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself and thereby changing your world.

LET THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS BEGIN….

HAPPY NEW YEAR….