a little bit of happiness
It’s so difficult to be 20 something, today you’re just too young to make decisions the next day you’re just too old to watch power puff girls. I mean how will I fit in this crazy grownup world? Then realizations kept running in, “What do I want from life?” I asked myself. “Well…I want to be happy.” I had many reasons to be happy: I have my family with me, we eat meals together, help one another, I have a nice paying career which I do love; I’m close to home so there’s actually no hassle for long commute; I have my friends; I had my health; and cups of coffee that I can drink. But then again is that what really makes me happy?
So I kept asking myself is that what really makes me happy? I Googled and look for some advice, tips on how to be happier. And along the way here is what I found and realized:
1. Don’t start with profundities. Life is simple why complicate. I just have to sleep at a decent hour and not letting myself get too hungry. Science and even the social media backs this up; never let your girl go hungry or you’ll see the devil in her. Hahaha… so I actually love sweets, lots of sweets name it. I love to stay at home and just watch movies or read books. Taking time to breath makes me happy.
2. Fake it till you feel it. Like when I feel blue, I listen to my awesome girly playlist and just feel like I’m dancing and singing with it, then instantly I’ll feel like I’m a good dancer and a singer and then I forget my sadness. I would then be happy and feeling confident on my not so good moves and not so good voice. Confidence makes me happy.
3. Realize that anything worth doing is worth doing badly. As for me that really enjoys the extremes of life, and gets easily bored at the usual routinely works I always do try twisting stuff. Like putting an extra element on my cup of ice cream, or changing rules of the game for an extra difficulty, or buying a sewing machine because I wanted to try sewing. It’s also like enrolling to a swimming lesson because you’d really die for a swim if you won’t learn it. Or trying out for a volleyball team and does not have any clue what volleyball is about. It’s also like going for the jump and does not know how high is the jump but know whom, what, where you are falling for. Taking risks makes me happy.
4. Buy some happiness. We do want to have as sense of control on our basic needs like feeling loved, security and what we do. And so money doesn’t automatically fill these requirements, but it sure can help. Like traveling which really is fun and exciting does require some money on hand. Its either traveling alone or with my family, friends or with a special someone, somehow. It’s still happiness when you have to buy your friends some drinks for a chat which do require some spending (let’s just hope when you really need them, free drinks or not they’re there hahaha.) It’s also happiness when you have to eat out in a high class restaurant with their best pasta plate or to a fish ball stand on the corner. Happiness is buying lots of shoes that you don’t usually wear. So happiness does require a little monetary funding, just make sure you are within budget like I do. Traveling and shoe buying definitely makes me happy.
5. Exercise to boost energy. For an active lady like me playing sports does make me happy. Though I never did excel at a single sport but trying them out is really fun enjoying. It broadens my knowledge on the sport, it gained me skills an acquaintances and even best buds along the way. It’s said that exercise is one of the most dependable mood-boosters. I would say that volleyball still makes me happy.
One of the best things about being young is that there are a lot of opportunities and activities we can grab. We should not be afraid to try things that interest us because as they say, we'll never know unless we try.
(i needed a write up for our happiness exhibit poster. so i got the list from the internet, tried to rewrite some...)
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