A very interesting read. As a dad, I have been trying to help my kids understand how happiness and purpose are related and how purpose has a direct bearing on happiness.
Here are my three grand essentials to happiness:
something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I read your comment this morning and I've come back to it a few times today, and I think you're absolutely right. I think you can be content with one of those three missing, but not truly happy. Really thought-provoking, thank you!
I really enjoyed this, as this is something I've also been working on: embracing what truly makes ME happy.
At the moment, I adhere to the belief that happiness is ultimately a choice, which is why despite challenging circumstances, some folks can't seem to tame their inner joy. I want to be like that, so grounded in a sense of contentment that seemingly nothing will shake me.
I read this quote from Ryan Holiday yesterday that's really stuck with me: "There are two ways to be wealthy – to get everything you want or to want everything you have.”
As someone who spent his 20s and 30s chasing a never-obtainable vision of wealth, I'm making the shift to being grateful for what's right in front of me. It's more than enough.
Thank you! I'm glad it resonated. That's very much what I'm working towards as well, a grounded sense of contentment that is resilient to external circumstances. Love that Ryan Holiday quote too. One that's been on my mind a lot lately is: "the grass is greener where you water it", so investing in my current life instead of chasing some far off ideal.
Hi Eman, I’m currently writing a Substack blog on being busy funnily enough and how obsessed we are with it as a society. I think there’s a link between happiness and being busy somehow - that if we’re constantly busy we prove to others how essential we are. I loved your blog on happiness and I wish you luck with everything you do.
I'll have to check that out when it's live. And you're definitely onto something. I like keeping busy, because I get bored otherwise, but I've had to learn not to wear that busyness as a badge of honour. Thank you so much!
A very interesting read. As a dad, I have been trying to help my kids understand how happiness and purpose are related and how purpose has a direct bearing on happiness.
Here are my three grand essentials to happiness:
something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
If one is missing, find a replacement.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I read your comment this morning and I've come back to it a few times today, and I think you're absolutely right. I think you can be content with one of those three missing, but not truly happy. Really thought-provoking, thank you!
I really enjoyed this, as this is something I've also been working on: embracing what truly makes ME happy.
At the moment, I adhere to the belief that happiness is ultimately a choice, which is why despite challenging circumstances, some folks can't seem to tame their inner joy. I want to be like that, so grounded in a sense of contentment that seemingly nothing will shake me.
I read this quote from Ryan Holiday yesterday that's really stuck with me: "There are two ways to be wealthy – to get everything you want or to want everything you have.”
As someone who spent his 20s and 30s chasing a never-obtainable vision of wealth, I'm making the shift to being grateful for what's right in front of me. It's more than enough.
Thank you! I'm glad it resonated. That's very much what I'm working towards as well, a grounded sense of contentment that is resilient to external circumstances. Love that Ryan Holiday quote too. One that's been on my mind a lot lately is: "the grass is greener where you water it", so investing in my current life instead of chasing some far off ideal.
Hi Eman, I’m currently writing a Substack blog on being busy funnily enough and how obsessed we are with it as a society. I think there’s a link between happiness and being busy somehow - that if we’re constantly busy we prove to others how essential we are. I loved your blog on happiness and I wish you luck with everything you do.
I'll have to check that out when it's live. And you're definitely onto something. I like keeping busy, because I get bored otherwise, but I've had to learn not to wear that busyness as a badge of honour. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the follow Eman. x