happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Navigating the World of Becoming an Adult
As the first day of summer arrives, many kids all over the globe are starting their long-awaited break from the overbearing pressure of school. Public pools are packed with screams of utter joy from the children who are usually half asleep at their desks most of the year. Summer seems to be that time in childhood where the restraints from school and parents finally seem to wear off. A few years go by and it’s finally time for high school graduation. It seems to be time for the ultimate summer break. If high school wasn’t the best time of our lives, college must be even better, right? Living on our own and making our own rules, living life the way we have always dreamed. No mom and dad always looking over our shoulders telling us what to do. For the first year, maybe two or three, it’s so fun to finally feel like we can do whatever we want. That’s when it hits. We can do whatever we want. After 18 long years of someone constantly telling you where to go, when to do things, what to wear, it’s finally up to us. It felt freeing, but now all we feel is lost.
By Mathidile Tuesday6 years ago in Motivation
Why It's Okay Not to Care
What We Can Learn Ever been told that you’re not good enough? That your work just isn’t quite right or that you’re not qualified enough for a job? We’ve all been there. It’s a part of life and we are all going to experience rejection in some form or another. If I’m honest, we need to experience it. We need to know what it feels like to be put down because it is the only way that we are going to get back up again. But, do you know what the most important thing we can learn from rejection is? Not to care. We don’t need to care about what people think, and do you know why? Because it’s our happiness that matters the most. Not someone's idea of it. Believing in ourselves is the greatest means for success. If we care about what we do and if it means something to us then everyone else’s opinion should be just that. An opinion.
By Morgan Georgia Blanks6 years ago in Motivation
Powerlessness & Invincibility
Breathtaking. That’s the only word that comes to mind when I remember this day and this view. One of my favorite places in Oregon (truthfully, my list of favorite places there is quite long), Crown Point will always be a place I make a point to visit when I travel there. It was actually one of my first adventures in Oregon when I first moved to Vancouver, WA in the fall of 2014.
By Margaret Wolf6 years ago in Motivation
Vacations Cost Too Much, Here's a Solution
Sometimes I just want to catch the cheapest flight out of my current location to somewhere new. I've caught myself Googling "cheapest flights from X" too many times. I've even looked into my credit card's points to see if I have enough to go somewhere.
By Rebekah Brinkley6 years ago in Motivation
Moral Honesty
Recently I listened to the Brilliant Idiots podcast and it made me think about moral honesty — the ability for us as people to speak our truth even when there could be repercussions. As simple as this seems, this can be very difficult for us all. I question why we feel the need to hide who we are and our systems of belief. Moral honesty is necessary for our progression as people even though it can be more comfortable to walk with the crowd.
By Davin Paige6 years ago in Motivation
Beating the Sunday Night Blues
For those working the regular nine-to-five, Monday-to-Friday pattern, the weekend serves as a pause button, bringing a welcome break to many business activities. A time to kick back and unwind, it's a precious two-day spell. Unfortunately, every good thing has an end—a fact that seems to hit home twice as hard with regard to the weekend. As Sunday afternoon unfolds, thoughts turn to your beloved leisure time winding down and how, in a matter of hours, you will be heading back to the office. What's more, with the thinking time available at the weekend—where you have a chance to simply "be" without the mental clutter of having to "do"—you can find yourself slipping into introspection. Sunday night can easily become a time of mixed emotions and not knowing what to think, adding to a sense of anxiety.
By Siôn Stedman6 years ago in Motivation