happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
2017-2018 So Far...
A lot has happened in 2017 that I feel like only worked against me in every single way. Not to be all sad and helpless, I had the best beginning of 2017. Never thought I would ever work 2 jobs, and I ended up working 3 jobs at once. The last job was the one I least attended—still counts. I'm a lazy person, so to me that was a huge accomplishment. The least attended job became my full time job about 7 months into 2017. Since then, it's been none stop anxiety. But, the bigger picture is pretty big so I'm sticking it out. The last few weeks of 2017 made me so antsy, I couldn't wait for it to just end. I had a mental count down of 2017 since around October. It is kind of foolish for me to be waiting on a certain date to end when in reality its just another day. What else doesn't add up is that it became 2018 in Toronto, while parts of the world were already living through their 2018s. So the fact that I was relieved that it had turned 2018 at the time that I had witnessed it, made no sense at all—kind of like all of 2017. Food for thought.
By Anastasiya Dusova6 years ago in Motivation
The Fat Mirror
« I'm not enough, » « I'm not pretty enough, » « I'm too fat » … We all have, one day, looked at the mirror and thought that we weren't good enough to go out and enjoy the world around us. Instead, we put on leggings, comfy socks, wide t-shirt, and we stay at home.
By Diana Sol6 years ago in Motivation
Self-Care: Good for You, Good for Me, Good for Us!
Self-care, one of the easiest things we can do for ourselves, but yet it seems like we never have time to do it, or at least just don't seem to want to do it. Like any university student, I feel that! But hear me out, self-care isn't just pedicures and eating healthy, heck no!
By dRAKE therealnig6 years ago in Motivation
A Letter of Gratefulness (2017)
As I get older, I start to feel like materialistic things do not impress me anymore. I am not saying that a new nice dress wouldn't make me happy, but a handwritten letter from a friend or a call from an old lost relative is definitely what makes life worth living for me. I saw a lot of my friends on online sites expressing their grief by posting a picture of their loved ones who recently passed away. Although I understand that everyone deals with grief in a different way, I do not understand why they feel the need to put this on a website such as Facebook or Twitter when we all know that getting likes and retweets will not take our pain away.
By Brandy Cooper6 years ago in Motivation
Why I Decided to Just Be Happy
There have been a multitude of things in my life that have made me truly happy. Anything ranging from my friends, to my family, to beautiful experiences I've had, to opportunities that were given to me. I love going to summer concerts, and weekend visits to my best friends. One of my favorite places in the whole world is the coffee shop. It makes me so happy to just sit there any enjoy the atmosphere and the good coffee. I love trying new food and drinking wine. I love doing things that are exciting and new and that I know are going to make me happy!
By Bryanna Burshnick6 years ago in Motivation
Passion or a Lucrative Being
At some point in our lives we all want to fit in. For whatever scientific reason that I could care less about, we have the desire to not stick out like a sore thumb. Unless of course we become famous through some socially accepted and appropriate avenue. We all grow up taught to reach for some goal, our education is centralized as practically the reason for our existence. Nothing is more important than school and everything else is a hobby or a phase. As much as I dislike the school system but love education, this article isn’t about that, it’s about asking the question where and who the hell am I and why.
By L. R. Anthony’s6 years ago in Motivation
Change and Why It’s Not So Scary
Change /CHānj/ - Verb - the act or instance of making or becoming different Change is a scary thing. We all know this to be true. It's like the “monster under your bed” we all believed in as a child. It’s hard to forget about it when it’s something you know to be there but you just can see it, but you feel it's underlying presence at all times. You can get so used to one way of life, going ever day with this comforting feeling of a constant routine. This routine feels so safe for countless reasons. It can make you think, “Why would I ever want to give this up” so it’s understandable when you get even one small, daunting thought about changing your set way of life and you get spine chilling feelings. Even if the change would ultimately be for the better.
By Kayleigh Barbosa6 years ago in Motivation
Creating Happiness
It’s okay to not be happy all the time, it doesn’t make you a bad person if you feel sad sometimes; it makes you normal. People say that to be positive you have to always love yourself, no matter what. There’s ways you can have some positivity in your life without this self-love that may seem difficult or impossible.
By Emily Marshmellow6 years ago in Motivation
6 Reasons Why I Love My Overdraft (And Why It's Okay to Be in Debt All Time)
My friends were recently talking about our housing situation moving forward into our second year of uni, and as you do, we were discussing the future decor and frequent IKEA trips we'd be making to kit out our abodes in the lushest merch possible. We were shown pictures of pristine grey sofa chairs with Scandinavian rugs, with civilised looking women sitting around drinking hot chocolate. This was the epitome of everything hygge, aka. everything Pinterest worthy and thus infuriating (due to visceral aesthetic envy and unattainable beauty). She proclaimed that this is what next year's house would look like, and insisted that everyone will be using coasters so we could exist in a kind of neo-Swedish flushed-surfaced rug-coated wonderland where student grime would not exist. These pipe dreams were of course squashed (student dirt is notoriously stubborn), and one of them said something I think is widely applicable to most things student-related.
By Phoenix Blackley6 years ago in Motivation
The Key to Being Positive
If you need to hear some positive words, read this, I hope it helps you look at life a little better. The world we live in can be cruel sometimes, it may be unfair sometimes. Don’t look at it like that though. Look at the world as if it has endless opportunities. If you are someone who has thought about throwing in the towel and ending everything, you are not alone. Everyone has their fair share of battle scars, but don’t forget to thank your lucky stars that you are alive, and well. No matter how good or bad your life currently is, wake up every morning and be thankful that you still have one. “Every year 2 million people die of dehydration, so it doesn’t really matter if the glass is half full or half empty.” Look at life in a different perspective. Be thankful, because everyday that you have above ground is a good day. Don’t let life bring you down, let it build you up. You have 2 choices in life. Either sit there sulking and dwelling, or get up and figure out how you can make things work in your favor. When you get a negative thought, immediately block it out with positivity.
By Kennedy L6 years ago in Motivation
My First Day in a Gym in 4 Years
Hello everyone. My name is Becky and I thought today I would talk about my first day in a gym in about four years. I know, I’m not overly original with the title. After a months and months of umm'ing and ahh'ing, I finally bit the bullet and purchased a membership for my workplace’s gym. I got the inspiration from my husband, Dan, after he brought one closer to home and was determined that his membership was the cheapest. Me being me and us constantly challenging each other over stupid things, I picked up the gauntlet and decided to prove to him I could get one cheaper. It helped it was on offer until the end of January and I know I had put some weight on recently due to work, home and life etc. I know I needed to go and the more I kept making excuses for not going the more I pushed myself into going. I’m quite stubborn so someone telling me no usually makes me more determined to do it, even if it is myself.
By Becky Maher6 years ago in Motivation