happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Look at her!. Runner-Up in Small Win Challenge.
Either the stars didn’t quite align or a time to pay some karmic debt had arrived. I wasn’t sure which it was, but a few summers ago there came a day when the simplest things that normally don’t require even a conscious thought, somehow turned to shit.
By Cristal S.7 months ago in Motivation
Content Versus Happy
I used to think I was happy. Then one day I realized that being happy was not enough. It did not satisfy me and felt like a here-today, gone-tomorrow roller coaster. That did not make me happy. So when did I finally find happiness? I didn’t. I learned how to be content. Then happiness came more regularly and easily.
By Alexandra Grant7 months ago in Motivation
The Weight of a Small Wag
April 13th: A Shift in the Weather The dawn in Ventura County didn't break so much as it bruised the sky—a dull, purplish gray that mirrored the state of my own heart. At forty-five, I’ve felt less like a man and more like a clock with a rusted mainspring. My marriage to Sarah has become a masterclass in polite silence, a house of mirrors where we catch glimpses of who we used to be but can no longer touch or hear. Our conversations are strictly logistical, pruned of all color. They are as dry as the Santa Ana winds.
By Meko James 7 months ago in Motivation
I Quit Social Media
THE ACCOUNT I DELETED AND THE LIFE I FOUND 💻 I had 47,000 Instagram followers when I deleted my account on January first, a number that represented three years of content creation, approximately two thousand posts, somewhere between eight hundred and a thousand hours of time spent photographing, editing, captioning, and engaging with people I had never met and would never meet, and a meaningful portion of my professional identity as someone who was building a personal brand in the wellness and lifestyle space, and the deletion which took approximately thirty seconds to execute after which the account and everything it contained disappeared permanently was the most terrifying and most liberating thing I had done in years because it was the first major decision I had made in three years that was not made in relationship to how it would appear to the audience that had become the invisible committee I consulted before every significant choice in my life 😤📱
By The Curious Writer7 months ago in Motivation
Vindication
Debbie picked her head up when the school intercom turned on, her small body overcome with jitters. They had the science fair yesterday, and while it would continue for another couple of days, today was the day they would announce the winners. And Debbie had heard rumors from some of her classmates that her science project had managed to place!
By Rebecca Patton7 months ago in Motivation
The Side Hustle That Made Max a Millionaire
When Max was 24, his life looked like a thousand other lives in the city. Every morning he woke up at 6:30, grabbed a quick cup of coffee, and rushed out the door to catch the same crowded bus. By 8:00 he was sitting behind a small desk in a gray office, answering emails, entering numbers into spreadsheets, and counting down the hours until the day ended.
By MIGrowth7 months ago in Motivation
The Four Agreements
In a world filled with stress, expectations, and constant noise, finding peace can feel overwhelming. The peace we seek can come from four quiet promises given in the book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. It is short enough to read in an afternoon.
By Margaret Minnicks7 months ago in Motivation
I Thought I Was Winning at Life… Until Everyone Started Leaving Me
I never imagined my triumph would turn into my tragedy. I thought I was winning at life. My new apartment overlooked the city skyline, and I could almost taste the champagne as I accepted my third promotion in five years. My phone lit up constantly with messages of congratulations and plans for celebratory nights out. “We always knew you'd make it,” my best friend Marcus toasted me under the fireworks on our rooftop. That night, the city lights glittered with promise under my feet.
By imtiazalam7 months ago in Motivation
