Are you happy in your life? Do you wake up each day happy to face a new day? Or do you have a difficult time even finding the desire to get out of bed?
If the first instance is you that’s great! You’ve found a way to bring happiness into your life. You have learned how to focus on the joys and bring more into your life.
However, if you are the second person it’s time to take inventory of your life. If sorrows are checks and joys are deposits your happiness balance is running in the negative. It’s time to find ways to make more deposits.
Are you taking charge of your life or are you just letting life happen to you? Do you expect a miracle like winning the lottery to change your life for you?
The only one in charge of your happiness is YOU. There is nobody else who can change your happiness balance. If there is a person or situation bringing sorrow to your life it is up to YOU to remove them from your life. You aren’t planted in the ground. Pick up your roots and move.
I can already hear the different excuses: “But they are family. You can’t expect me to just walk away… I need this awful job. There isn’t another for me … I’m stuck in this situation…” BLAH BLAH BLAH.
Yes those are all excuses. If you really wanted to change your life you would find a way through the excuses. Maybe that drama queen IS a family member but it’s still your choice whether to spend time around her or allow her any access to your life.
That job you hate? Find a way to leave it or make it enjoyable. Maybe there’s an extra part time job you can add to supplement the smaller paycheck of a more pleasant job. Reduce your spending to match the lower income. Talk to your boss about the reasons you aren’t happy. Be the change.
Your life isn’t going to change on its own. If you want a different life it’s up to you to change it. You have to start making yourself a priority. Want the change badly enough to be willing to work for it and make sacrifices to get it.
But, I won’t lie to you and say it’s going to be easy. It isn’t. In fact, it may be among the hardest things you will ever have to do in your life. It make take serious sacrifices, life style changes and hard work at first before you reap the benefits. If it’s what will truly make you happy it will be worth all the pain of getting there.
Do you want to be excited to get out of bed each day? What will it take for you to achieve that? What do you want to wake up for every single day? Ask yourself a few important questions: What aspects of my life bring me unhappiness? My work? Home? Personal relationships? My health? My lifestyle? What needs to change for me to find happiness in these areas? What steps do I need to take to bring about these changes?
The easiest question to answer is “when should I start?”. That answer will always be “YESTERDAY!” The best time to start is NOW.
Are you happy with your life or is there room for changes? Do you feel ready to change your life? Are you prepared to start now?
What are you waiting for? You don’t have to live out your story to see how it ends. Write your own ending. After all, it’s YOUR story.
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