Hi guys,
Today I reflected on my 2 year bloody battle with chronic depression and the question popped up into my head, "was I unhappy, because I was depressed or was I depressed, because I was unhappy?".
So, I have analyzed how I've spent those 2 years living with depression and what changes helped me distance myself from a depression. I realized that one of the biggest changes I've made was deciding to become happy and depression has been slowly disappearing ever since.
Yeah, I am 25 and am not a millionaire yet. A year ago I would have beaten myself down because of it. Today, I am thankful for what I have and that is health, friends, a country that offers plenty of opportunities to become a millionaire and self-awareness. Yeah, I would love to be a millionaire - but you know what? I am equally happy now.
In the age of consumerism most people see happiness in material things. "Oh, if I only had a new Mercedes or that shiny Audi with all them mods", "Oh, if I only had a mansion in a Miami and €10m in a bank account, I would finally be happy!". That's a bullshit nonsense. Physical things can not determine your level of happiness, your brain doesn't fuarkin' know how much money you have in your bank account, what car you're driving or what house you are living in. The only thing your brain knows is when you're happy and that is when you tell your brain that you are.
You could be broke guy in a beat up Lada but send signals of happiness to your brain. And guess what? You would be happy. Similarly, you could be a rich guy in a top of a range Mercedes and send signals of negativity and sadness to your brain, because your mate has just bought a Rolls Royce. And guess what? You would be miserable and sad.
I know, many of you already know that, but I hope this post helps at least one fellow human being in realizing that you can decide to be happy from now. You don't need shiny toys to be happy. By the way, most people try to fill a void of negativity by buying shiny toys, but you know what? Some of them are still miserable - because they keep sending signals of negativity and sadness to their brain and brain helps those signals manifest in real life by making a person sad and miserable.
This post is all over the place, but I hope you get the point I am trying to make: The price of happiness can be as high or as low as you decide it to be. For some it could be €10m and a Rolls Royce with a mansion, for others it could be a healthy family and happy kids.
Today I reflected on my 2 year bloody battle with chronic depression and the question popped up into my head, "was I unhappy, because I was depressed or was I depressed, because I was unhappy?".
So, I have analyzed how I've spent those 2 years living with depression and what changes helped me distance myself from a depression. I realized that one of the biggest changes I've made was deciding to become happy and depression has been slowly disappearing ever since.
Yeah, I am 25 and am not a millionaire yet. A year ago I would have beaten myself down because of it. Today, I am thankful for what I have and that is health, friends, a country that offers plenty of opportunities to become a millionaire and self-awareness. Yeah, I would love to be a millionaire - but you know what? I am equally happy now.
In the age of consumerism most people see happiness in material things. "Oh, if I only had a new Mercedes or that shiny Audi with all them mods", "Oh, if I only had a mansion in a Miami and €10m in a bank account, I would finally be happy!". That's a bullshit nonsense. Physical things can not determine your level of happiness, your brain doesn't fuarkin' know how much money you have in your bank account, what car you're driving or what house you are living in. The only thing your brain knows is when you're happy and that is when you tell your brain that you are.
You could be broke guy in a beat up Lada but send signals of happiness to your brain. And guess what? You would be happy. Similarly, you could be a rich guy in a top of a range Mercedes and send signals of negativity and sadness to your brain, because your mate has just bought a Rolls Royce. And guess what? You would be miserable and sad.
I know, many of you already know that, but I hope this post helps at least one fellow human being in realizing that you can decide to be happy from now. You don't need shiny toys to be happy. By the way, most people try to fill a void of negativity by buying shiny toys, but you know what? Some of them are still miserable - because they keep sending signals of negativity and sadness to their brain and brain helps those signals manifest in real life by making a person sad and miserable.
This post is all over the place, but I hope you get the point I am trying to make: The price of happiness can be as high or as low as you decide it to be. For some it could be €10m and a Rolls Royce with a mansion, for others it could be a healthy family and happy kids.
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