at the beginning of the semester, i decided that my quote for the school year was going to be "do what makes you happy." that meant that i was going to do things that made me happy and not be upset about it. typically i'd get mad at myself for lying in bed all day because i so badly wanted to be productive, but now i just say "hey, this is happiness. happiness is whatever you want it to be. i'm basically telling my mind to just relax and find happiness in the moments.
to better equip me to find happiness, i wrote a list in my journal of activities that make me happy. some of these activities include hiking, sleeping, cooking, writing poetry, drinking coffee, etc. so maybe you write a list of things that make you happy or maybe you write a list of things that don't make you happy, and then you try to stop doing as many as you can. for me one of the things that never made me happy was eating meat, so now i'm a big veg-head and i am feeling happier. bring new things into your life and remove things too.
i am trying to be more positive this year and not let my brain bring me down. this is the school year of good vibes and realizing that happiness is a mindset. let's end 2018 with happiness and start 2019 with it too.
"it's never too late to be happy. but it's all up to you and no one else."
xo, aubs
