-Lucille Ball
I each of us were asked - What do you want from life?, most of us would answer with, "I just want to be HAPPY."
Personally, HAPPY is something I am CHALLENGED with daily. If you ask me, "Zach, are you happy?"... I, like most others, would say OF COURSE. Yet, is this just a trained response? Consider - are you HAPPY with your CAREER? LOVE life? PHYSICAL fitness? FINANCES? FREE time? Would you even know if you were?
The MOST DIFFICULT portion in identifying your HAPPINESS is making it REAL. I am speaking about the task of putting IMAGES, SCENTS, FEELINGS and TASTES to your "Happiness." You may say, "I just want a nice house and enough money to have fun", yet WHAT does a "nice house" LOOK like? How MUCH money is "enough" to have fun?
If you are UNABLE to define what HAPPINESS looks, feels, smells and tastes like... how will you ever know if you are HAPPY?
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
This is a discussion I have had with MANY people over time, some very close to me. The most difficult part in taking this SUCCESS STEP is that you are forced to face a reality... YOU MAY NOT BE DOING WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY. Would you rather be ignorant and let your dreams be dreams or take ACTION and GET HAPPY?!
If you want to understand what HAPPY is, you must take action in DEFINING it. Set up 5 columns to start:
1. Work
2. Family
3. Relationships
4. Recreation
5. Finances
Take 1 hour in the next week and write down the TOP 5 features of each that would make you happy. Here is an example:
RECREATION
1. Enjoy a 3 day weekend EVERY month
2. Take a 1 week vacation 3 times per year
3. Learn to play "Upside Down" by Jack Johnson on the guitar
4. Run a 1/2 marathon outside of Nashville
5. Spend 1 day per month taking black and white photography
By defining WHAT make me HAPPY - I can now take ACTION on BEING happy. Here is my personal quote on HAPPINESS for you all...
"Happiness is a short term state of being, not an accomplished goal. The key to BEING HAPPY is creating the feeling of HAPPY as often as possible, in the most simple ways." - Zach Barker
Cheers,
Zach
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