Welcome 2021! As promised : I am talking about happiness today After all, isn’t what we all want? To find the secret to happiness? I have been pondering about it a lot, and some may say I am a very happy person At least, I feel it. Maybe I forget to smile on the outside, but is the inside that counts. Why? Because I tend to live free of societal constraints and canons and tend to be at my happiest when I follow my true nature. Which usually involves stripping all of the superfluous, and having only the essential. Less pleasantries and more truth.
And the thing is, when I look around me I see one things that group together all of the happy people : Simplicity. In a minimalistic way, no extra objects but also no extra formalities covering up our real true feelings. Having less means worrying less, Means ease to move (think of the difference of travelling light with a small backpack versus those heavy trolleys and think of how different the stress level is , And all for what, an extra pair of uncomfortable shoes and some bottles of shampoo ? This goes for life too. ) Means seeing clearly, not having to search through the clutter. Clutter makes most people stressed out, unable to see clearly past it. The mess giving a feeling of never being on top of things, not finding things giving a vibe of not being in control. And with this we forget to breathe, take time to look at the sky, the shape of the clouds, the wind touching our skin. Simplicity in a minimalistic way puts less emphasis on object and more into immaterial things. It can free up some thinking time. Less stress more focus. It can make us more focused working for a cause that we care about. Can make us more productive. And having less brings us closer to nature. And the benefits of being in nature are immense. We need nature, and not just for the oxygen. Being more simple also means that we may be needing to work hard towards something and relying on ourselves. This will give us more power of belief in ourselves and our own capacities. I think in that respect most endurance sport people understand happiness in these terms. Crossing that finish line, that was just a little further than the previous one, and having done it just with one’s own strength. To reach the peak one has to first go through the trough.. I believe that 2021 will be a great time to start practicing some of these tips to live more simply and more genuinely. Remember that your freedom ends wherever it will impacts somebody else’s, but until there try to find your freedom. Try to find a happy new normal. Old normal is not coming back soon. But is no reason to be unhappy. And as Kayla from writingfromnowhere.com puts it : try some lifestyle deflation in order to afford your dream lifestyle out with the old and in with the new ..
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