Are you feeling stressed out and unhappy?

Do you find it very hard to wake up every morning and wish you could stay in bed longer so that you do not need to face another day of problems? Do you dread the prospect of going to work because your job seems to have no meaning other than providing you with cash? Are you starting to feel miserable because nothing you do seems to be working out right for you? These are danger signals that you are feeling burnt out and unsatisfied!

What does it take to find happiness then? I came across this entry about happiness and realized that what it takes to make people happy is all about expectations, hopes and managing them! People feel unhappy primarily because they anticipate that their future needs will not be met. To rephrase, happiness comes from the expectation that dreams and goals can be, and will be fulfilled in the future.

Mind you that I'm not talking about achieving current needs but rather future needs. For example, if I tell you that right now you need to start working very hard, give up whatever indulgences or vices you might have now etc, but by deferring these pleasures now, you will most DEFINITELY attain your dream income, position, weight, spouse, house, car, whatever, will you do it? Yes, you will most happily do it! However, once you start feeling that your effort is futile and the goal is impossible to be met, that is when the unhappiness sets in.

It is quite interesting that Bhutan measures its development in terms of Gross National Happiness(GNH) instead of the more conventional GDP. A high personal GNH is also definitely something worth pursuing for every individual and that includes you and me! So never stop pursuing happiness, and if what you are doing now is potentially not going to help you attain your dreams, change it! Success and happiness are within YOUR control!

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