happiness
Happiness, defined; things that help you find happiness, keep it, and share it with others.
Smile more
You are important, you have value, what you do matters and is essential! Believe it or not, this is true! You have been placed on a mantle for those around you to look upon, but the unfortunate reality is that we at times don't recognize that we're in such a position. Our personal awareness can only go so far. Nonetheless, our story is worth sharing and can make a drastic difference!
By Mahonry Franco5 years ago in Motivation
Little Black Notebook
LITTLE BLACK NOTEBOOK “THE EARTH IS ON FIRE! Help us, its burning! They shout” Bucky belted at the top of his lungs as he held his script over his head. He just gotten the lead role in his small-town play in Ottawa Kansas. It was titled An Inconvenient Truth, and it was loosely based on the documentary written by former vice president Al Gore by the same title.
By Cody J Kiser5 years ago in Motivation
Clutter brings me joy
I am going to start this off by saying that I love stuff. Now, that is not a big secret. You could easily come to that conclusion yourself if you were to see my room. There are many items and collections that take up all the space on the shelves, the tops of two dressers, a small chest of draws and a desk. My idea of wall décor is to cover the walls in as many pictures, postcards, drawings, ticket stubs, greeting cards, souvenirs and various other items as possible. When I first heard about minimalism, I knew that obviously it was not for me and that people who practiced minimalism would be overwhelmed by the way my bedroom looked. However, recently I learned that my room follows an aesthetic that is opposite to minimalism called clutter core. I was surprised to learn just how many other people enjoyed living in beautifully cluttered rooms. When I first looked at pictures of other’s clutter core environments, I felt like I was looking at pictures of my own bedroom. As I scrolled through the images, I saw many familiar things such as walls that were completely covered in various decorations, stacks of books on the floor, items lined up on windowsills, and overstuffed shelves. After looking at these pictures it got me thinking, the people who practice minimalism often talk about the mental health benefits that it brings them. However, speaking from personal experience, the truth for me and others is that having a cluttered room can have the same positive mental health benefits as minimalism does. As cluttered as my room is, it is calming to my brain. My room is my sanctuary filled with all the things that I love. When I enter my room, I am immediately surrounded by positive feelings and good memories. All the things that are in my bedroom collectively bring me joy. When I look around my room everything there helps me to relax and focus on positive memories. The various unique items that I have collected over the years are instant reminders of some of the happiest times in my life. When I am having a bad day or even if I am having a good one, it is beneficial for me to have a place where I am surrounded in positive memories and many of my life’s highlights including vacations, concerts, my childhood, and the good times I have had with my favorite people. My room is a consent reminder that good days do happen and will happen again. All my items work together to help remind me that there is a lot of good in this world even when it many not feel like it. There is no arguing that life is a stressful thing. All of us need a place to go where we can feel at peace and escape the everyday stress that life brings us. What that place looks like is different for every person. Creating your own personal sanctuary is not one size fits all. Minimalism works wonderfully for some people and for others clutter core creates those same peaceful feelings. The most important thing to think about when designing your own space Is to decide what will truly work for you instead of following what happens to be a popular trend at the time. Having a room packed full of items is not bad or wrong. Having a room with little or no decoration and only necessary items is not bad or wrong. This is truly a case of individuality and for a lot of people their perfect aesthetic is somewhere in between minimalism and clutter core.
By Christina Epperly5 years ago in Motivation
The winds of change
Everything changes, every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day. Things are born and things die. Things and people transform. Relationships change with every breath and heartbeat. Attitudes change and much like the wind, feelings and emotions change. They swirl around in the sea of life, sometimes flying high before landing softly where they are meant to be. Opinions change. Thoughts and ideas change too. What you once thought you had a plethora of knowledge about, suddenly has changed into something you no longer understand. Lives change and people within those lives change. Beliefs change. The more you learn, the more you learn. When once you believed the sky to be blue has suddenly changed to an eternal sea of multiple blue hues. A beautiful change but still a change.
By Gail S.5 years ago in Motivation
Pursuit of a Lifestyle
When we were kids, how many of us had dreams of how we wanted to live when we were older? This could be in the form of whatever job we wanted to have, a certain place we wanted to live, how we dress, what we drove, and more. No matter what these details were, we viewed them as an upward direction from our childhood way of life - our mind’s eye glimpse into the our future adult selves. This was, for most of us, our first experience of aspiring to be something bigger, something better; having a growth mindset. When I was 5, I wanted to grow up to be a Major League Baseball star, with 3 sports cars, and lots of jewelry (I guess that part was influenced by seeing my father rings and watches he wore).
By The Road to Rediscovery Podcast5 years ago in Motivation
Christmas cards
I learned a lot from the past year, i bought a beautiful little condo, i finally got my driver’s license at 37 years old and unfortunately I got into a break up. Every year,for the past 10 years , I was celebrating Christmas with families and in- laws. Suddenly, everything changed. My whole world collapsed in an instant, when that happened.This year I was alone with my son. I still saw my parents and my brother on FaceTime but it wasn’t the same.
By Veronique Tardif5 years ago in Motivation
A Drop in the Bucket
Perhaps it is the pandemic blues, or possibly general instability in my life as I enter my late 20s with a college degree and no @!#$-ing clue what I am doing with my life... regardless I have recently been reminiscing on my not so distant childhood and the ways in which I decided to spend my free time versus how I spend my free time now. As we are all experiencing a global trauma, it goes without saying that I have been in a bit of a funk, walking around with a nimbus overhead, essentially; a bit depressed. I find myself perusing Youtube midday to find some tips on growing roma tomatoes and then all of a sudden it’s five hours later and I am watching a random person discuss a nutritionist's perspective of a models’ “what I eat in a day” video. It is a bit nauseating and dare I say disappointing to see how post-college life is treating me compared to my once hyper driven self. Not to toot my own horn, but I feel as though much of my childhood was spent engaging in relatively selfless acts, without thought or hesitation. I fill my schedule with one activity after another, my to do list is always growing, and I find myself always looking for larger mountains to conquer. When I have free time, I try to find ways to better myself of my community. Lately, being locked in doors, I have deeply focused on my Yoga practice and even became a certified instructor so that I could spread peace and joy over zoom to my friends and family.
By Sarah Gordon5 years ago in Motivation
The Pandemic Tried Killing My Motivation. I Fought Back.
The pandemic has attempted to destroy what some (or most?) of us think being productive means; however, I believe that's bullshit--I one hundred percent believe that's bullshit. What productivity could be to one person might be nothing compared to another, and coupled with my own struggles with mental health I've come to the conclusion that nobody can tell someone else what being productive means.
By Alex Prange5 years ago in Motivation
Fresh New Year
2020 did come with a lot of commotion. Some chose to see last year as a very bad year, full of uncertainty and unpleasant changes of routine. But some of us chose to see 2020 as a life changing experience that will forever change the way we perceive life. It was thanks to what we went through, that we took out the best of us to thrive in this difficult situation. Everything in the universe is meant to happen the way it happens, therefore these drastic changes came with their own purpose. Putting aside if the quarantine was planned or not, as everything in life, we choose if we want to take out the good or the bad from it.
By Patricia Kayser5 years ago in Motivation
New Year New Me
I love this time of year. Christmas has been and gone for another year. The house is all tidy again ready for New Years. Okay so I understand that I may be one of the few crazy people who pull all their Christmas decorations down on Boxing Day. I may have told my children that Boxing Day is for boxing up all the things from this year ready for next year — terrible dad pun I know!
By Amy Caswell5 years ago in Motivation
Reshaping What Vision & Happiness Mean to Me
As a 21-year-old college student, every year I’ve made the same generic resolutions that you’d imagine. Lose weight. Stay in shape. Make friends. Do good in school. Make money. I have been making different versions of the same resolutions that take me absolutely nowhere. My main one has been the classic: lose weight. It has come true several times, but by the end of the year, it’s back on again. So, I’ve even thought to myself “what’s the point?”
By Nani Cruz5 years ago in Motivation
