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Working at Being Happy


I think that some people believe I am a naturally happy person, but have to work to be happy.  It has to be a conscious effort to make sure that I am happy.  One of the things I know I need to do is surround myself with positive/happy people. Remember being the manager of a retail-clothing store that when I would look at employees, I wanted mine to be happy, because if people were negative and down, they brought me to their place.

I find that if I have things going on in my personal life I need to check those bags at the door and vice versa with my home and work.  It nice to walk away from my problems and get my mind somewhere else, then the issues might not be so big when I return to them!

Another thing I believe is that being happy can be contagious.  If people know that they can expect it from you, then they tend to feed off your positivity.  If I know there will be something that will be hard to do, I will psych myself up so that I am prepared.  It usually makes us have a good conversation in the end.

What makes me happy? I try to remember why I do what I do. I look at my families face, my dog, my life… I surround myself with happy things.  Yes, I am one of those people with a collection at my cube, photos and quotes all around. When I have happy around me, I cannot be mad or upset. Put a little shine where you will see it, how can you be upset when you look at a picture you love! Probably why we love Instagram so much is because it has so many happy pictures and scroll past something we don’t like.

I am aware of the pit we can fall into on social media.  I have fun with my husband talking about people who live “insta lives”.  It is crazy how some people feel like they need to have a perfect life, and that’s why I really love that there is the “purpose not perfection” movement.  I know it’s easy to make our planners look good and we stage them, but I enjoy the ones that are “real” the most. I don’t feel like I am in competition, I am enjoying learning to make my pictures better.

Challenge: Be mindful about being happy, if something is bringing you down, think about something that makes you happy!  

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