What makes you happy? Happiness can come in many forms: making a lot of money, buying the kids lots of Christmas presents, having nice cars or a big home, etc. The problem with those forms of happiness are that they are short lived. They're short term forms of happiness that can only fill the void for so long.
Numerous psychological studies have shown that the true driver of long term happiness is being a part of something bigger than yourself.
What are you doing that's bigger than you? Do you volunteer for an organization? Does your job influence and impact people's lives in a positive way? Find something you can make a difference doing and you'll unlock that long term happiness.
As you look forward to 2012 I hope you make 2012 the year you find that long term happiness.
Hi Allan,
ReplyDeleteI agree that being part of something bigger than yourself is the key to long term happiness. I decided years to become a personal trainer. It became a life passion and that same passion produced my education from not only the studio of becoming a personal trainer, but lifted me into the pursuit of a graduate degree. It's not educational degrees that are my answer, but the desire to understand better my awareness and place within the world.
Great Blog!
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