I asked my boyfriend deep questions, then I secretly recorded his answers.
We have been together for a while, and I just realized when I needed help or when I was going through crappy situations, I come to him for advice. He knows so much and thinks differently. His ideas opposes the norms. With this blog, youâll see how.
The first question I asked Cleveland was how to be happy (for people who are going through heartbreak and the like). At first, I thought that was the easiest question I could ask and that I would get a short answerâlike âaw babe youre my happinessâ or âyou just smile and iâll be happy or some shitâ but I was wrong. He did not give me one-liners or anything, but he enumerated everything. Enumerated it. On top of that, he had an explanation.
And because he enumerated ways on how to be happy, I had to compose a verbatim. Hence, this blog.
According to Cleveland, in order to be happy, you need to go through steps:
1. Understand how you feel
2. Study the situation (Understand why this is happening)
3. Figure out what else will make you happy
4. Find a way to get that happiness
[To be happy, you need to understand first why youâre sad in the first place.That way, youâll know how to be happy. This is important especially for those who are stubborn and keep saying they donât have any other way to be happy.]
[You have to] study your situationâŠFirst, you wanna [know] the reason [behind it.]
*He then asked me to give him a sample situation, so I did: a guy I loved for a long time broke my heart.Â
You gotta understand why he broke your heart. You gotta understand your situation out of perspectiveâŠand you would have a better idea, a genius idea to make it better. [Think about what you would say to another person if they were in your position.] You have to apply yourself in your own beliefs.
With me, I apply myself. If I know whatâs rightâI do whatâs right. Like I donât go with my gut.
[You can also prevent] negativity from a negative situation. You need to distract yourself because, honestly, youâll forget you were even in that situation. The more you distract yourself from a negative situation with a happy situation, the easier it is [to move on] because you were so happy that you would not even care about the negative.
Thereâs just so many [examples] from my experiences. Sometimes I could distract myself from the situation, like âOkay fuck this situation, Iâm gonna go play basketball.â
Honestly, I think [moping around when not necessary] is the right thing to do because you donât solve anything.Â
The key to happiness is doing more things that can make you happy. [Minor or major things, whatever, it really helps because there is no such thing as âitâs impossible to be happy without him/her or this/that.]
[You know how] youâre going through so many doors that are closed, but you know thereâs a way out. You gotta think. You gotta have a strategy how you get out. Thatâs when you gotta use your mind. Because when youâre on a maze, you wanna find the right wayâŠpeople these days keep saying that thereâs no way out. But there is a way. You gotta figure [it out.] Understand every single option [you have to be happy.] There is always a way to find happiness.Â
Soon as you feel [sadness], you think of how you can make yourself feel better.Â