how to devote life to happiness
hellllo, I’m a 19-year-old college student studying communications and trying to learn as much about the world around me as humanly possible. I started this blog of mine when I was 15 years old. Four years ago, I would log onto Tumblr and search through relatable quotes, find new music to listen to, and a stare at a hell of a lot of depressing photos. At 15, I was without a doubt depressed. I spent so much time allowing myself to be surrounded by negative content that it began to influence me. I let myself fall into some sort of false culture cultivated by depressed teens on the internet. In a sense, it felt like a community of people struggling alongside each other, which was a beautiful thing in essence. But, I was not happy with life because I was being told by others around me that life was nothing to be happy about.
I’ve learned a lot about myself in the last 4 years. I’ve been through love and loss, made friends and lost them, worked my ass off, failed a few assignments, lost touch with family, been unable to help suffering friends, and made more mistakes than I can count. I have a lot of reasons to be sad with life. But one day, maybe when I was 16, or 17, I decided I wanted to be happy
I did not wake up one day with a smile slapped on my face and mary poppin’d my merry way around the world. Even though that would be ideal, that’s simply not life. Once I made the conscious decision to want to find happiness, my perspective on life sort of shifted. I had to figure out why I wasn’t happy, and what I was going to do to fix it.
At 19 years old, my current state of mind is what I would describe to be healthy and happy, and it feels more remarkable than I can even begin to describe. I feel like I learned a great amount about life as a teenager into a young adult in the past 4 years, so my goal is to share what I’ve learned on the very blog I used to be depressed on.
If you scroll far enough back, you'll find the depressing posts I was once so obsessed with sharing. I chose not to move backward and to spend time in the past because I can only move forward in life.
I hope for at least one person will follow the journey I took, and maybe even apply it to themselves so they can find happiness too. I believe everyone can change their perspective on life in order to live a better one, it all starts with you. Stay tuned.
(my inbox is always open if you have any questions or need any advice. my goal is to spread happiness and I love hearing how I can help other people)
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