When was I Happy?

Getting up early used to be my favorite thing. Why is it now such a burden to crawl out of bed? Do I dread my days that much? Have I taken myself to a place in life where I’d rather sleep than be awake?

These questions are the beginning of change. Noticing little details about yourself and your habits, realizing that maybe some of the changes aren’t to your liking. Can we return to the days when we were happiest?

For me, I have started trying to decipher circumstances in which I felt the happiest. I look over pictures from previous years, studying my face in recollection of how I was feeling at that moment. I have found that I felt very happy with no internet. We briefly lived in a place where we had no phone service whatsoever, so when we would come home, we sat outside, read books, cooked, etc. I know it is unreasonable to never have service or internet, and certainly unsafe, but there are things I can duplicate. For example, limiting my screen time on social media. No more scrolling, because I locked myself out of my apps for certain periods of the day.

Whatever works for you, whenever you were happiest, take a moment and think. Decide if you can put a few things into action, and take steps towards being happy once again. I believe in you.