This is a serious question to ask yourself!
Mediocrity is so last year and it's honestly time to put those "I'm OK. I'm fine" feelings to bed!
We know that happy is an inside job, it's a state of mind and an inner peace, but I know I'd rather be sitting on a beach watching the sunset than being stuck in traffic.
Life is not an easy journey and we didn't just incarnate for that mediocre fairytale we have somehow been sold. We have come here to experience life, to feel emotions, to grow through our lessons and to join up with our soul mates (yes they do exist and there is not just one of them either!) and create moments.
We have also come here to have fun, to enjoy this blink of existence, to contribute our gifts to humanity and the earth, and help make this world a better place.
We have an average of about 80 years of life in us, of course this depends on where you are living and sorry to say that the male expires before the female, (check your lifespan here) and it really does go by quickly, judging by my first 30 years of life.
Life really is too short to do anything less than what makes you happy.
There will be times that you will have to eat humble pie, do things you don't like, put up with people that test your patience (family gatherings are one of those times), swallow that bitter pill in the face of negative criticism and be nice to people that truly are just assholes, but at the end of it all it really doesn't matter.
Just take a look at the picture in this post. It was named the happiest photo on the internet (I'm not kidding...google it!), and even the camel got involved in those happy positive vibes. That right there is happiness at it's finest.
Have you actually asked yourself "what is it that makes me happy?"
Perhaps it's singing in the karaoke bar with your mates dressed in 80's gymwear; maybe it's reading a book in the countryside all by yourself drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows; it could be a simple stroll with your loved one under the night sky; maybe it's falling asleep in fresh bed sheets; maybe it's closing 6 figure deals with your team at work; maybe it's taking mixology lessons to get your espresso martini's right; or as simple as switching off the phone on a Saturday night to chill with Netflix.
Just do it. Just do it. Just do it!
If there is anything good to come out of the brand Nike it's that famous slogan.
Don't wait for the death of a loved one, or a serious illness to shake you up out of your hamster wheel routine, it doesn't need to get to that point for a reality check.
Your breath is your reality check. You waking up daily is your 24hours to make something positive in your day. You just being here and creating a difference in someone's life whether you know it or not is enough to create some happy vibes in your life.
Don't get bogged down by the media, do yourself a favour and avoid the news for a week, I assure you the world will still exist and you might just find something positive to talk about.
Got a pen? Got some paper? Good!
Start writing your "what makes me happy" list and start checking them off.
As the famous quote states "We are not here for a long time, we are here for a good time".