Identify what makes you happy
The first step to making yourself happy is to figure out what things in life bring you joy and not what societal expectations tell you about joy.
- Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in the idea of what you think will make you happy rather than what actually does.
Other times, we focus so intensely on one goal that’s thought to bring happiness that we don’t have time for other things in our life that will make us truly happy.
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