The Book of Happiness: Why?

I got it wrong. I got it all wrong. Unfortunately, I think most of us do.

Back in September, I grabbed a large one-subject notebook and a sharpie and so proudly named it, “My First $100,000 Book.” In it, I keep all my notes from prominent figures and entrepreneurs I had the pleasure to meet, notes for businesses and side hustles, and whatever else I saw fitting to help me reach that goal that I so generously set for September 2018. For a student graduating in December of 2017, that was highly ambitious, but that was the point. Even if I miss the goal, chasing it would give me the proper foundation to actually achieve it the next year. It forced me to detail and plan how many different revenues I needed to build to generate that income and reach success…in my book.

Now nothing is fundamentally wrong with “My First $100,000 Book.” It was a great idea, and better to execute on (although I’ll be nowhere close to that goal). What is wrong, is that I made “My First $100,000 Book” before I ever contemplated “My Book of Happiness.” In September, I was struggling just as much mentally and emotionally as I ever had been. It was much more of a struggle than money was for me at the time. But somehow, detailing how to get more money found importance over happiness.

Even though the average person is not the best at planning, I believe this “Book of…