3 Reasons Why It’s Important to Feel Content Right Now
What does it actually mean to feel content?
If I had to define it, I’d say that feeling content is about being in a state where you accept and are satisfied with what is, right here, right now. This includes accepting yourself, as you are, right here, right now.
The older I’ve gotten, the more I’ve realized how important it is to feel content in the present moment and here are the 3 reasons why:
1) It’s erroneous to think, “I’ll be happy when…”
Happiness doesn’t exist somewhere in the future.
It exists right here, right now.
Thinking that happiness exists in the future when X happens is setting yourself up for disappointment. For example: You think you’ll be happy when you land a new job. Sure, your level of happiness will increase when you land the new job. However, shortly afterwards, your level of happiness will return to its baseline and before you know it, you’ll be chasing the next thing that’s supposed to bring you happiness.
If you think that you’ll be happy when X happens, you will spend your whole life getting caught in a vicious cycle, chasing things that you think will make you happy.
What to do instead: Remember that your happiness doesn’t have to be contingent…
