Mental Health Strategies

Is Life a Happy Place?

It depends on the angle…

Elisabete Gonçalves da Silva
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Published in
2 min readFeb 18, 2022

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Woking up early in the morning to find out it is still dark outside, what a drag!

Or isn’t it?

Scenery 1:

You wake up late, grab some pieces of clothing, and put them on while you rush to the door, running to get to work on time. You stumble everywhere, lose your bus, go to your car to find out a flat tire, and curse life altogether!

Scenery 2:

You wake up early, it is still dark outside and you feel lazy but you remember that morning traffic jam is hard to bear, and leaving home early provides that we arrive at work in a few minutes, with plenty of time to chat a little while having coffee with our teammates.

Which scenery do you prefer?

Life is a matter of perspective: you are feeling tired, you don’t want to leave your warm and cozy home, where you are happy and safe. ..

But then, the world evolves, defenses rose, it is becoming safe to be outside again and the economy needs to heal too, so, you get back to the office and find:

  • light outside;
  • fresh air;
  • known faces you already missed;

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