How I Decided to Be Happy

Jordan Brown
Aug 31, 2018 · 5 min read

I have no one to blame for my life but myself.

It has taken me my whole life to understand this.

I still struggle. I don’t always take complete ownership for my life.

I still shift into self-pity mode and wonder why certain things work out the way they do.

But thinking that way is always a recipe for frustration and back-sliding.

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