Are you happy?
How do you define happiness? Is it glitz & glamour or do you strive for true happiness? The little things that count?
I went over to a friend’s house today to celebrate housewarming. She had recently bought a house, her first one, and it was a milestone to celebrate.
While on the outside it’s all glitz and glamour for her, for her to achieve something that many other people her age strive and envy, but was she really happy? Did she have what she wanted? Although now she has a brick and mortar to call it a “home”, she was still single, lonely, and now live further away from family, and is in more debt than ever.
She can no longer socialize because she no longer has extra money to spend. Everything is tied up to the mortgage, and her free time is imprisoned to the new place. She can never do anything outside of those 4 walls as she cannot afford it. Groceries are no longer based on what she want to eat, but rather what’s the cheapest and most affordable. She no longer lives the life she used to have. She’s no longer happy and free. She no longer has the luxury to go out and eat at restaurants, or to spend money at the mall, conventions, hobbies, or do any fun things that require a bit of money. All she has is hope that one day this property will go up, and that it will bring her fortune in the future.
She may have achieved a goal that many want, and in the eyes of many, this is a great accomplishment — but she is not happy.
Strive for happiness. Strive for things that you can afford. Don’t overreach otherwise you will have to compensate for it in other areas. Live in the moment, and live and enjoy the life that you have now.
