
Finding Success in Balance: My Journey to The Cheerful Mind

From a very young age, my only way “out” of the dangerous places I was born into was through racking up accomplishments. At every stage of my life, those successes came at a greater expense than before; whether it was my family or my health, one was indirectly put on the chopping block. However, my life is more full now than ever because I can answ
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In my experience there are really two things that lead to happiness and everything else is mostly noise. The two things are contribution and abundance. If you can align your life with where you have the talent to make a large, meaningful, and real contribution to the world, your circle, or your family, then you can be very happy… However, this does
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I hope you get to know your inner world. I hope you thrive financially while living your values. I hope you focus less on what you achieve and more on who you become. I hope you learn to be kind to yourself. I hope you f... See more
The concept of having a job that paid the bills and then pursuing your interests on nights and weekends seemed completely absurd to me.