Sometimes happiness hits you, but most of the time it’s a choice you make. It’s something you have to purposefully create not happen upon. Becoming aware of this and intentionally creating happiness in the normalcy is where sustainable happiness lies.
Challenge: make a list of the times you have felt genuinely happy or at peace. This list will remind you that your happiness never came from things looking seemingly perfect on the outside. Your happiness came from being present and open and connected to yourself …
I have a blog post about how to be confident, I’ll link that post here. You can practice confidence. It is entirely possible to make yourself more confident. But what do you do when you don’t have time to build your confidence before doing something? What do you do when your stomach turns with anxiety no matter how much you try to change your mindset surrounding a task? There may be some areas of our life in which you will never be fully confident. What do you do when one of these situations arise? What do you do when confidence fails you?
When confidence fails, courage prevails. If you aren’t confident about something but you want to do it, you need courage. Put your brave face on and just do it. Tell yourself the truth, that the world needs more people doing what you are doing. That there are others watching you. That by doing this thing, despite your fears, you are showing people that they can do it too. You are showing others how to be brave. You are showing, through your actions that others can face the hard stuff and come out of the other side alive. When confidence fails, courage prevails.
How do you make your life feel less chaotic? How do you take steps towards your goals instead of merely treading water to make it through the day? You do it by running your day instead of letting your day run you. By intentionally and mindfully completing projects instead of reacting to every stimulus thrown your way.
