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I am about to embark into a new chapter in my life, but I can't help but wonder if my expectations are the right kind of expectations for what's next, so I have to ask you, the people of Jazzfanz what it is that makes you happy? I would love to hear from you folks that are generally pretty happy or have some source of happiness (kids, dogs, xbox, etc.) and just explain why it makes you so happy. I would also love to hear from you richer folks and see if you think money really makes you more happy... Anyway, for me, I find that when I focus on what I have going for me that I feel really good about my life. What works for you?
 
No, money doesn't make one happy. Neither does being broke, though.

By far some of the happiest times in my life was growing up BROKE. My dad and I had no choice but to fish everyday, to eat. I didn't really understand, at the time, that that was a bad thing. I thought it was fantastic.

Today I'm pretty happy. I love watching the kids laugh, learn, begin to second-guess their dad, rather than blindly follow..

One of the keys to happiness, imo, is to do SOMETHING. Get out of a rut, challenge yourself .. try new things.

I hope you find plenty of it.
 
The sounds of my daughters laughing.

The looks in my lovers eyes.

Spending time with those I love.

Everything else pales in comparison.
 
PKM said:
No, money doesn't make one happy. Neither does being broke, though.

By far some of the happiest times in my life was growing up BROKE. My dad and I had no choice but to fish everyday, to eat. I didn't really understand, at the time, that that was a bad thing. I thought it was fantastic.
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That sounds amazing!


PKM said:
I hope you find plenty of it.
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Thanks man.

Stoked said:
The sounds of my daughters laughing.

The looks in my lovers eyes.

Spending time with those I love.

Everything else pales in comparison.
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This was really quite beautiful until I made the mistake to keep reading and the next line said "...Bluesrocker and Blackswordbitch had a baby in a cave that was then ravaged by Trout's vengeful piglets."
 
I've minimized the amount of time I'm beholden to an employer's demand on my creativity; and, my time is spent doing things that I enjoy and find challenging. Paired with this, I've worked to have a good relationship with everything I consume (from ideas to food). Now, I don't worry about whether I'm "happy" or "sad" as much as I realize I'm a reciprocal and reciprocating being. If I don't feel great at any one moment, well then maybe that has to do with the fact that I'm surrounded by things that one shouldn't feel great about.

The older I get, the more I realize that there is a poetic becoming of every moment -- there is beauty if you set out to see it -- even if that beauty somehow shatters you unexpectedly.
 
larryselbows said:
I am about to embark into a new chapter in my life, but I can't help but wonder if my expectations are the right kind of expectations for what's next, so I have to ask you, the people of Jazzfanz what it is that makes you happy? I would love to hear from you folks that are generally pretty happy or have some source of happiness (kids, dogs, xbox, etc.) and just explain why it makes you so happy. I would also love to hear from you richer folks and see if you think money really makes you more happy... Anyway, for me, I find that when I focus on what I have going for me that I feel really good about my life. What works for you?
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Hmm. Honestly, I often feel absolutely spoiled as a human being. I think of what life was like when when I was younger, and how much things have improved since then. I think of how decently I turned out as a human being despite some thinking that my siblings and I might not have been able to deal with whatever adversity we might have faced. I think of the great country I live in, the great friends that I treasure, and my family that I wouldn't trade anything in the world for.

On an individual basis, I truly feel like I can accomplish anything if I really commit myself to it. Lately, I have this growing fear that I have been given tools, but I am not utilizing them as well as I should be. I feel like I don't work hard enough, and I might have to pay for it some day. So, other than that kinda lingering in the back of my head as of late, I just feel like the luckiest darn kid of the world. My peers always describe me as one of the happiest people that they've ever met, and RARELY will one ever catch me in a bad mood. Why am I always happy? I dunno :) perhaps genetics, perhaps being raised in humble surroundings, and in a nice environment. I couldn't tell ya.

/unorganizaed rant
 
dalamon said:
Hmm. Honestly, I often feel absolutely spoiled as a human being. I think of what life was like when when I was younger, and how much things have improved since then. I think of how decently I turned out as a human being despite some thinking that my siblings and I might not have been able to deal with whatever adversity we might have faced. I think of the great country I live in, the great friends that I treasure, and my family that I wouldn't trade anything in the world for.

On an individual basis, I truly feel like I can accomplish anything if I really commit myself to it. Lately, I have this growing fear that I have been given tools, but I am not utilizing them as well as I should be. I feel like I don't work hard enough, and I might have to pay for it some day. So, other than that kinda lingering in the back of my head as of late, I just feel like the luckiest darn kid of the world. My peers always describe me as one of the happiest people that they've ever met, and RARELY will one ever catch me in a bad mood. Why am I always happy? I dunno :) perhaps genetics, perhaps being raised in humble surroundings, and in a nice environment. I couldn't tell ya.

/unorganizaed rant
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Good post. One piece of unsolicited advice. You'll understand this much better later in life, but know that it's much easier to find success/apply yourself when you're younger than older. I'd have to write too much to explain that .. but just know that you should be having lots of fun ... but kick *** now instead of later.
 
Personally, there is nothing better in this world than walking up the door from a day at work and hearing my kids yell "DADDY'S HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" as they run over to hug me. That's a little slice of heaven for me.










And then one of them punches the other and reminds me why I couldn't be the stay at home parent.
 
Spending all my time alone, cooped up in a dark, dingy apartment, smoking weed, eating frozen pizza and masturbating is what makes me happy.

Or not.

**** my life.
 
GVC said:
Spending all my time alone, cooped up in a dark, dingy apartment, smoking weed, eating frozen pizza and masturbating is what makes me happy.

Or not.

**** my life.
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Open the curtains. Problem solved.
 
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