You wake up and stare at yourself in the mirror. Everything you could have is right in front of you. Your life honestly isn't that bad, but you know something is missing. Something is clearly wrong with you.
You have a good education, you have a steady job, you're healthy, have a family that cares about you and a best friend that worries about your well-being. What more could a person really ask for?
That's just it. You don't know why you feel so empty. Everything you could possibly want is yours for the taking. You go throughout your routine for the day and trust me when I say some days are better than others, but you get by. You genuinely feel honestly happy with yourself some days. Everything that you want to accomplish, you do. Everything you want to happen does. Except then it hits you. You want to cry or you have absolutely no emotion at all.
You finally find a good guy who loves you, but because you have been broken so many times in the past, you can't fully bring yourself to just be happy. You feel that if you let yourself get too happy, that it will all be taken away from you. Why do you think this? Because undoubtedly in the past this has always happened.
The person who promises to be there forever leaves. The opportunity you've been waiting weeks and weeks for doesn't come through. You find out someone you love dearly is sick.
You can't handle it anymore and you just want to break down. Nothing ever leads to happiness. Nothing is forever.
But that's when you have to take a step back and remember who you are. You have to take time for yourself and find out what kind of person you want to be.
Go out and travel. I can't tell you how many stories I have heard of people changing after going to a different country. Immerse yourself in a different culture. Try new things and feel the adrenaline that comes from doing something new.
Realize what you want in life and then go out and get it. Take daily steps to reach your goals and achieve them. Don't stay in the same place that causes you to hate life every day and expect your life to get better.
Make the changes now and take the actions that are necessary. Quit your job and find one that doesn't feel like work. Meet new people that have the same interests you do, but that also teach you new ways to look at the world. Pick up a new hobby and stick to it, unless you find it's not for you, then change it.
The only way to be happy in this world is to be happy with yourself. So if you're not feeling content with the life you're living, go out and change it to one you will be proud of.
It's easier said than done, but you only have one life and if you do it right -- one life is all that you need.
