Serious question. Are you generally happy most of the time?
I don’t mean when you’re scrolling, watching, listening, reading, dating, working, eating, drinking or sleeping.
But between all that stuff, when you’re alone with your thoughts.
When you put the phone away, turn off the podcast or music, close your eyes and sit with yourself, how do you feel? What about after 5 minutes? 10 minutes? An hour? This is what I call the Baseline Happiness Test.
Of course we think we’re happy when we’re watching our favorite show, eating our favorite food, drinking and hanging out. But that’s how we feel when we’re distracted from ourselves, our thoughts and our feelings.
Our baseline determines how much we ENJOY our favorite things, and not just how much we NEED our favorite things to escape from ourselves. It determines how we feel when something doesn’t go our way, like when we get stuck in traffic, or when a flight gets canceled.
We cannot be truly happy if we are always running away from ourself and the present moment.
Happiness isn't about your job, bank account, house or spouse. It's about how happy you are when you take all those things away and are left to sit with yourself and your thoughts.
When we need distractions to avoid our thoughts, it’s impossible to be content, present, and we’re always thinking about what’s next. ➡️ Life becomes all about consumption. We become a slave to our phone, food, entertainment, work, gambling or substances, anything to keep our minds distracted.
True happiness doesn’t come from running away from ourselves.
We find it when we look within, make peace with ourselves, and shine a light on our shadow.
The problem is, most of us weren’t taught how to do that, how to calm a chaotic mind, or how to let go of our mistakes, regrets, trauma and fear, and how to finally forgive ourselves.
We take 10,000 steps a day for our body. Why not the same for our mind and heart? 10,000 Mental Steps is a free guide to keep you grounded, calm, and moving forward. ✨
Todd Perelmuter
Serious question.
Are you generally happy most of the time?
I don’t mean when you’re
scrolling,
watching,
listening,
reading,
dating,
working,
eating,
drinking
or sleeping.
But between all that stuff, when you’re alone with your thoughts.
When you put the phone away,
turn off the podcast or music,
close your eyes
and sit with yourself,
how do you feel?
What about after 5 minutes? 10 minutes? An hour?
This is what I call the Baseline Happiness Test.
Of course we think we’re happy when we’re watching our favorite show,
eating our favorite food, drinking and hanging out.
But that’s how we feel when we’re distracted from ourselves, our thoughts and our feelings.
Our baseline determines how much we ENJOY our favorite things, and not just how much we NEED our favorite things to escape from ourselves. It determines how we feel when something doesn’t go our way, like when we get stuck in traffic, or when a flight gets canceled.
We cannot be truly happy if we are always running away from ourself and the present moment.
Happiness isn't about your job, bank account, house or spouse.
It's about how happy you are when you take all those things away
and are left to sit with yourself and your thoughts.
When we need distractions to avoid our thoughts, it’s impossible to be content, present, and we’re always thinking about what’s next.
➡️ Life becomes all about consumption.
We become a slave to our phone, food, entertainment, work, gambling or substances,
anything to keep our minds distracted.
True happiness doesn’t come from running away from ourselves.
We find it when we look within, make peace with ourselves, and shine a light on our shadow.
The problem is, most of us weren’t taught how to do that, how to calm a chaotic mind, or how to let go of our mistakes, regrets, trauma and fear, and how to finally forgive ourselves.
We take 10,000 steps a day for our body.
Why not the same for our mind and heart?
10,000 Mental Steps is a free guide to keep you grounded, calm, and moving forward. ✨
➡️ Download free from the link www.eastwesticism.org/free-you-turn-book-collectio…
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