"...and, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it..." The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
Happiness is different for everyone!
While happiness has many different definitions, it is often described as an emotional state achieved by feelings of joy, life satisfaction, contentment, and inner fulfillment.
People have different personalities, values, backgrounds, beliefs, and goals and happiness varies from person to person. What makes one person happy might not bring happiness to someone else. Happiness also varies within one person and it can shift from moment to moment or day to day.
While one person needs to possess an expensive car to be happy, another person might be happy by making artwork. Although our happiness is shaped by genetics, life experience, beliefs, life circumstances, social and cultural aspects; our happiness also depends on individual choices and actions. While we have a limited control over most of those aspects, there are choices we can take on a personal level to feel happier and increase our chances of bringing more happiness into our life.
What is your vision of a happy life?
What makes you happy or what would make you happier?
What are your goals, passions, dreams or possibilities?
Can you answer all these questions?
If no or not sure, please read it further. ​ Our happy life vision is a big picture of how our daily life should look like, what we should possess, who we want to be, what life experiences we should have and what we want to accomplish in life. and has many components that make up what you want your daily life to look like.
Based on that, we set our goals, identify our dreams and shape our possibilities.
Why is it important?
​ 🎯✨ Thinking About Your Possibilities and Goals Changes How You See The World "When you’re feeling stressed or challenged, think about your long-term goals. It gives your brain a sense of control and can release dopamine which will make you feel better and more motivated." (Source: A Neuroscientist Explains 5 Simple Things That Will Make you Exceptionally Happy - click here)
​"A happy person is the person who has more dreams than the reality can destroy"
E.M.Remarque
Our Multipurpose dry erase magnetic board designed by Anna is a tool that can help to
1. You can write what makes you or would make you happy
2. You can write your goals, dreams or possibilities
3. You can express gratitude for what you already have
4. You can write your happy ideas
5. You can write you next steps or actions
6. You can write your small wins.
7. You can see it every day and change it at any time!
Visualise the key aspects of your vision of a happy life in 8 life areas:
Love & Relationships
Hobbies & Creativity
Travel
Journey & Career
Spiritual Growth & Self-Awareness
Family & Home & Health
Prosperity & Abundance
Success & Fame
If your vision of a happy life is clearly identified, look also at your self talk - if your self talk supports your happy life vision, it is amazing!
If it does not, perhaps it is time to change some of your limiting beliefs and shift your mind, body, emotions and energy in the same direction! The following story outlines it.
Anna's story & life vision
Anna was always a very dynamic woman who enjoyed living her life. The values she embraced were family, love and friendship. Anna started her family at very young age. Living in a rented house and having a low income did not stop her from enjoying every moment she spent with her kids, family and friends.
...but there was her strong desire to live her life fully as she always imagined ...
...often when she was on roads, her mind was wandering too, bringing her vivid visions about her life and what she truly desired and wanted...​ ...at the beginning she thought that achieving such things was impossible...
...she kept telling herself that she could not really afford certain things...they could not live in an amazing house... ...and when she dreamed about her career, she did not feel good enough to pursue it further and see herself doing what she would love to do... ​ ...but one day something changed...
...Anna watched the Last Holiday movie and got inspired... ​ ...she could see how confident a woman can become once she starts doing what she loves and dreams about.... ...she decided to identify and embrace HER life essences and say yes to her true heart desires ... she changed her thinking that anything in her life is possible ​
WONDERFUL DESTINATIONS
Anna 's dreams led her to places around the world. One day she enjoyed breakfast in Greece, other day she was sunbathing in Bali and then she kissed her man in Paris.
She initially thought that travel dreams are only for rich people.
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But she decided to stop her negative thoughts & emotions.​
She discovered that traveling to places gives her feeling of freedom and independence. She did not want to travel all the time but having adventurous trips twice a year would be perfect.
Dream House
Anna wanted to live in a modern spacious family house with a swimming pool surrounded by a big garden full of flowers and trees.
Her dream house should be located outside the city and have the characteristics (location, inner and outer design) that represented her spiritual world and personality.
She imagined it in her mind every day. But she thought that they would never be able to afford it. ​ ... she changed her thinking and told herself that it is possible to have such a house...
Artwork Display
The core essence of Anna's life was her passion to express her creative soul via artwork.
She loved trying new techniques and was fascinated by pyrography, polymer clay modelling and painting. Her friends were impressed by her skills but she did not feel good enough to sell or display her artwork. ​ It was her biggest challenge to overcome her own disbelief in her abilities and skills.
She knew that happiness starts when she frees herself from fears and limiting beliefs.
She decided to have an artwork display one day...
Do Work You Love
One of Anna's dreams was to use all her skills, experiences and gifts to empower women's daily life through services and products designed specifically for women. She loved people and life, and wanted to support women - their personal and spiritual development. ​
...it was her heart desire so she decided to take little steps and actions every day...that has made her feel happier inside...she was improving her skills every day... ​ ...it was about enjoying the journey and seeing small victories :) ...
Self Acceptance, Inner Work
The most challenging battle is our inner battle with ourselves - by accepting ourselves in the way we are, by feeling good enough, by appreciating the artwork of humanity, by recognising how our uniqueness contributes to the world.
Anna knew that she had to work on these aspects to level up. She started believing in herself, her self-mastery and her place in the world.
Happier life
After Anna changed her belief system and the story she kept telling to herself, she knew that she gave her life the direction she desired to give. She knew that she is going to live her life without regrets. ​ Anna identified the most important essences of her life. She wanted to enjoy her life journey and felt she gained control of her own life. Anna believed that:
"Pray as though everything depended on Universe. Work as though everything depended on you." - Saint Augustine Most of Anna's possibilities, goals and dreams started turning into realities. She worked on several artwork projects for her artwork display, started a project for women and has become an inspiration for other people. Her inner work brought her the feeling of contentment and fulfillment.​Anna has written her dreams and life essences on her magnetic vision board. Anytime she looked at her board, she knew that she has been living her life fully and was very proud of herself......the board gave her sense of control over own life and reminded her all the little but most important decisions she made along the way and ......decisions which changed her life visions into real life moments...
Anna often expressed gratitude for everything she already had. She used the second dry erase magnetic board.
She knew that by appreciating what we are given every day, people we have around us and experiences we go through are the most precious life miracles.
Our Happy Life magnetic boards designed by Anna are tools useful for making and visualising your individual choices!
Have you started thinking or figured out what is your vision of a happy life? ​Well DONE!!
It is not necessary to have your vision complete at this point, but it is so amazing that you are thinking about it! Be proud of your own life story, appreciate your life lessons and count your blessings! You can be happier or live a happier life!
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