WHY YOU NEED TO BUILD A LIFE YOU DON’T NEED A HOLIDAY FROM
When we are booking a spa day or a holiday by the beach because then we will feel happy and relaxed, what we are actually doing is shopping for happiness.
It’s scientifically proven that our mind recalibrates quite quickly after having had a boost of happiness like a holiday. The trigger of having a great relaxing spa day or a week-long holiday will soon lose its benefits when you return to your normal everyday life.
After only a day or two most likely, the feeling of bliss will fade away, like it never happened and you will start feeling stressed and anxious again. So you will look for the next boost, whether it’s a fancy meal in a restaurant, a day trip to London, a mini break to Europe etc.
Whatever it may be, you are looking for short lived relief from your current problems, stresses and anxieties.
What if you could actually feel content every day without needing to seek those short lived experiences of happiness?
What you need to do instead is to work on your happiness every day, and to look after yourself.
Pamper yourself a little bit every day, rather than postponing it till the next day, or for next weekend.
Take action towards your goals every day. Even if it’s just one small action.
Accomplishing a little task each day will give you an energy boost, and so you will feel uplifted by having done something meaningful that will move you forward in life.
Or learn something new. A new hobby that might then lead you to something else in the future. It could become your new passion or get you a new job opportunity.
Say yes to yourself and enjoy the non-materialistic aspects of your everyday life. For example, get a boost from helping your child with their homework, share an experience with your friends, or volunteer for your preferred charity. Look for those experiences, not just the materialistic ones.
Yes it’s good to have a holiday every now and then, we all need a change of scenery every so often, but it shouldn’t be a way of escaping from your life, because your life will catch up with you!
Your holidays will be just an added extra as and when they happen, but you will not live your life waiting for your holidays.
Feel happy now.
Build a life you don’t need a holiday from, and then just go on holiday for the sake of it, to see a new place, to have a new experience and see something different, not as a way of escaping from your own life.
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