It all boils down to: Not being a shitty person. Dance because you want to, not like no one is watching. Laugh so hard you pee yourself & laugh even harder.
There are self help books, how to find your inner peace articles, blah blah blah.. But the real secrets are so much simpler.
I mean seriously every article of the sort features a size 0 woman prancing around a tropical island at sunset, yeah I bet I’d be happy if I were tiny and in a warm place too. Or a woman on a mountain doing some yoga pose, seriously I am not that flexible.
Life doesn’t work like that. Let’s get practical:
Their advice: Cultivate meaningful relationships, treat people how you want to be treated, Golden Rule…
Secret: Just don’t be a shitty person.
Their advice: Find someone that completes you.
Secret: Learn to be happy with yourself, everyone else can hurt you, but you are freaking fabulous. I mean I will be halfway to the grave by the time I find someone to love me as I am.
Their advice: Try to please others.
Secret: Do not do that. Please yourself, that’s it. And if people hate you, well then-they have a problem.
Their advice: Eat a well-balanced diet.
Secret: Sure, being healthy is important. But you want that ice cream, eat the damn ice cream!
Their advice: Do cultural activities. Travel. Go to museums, operas.
Secret: Okay, this one is valid. But don’t feel guilty when you just want to sit your ass on your couch and watch re-runs of Friends.
Their advice: When people say, “You don’t look happy, you need to smile more,” you should smile more.
Secret: That is the most annoying thing ever, if I am pissed, I don’t want to smile. But smile as much as you can, and laugh any chance you get. Hell, laugh so hard you pee your pants, and then instead of getting embarrassed about it, tell it as a great story!
Their advice: Make a good living.
Secret: Find a job that makes you happy. Maybe you aren’t a millionaire. But what means more: a Porsche or loving what you do every day? And always, always do your best!
Their advice: Don’t worry about what others think of you.
Secret: True, do what you want, when you want. My spin: Don’t worry about what others think. Unless everyone says the same thing about you. Then maybe you have crossed the shitty person line we talked about earlier.
In recap: live laugh love. Live as your freaking self and stop caring if people don’t like you. Laugh so your drink shoots out of your nose. Love, well if you are the lucky one of us that has any luck with the opposite sex, then love the hell out of them!
Don’t be a terrible person. Embrace your inner weirdness. Tell inappropriate jokes. Do what you love, stop staying stuck in shitty jobs. Be nice. Give people the benefit of the doubt. Let yourself make mistakes, no one is perfect. Waste a whole day watching Friends. Eat a tub of ice cream. Surround yourself with people that make you happy, not that you need to impress. Don’t dance like “no one is watching,” dance like an idiot, because you freaking want to!
And well if you can afford to go on that tropical vacation, then sure practice yoga on a mountain and prance around on the beach at sunset. But drink too many fruity drinks with umbrellas in them too.
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