What Makes You Unhappy Is The Secret To Your Happiness

Given the option, choose to find, make or buy time more for meaningful experience or activities

Thomas Oppong

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What makes you unhappy?

For centuries, great minds have been searching for answers to human happiness. But not many people take time to understand what makes them miserable.

There are many unhappy people in the world. Knowledge and a deeper understanding of what drives you insane or make you sad can help you find experiences that make you happy.

The more you understand yourself, your unhappy experiences and behaviours that bring out the worst in you, the more you can shift and focus on activities that make you happy.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness. Fyodor Dostoevsky said.

Too many people focus on finding happiness. It’s the wrong pursuit. Making happiness a goal doesn’t work, and more often than not, you will end up miserable. It’s an ultimate illusion. You will waste a lot of time you could have invested in activities that can contribute to a meaningful life.

“We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who…

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Thomas Oppong
Thomas Oppong

Written by Thomas Oppong

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