Does this resonate with you? “Luckily I am at the point in my life that I define happiness as peace and joy and not as success.” If so, then this exercise may be valuable to you.
The below is a possible flow of thoughts, emotions, and associations that come up in the mind when doing self-observation on this thought. It is meant to help you go deeper into this thought and stimulate you. By no means it is implied that it is the only flow or it is the same for everyone.
(If you are new to the concept of self-observation or looking for some practical guidance then maybe read this article: How Self-Observation Works)
Self-Observation on my happiness
- I have thought a lot about what kind of life I wish for myself.
- Deep down I know what happiness means, but it is hard for me to phrase it.
- I realize I have a good amount of positive outlook about my life. Though I have to remind myself sometimes as I still can fall back into resentment and victim consciousness.
- I used to define happiness with the ‘things’ I can achieve – like family, money, status, a nice house. Not anymore.
- I am happy that I can understand many of my wicked beliefs. The best part is when I realize they are not reality. Not my reality anymore.
- I am happy that I can receive and give love. Finally, I enjoy this.
- I am also happy to understand that there is no problem with being successful in my physical life. Before, I had this twisted belief that success in my physical life would halt my self-development. It was the case until I learned that it is not so.
- I enjoy being kind and strong at the same time. The way I think about strength and not how the outside world would dictate.
- I can be myself, I am happy.
- I don’t ‘enjoy’ being a victim anymore and I am not a victim. This opens the playing field.
- Today I define happiness as joy and peace. This is real.
- I love being independent and at the same time want to be with people who are independent and value deepness.
- I am happy that I can be in my optimistic, positive state of mind.
- I am happy that I have worked for my happiness. It was a given, then glitches happened, then I came back.
- I am happy that I don’t need to think about what makes me happy.
- I am happy to observe that I am motivated to live healthier and care for myself better.
- I enjoy seeing others develop.
Notes
- If you are new to the practice of self-observation then here are some ideas that can help: It is very powerful if you write down your thoughts (like with an old-school diary). It is also very powerful if you phrase your thoughts and emotions in a short and basic way.
- Self Chatter is a self-development tool and one of its major goals is to help with self-observation as a major tool to raise your consciousness. Thus you will find these types of self-observations on Self Chatter.
(None of the articles on Self Chatter are generated by AI.)
