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M3:D95 Happiness

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What's on my mind today?

Today's post has less to do with fitness and more to do with life in general.  Happiness can be an elusive thing.  Many people spend their lives chasing after happiness.  It comes in so many different forms.  People tend to think that everything in their life must be happy in order for them to consider their life happy.  I wonder about that decision.

Happiness can involve finding that right person to have as part of your life.  The person you want to share everything with.  She's that person who you can talk with until the wee hours of the morning even when you have to get up for work in the morning.  She's the person you can share all your secrets with.  She's your partner for life.  Having this person in your life is happiness.

Happiness can involve children.  Children tend to bring joy to everyone in a family.  Children are something to be cherished and protected.  Having children in your life is happiness.

Happiness can involve choosing the right career path for yourself.  A career can be very rewarding.  The daily challenge of one's career and the personal growth one obtains from the career are forms of happiness in themselves. 

Happiness can involve friends.  Having a friend that you can talk to about anything is amazing.  Having that friend who never judges you, but will set you straight is invaluable.    Having a good friend in your life is happiness.

I could go on and on about what happiness can be, but the point is really not that hard to grasp.  You can have a happy life without everything being perfect.  If you focus on those things that make you happy and attempt to improve those things that don't, you will soon realize just how much happiness you have in your life.  We all tend to dwell too much on the negative aspects of our life and not enough on the smaller pieces of happiness we have.

I personally feel that it is so easy to be negative.  It really doesn't take that much effort.  If I want to pick something apart, I can do it instantly.  Now turn that around and find several good things about a topic and suddenly you have a job on your hand.  I believe that this is because we spend too much time on the negative.  We are far too comfortable there.  Today I am suggesting that we change that.  Start complimenting people more.  Start complimenting yourself more.  Begin to look for the good in every situation.  As you practice this type of behavior you will soon see a paradigm shift towards being more happy.  Trust me here, it works.

accountability

 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

Today I continued through my tour of body parts, landing on the chest.  More of the same as the rest of the week with a weight that I can do 50 reps with.  I hit 2 exercises back to back, no rest between exercises and no rest between sets.  I completed 12 sets of each exercise for a total of 24 sets.  My chest feels slightly sore, but it isn't reacting the same as the rest of my body and that has me thinking about the right way to approach chest training.
 
Exercise the brain with the Thought of the Day!

“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.” — Albert Camus
 
Get a discussion started by answering the question!

Do you focus too much on the negative and not enough on the positive?  Comment this post to answer the question.
 

 
 

Mission 1, Day 95: Accountability is increasing

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

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About Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT

Mike is a passionate bodybuilder, NPC Competitor and ISSA Certified Personal Trainer who is always looking for ways to do things better. He also has a passion for correcting the misinformation that is prevalent in the bodybuilding and fitness industry today. Mike is currently working on his first eBook, Get Back to Lifting, which is scheduled to be released soon. He is also working on a second book, The Average Guy's Supplement Guide, that is scheduled to be released the end of 2016.

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