Happiness is Designed for the Present

In the beginning, before I decided to make a big decision to study on my own, and create my own college course, there was an on-going question that I had at the back of my mind. “Why don’t I feel happy learning what I’m doing?”. I’ve shared before in my first blog “Hi There!”, that this question and feeling I had during my first year of college was eating away at me. It made me begin to question my purpose of having to go through the classes I was attending. The all-nighters for due projects the coming days, the long hours sitting and listening to lectures on Zoom, was it all worth it? Is all that time something I was willing to sacrifice, in order to maybe get into the job of my dreams?

It was a big decision, but I decided the time I would spend in that course for the next 3-4 years could be used in a better and more efficient way. So I set my mind to gather data and take specific courses and lessons that would help me reach that dream I have in mind. It’s been almost a year since I made the decision to study on my own and I’ve never been more determined to study and learn. I came across this quote while reading a book and it struck me. “Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present” a quote by Jim Rohan. This quote hit home and I felt like the universe urged me to continue on this path that I am taking. Why do I have to wait or postpone my happiness, when I can be walking in a path where the presence of happiness is already there!