Personal Diary

  • Personal Diary

    The Day I Stopped Chasing Happiness

    Just turned fifty😎. Fifty is a strange age. It carries enough years to look back on a lifetime of experiences, yet enough life remains to question whether we have truly understood what it all meant. Like most people, I spent a large part of my life chasing happiness. I believed happiness was waiting somewhere ahead of me. In a better relationship. In stronger friendships. In professional success. In financial security. In a healthier body. In becoming a better version of myself. Every achievement brought a brief sense of joy, but it never lasted. The mind quickly moved the goalpost. What…