Author: AnnaLarsson

When are you happy?

We often talks about what we want. I know I do. I know quite clearly what I want at least in my mind. I want to work less time, earn more money and spend time with my family more often. A new car, money to renovate the house, a new RV and travelling more with my family would also be quite nice.

How many of you have asked yourself what you value. That is another kind of question. If you think about it that is the most valuable question to ask yourself.

What do I value… For me I value time with my family, love and closeness with the people who I care most about.  Experience my country with my husband in an RV is also in the top of my list. On the other hand I value the possibility to help people and that is what I do at my ordinary job at the customer support service. In my journey I hope to inspire people to find their daily smile in their quest to find what matters to them in their life.

Real happiness

What is real happiness anyway? It seems to change over time. What made me happy in the past doesn’t necessarily make me happy today. Happiness and what you value belong together, I strongly believe that. If you can live your life finding your value you are automatically happier. At least I feel I am.

What is real happiness for you? That can be a hard question to answer if you never have found your true happiness and that is quite sad. I have no idea how to inspire people to search for a happier life. I believe that if you find something of value in your life you will start feeling more happiness. It can be helping someone with small things, get a hug from someone who cares for you or having love and laughter in your life.

For me I find happiness in hugging my grandson, walking in the forest with my dog or just make someone smile from within. I hope be able to assist a person to find value and feeling happy in their life. It doesn’t have to be big things. Sometime small ordinary daily things are more valuable than one big thing that happens once in a lifetime.

Finding what matters

I hope you think about what you value and that you reach out for that. I am trying to free more time to spend with my family and getting my health back on track. That is why I started this journey. I have a job that I love and I love the family-feeling at my workplace but it’s too stressful, my health is getting worse. I realized that I have to do something about my situation. I have to find a way to get the economy to function at the same time getting my health back. It was a tuff decision to make but I had to make it anyway. For now I work at my ordinary job and then I work for my future. My goal is to work on my journey every day even if it’s only for a few minutes. I won’t put too much pressure on myself and I won’t get irritated if I can’t make the time to work for my future every day. I just accept that sometimes my body doesn’t function as I want it to.

Please think about what you value, find your happiness and take good care of yourself. You are worth to have a great life with lots of happiness, love and a lot of laughter.

Explore the possibilities

If you want to explore the journey I found for me just follow the link below, sign in, meet one of my mentors and get some free training. I really want you to find your way in life as I have done. I still have a lot of work to do on my trail and I am doing it in my own pace, loving every bit of the way. Your way might look different than mine does but if so, it’s as it should be. Remember to find your daily smile.

See yaaa all next time!  

Annas Chosen Trail

Work and a long visit from Mr. Crohn’s Disease…

Now I have been working for a few weeks with my ordinary job. It’s like I never had a vacation. I have also been working on the dream for my future, small steps. I don’t want to have Mr. Crohn’s Disease staying to long. He is still here but he gives me some breaks now and then.

Moving farward

Yesterday was quite a good day so I opened my laptop and worked for a while. I sorted out some of the problems I had on my way forward. Even if I really enjoy this new journey I haven’t said anything to anyone at work yet and don’t know why. I’m a bit afraid of what they will think and say. They might find me disloyal and I don’t feel that I am. There is only one person I need to be loyal to and that is me. When I feel my health getting worse after just a few weeks at my ordinary job which I love by the way tells me that I have no choice but to work for another future. It’s necessary for having a life at all. Therefor I have to be loyal to myself and let my health be my first priority. 

If you are in the same situation you know what I am talking about. The thing is, with this new journey I can work when my body let me. It’s a way to relax for me. I can sit on my couch with my feet up and the computer on my knees, working for a few minutes or sometimes for a few hours. I am taking it slow and that thinking let me take the steps forward in my own pace. I have no deadline to hold just small goals that I know I can reach. I am in this for the long run because it’s fun and worth so much.

Getting new insights

I switched listening to news in the morning to listen to some webinars where I can learn new things, listen to others in my situation and get real good insights. It gives me a more positive start of my day. There are a few things successful people do every day, one of those things is they learn new skills, than they do them after that they teach them to someone else. I think this is powerful and I believe in lifelong learning. There is always something to learn, every day. Sometimes it’s a small thing other times its life changing.

Today when I was listening to a webinar they talked about chattering minds and how to calm your mind with being in the present moment. Have you ever wonder about that? What happens when you just stop what you are doing and just start smelling, seeing and feeling your surroundings? I realised that I don’t do that often enough. So I got a tip that I want to share with you in how to get present in the moment. You need like 3 minutes if you want to try this out.

Be in the present moment

1. Find a place you like to be in and sit down.
2. Keep your eyes open and take a deep breath
3. Feel the wind, hear the sound and take in all the smells while seeing all the beautiful things around you
4. To keep your mind buzzy count to 20
5. When your mind pops in and putting words in your head like –oh! Car or Bird or some other word just start counting from the beginning again.
6. Keep doing this for 2-3 minutes about twice a day.

Please tell me how it went, did it work? Could you enjoy the present moment and will you do this again?

Do you want to learn new things, grow as a person, teach your new skills to someone else and work from wherever you are at the moment? Everyone deserves to have their best life and to find their daily smile. If you want to learn more about my journey just follow the link below. There you can sign in and meet one of my mentors.

Remember to find your daily smile because you are worth it!

See yaaa all next time!  

Annas Chosen Trail