How to enjoy life today regardless of your problems

Nothing is ever perfect.

Nothing ever just falls into place and rests just the way you like it.

There’s always something.

There’s always that voice. Sometimes it mumbles, but others it yells.

Life will never be completely harmonious.

When one thing straightens out, another bends and frays.

So at least we can all agree that we’ll never reach a place where things are ideal.

Accepting this is the first part of the equation. If we want to enjoy our lives, regardless of what it looks like, this is what we’ll have to do.

We must first accept.

When we don’t, we leave room for chasing an ideal that never comes. That’s draining. Ever seen a hamster running on its wheel? Exactly.

When we’re not chasing happiness, we have time and energy for other things. We have more bandwidth.

That attention can be put to better use than rumination.

Building a new chair, say.

The other part of the equation so many miss, is understanding the curious human trait we all share: We feel things. More specifically, we feel our thoughts. And often, our thoughts don’t feel good.