My life plan

July 23rd, 2009 John Hill

One side effect of having been so depressed that I considered suicide is that I find it very hard to get motivated by “ordinary” work. I see life as a maze with doors. Behind some doors are rooms that change our lives so much that there is no way to go back and forget that room. Being depressed is one such room, especially if you have to seriously consider suicide as an option to escape.

I feel fine now, but I had to rebuild all my values from nothing. I have dreams and goals. I have motivation. Unfortunately “keep working as nothing has happened” isn’t on my list. I can barely fit in “keep working because you have to get money”, but at the same time I know that every hour of my current work is away from my more important goals. Read the rest of this entry »

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There is no happiness set point

July 21st, 2009 John Hill

Research suggests that there is individual “set point” or “set range” for how happy someone can be. I don’t think that is the case. During my life I have had long periods of “medium low happiness” that I thought was my maximum happiness. Later when I got rid of my health issues my set point changed. I’ve also had periods of dull depression that I could have mistaken for normal state if I hadn’t been happier before.

This makes me think about people who have ALWAYS had some issue that has caused their brain to function less than optimally. They can’t know that they are less happy than they could be! Only after becoming happier they can see that they really had a problem. Read the rest of this entry »

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Can anyone be happy?

January 20th, 2008 John Hill

It’s quite easy to feel happy momentarily, but feeling generally so happy that answer to question “Are you happy?” would be YES! is a bit harder. Stress and health problems (just two examples) can make it harder to feel happy, but happiness is just a state of mind. That means it’s possible to feel happy no matter what the situation is, it’s just harder. This site is about two things: finding happiness and solving health problems that make it harder to feel happy. Read the rest of this entry »

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