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Stop Saying “I’ll Be Happy When…”
3 min readNov 10, 2021
Happiness will not come to you, it can only come from you.
Recently I saw this next post and it really resonated with me.
Two years ago, and this was before discovering and practicing meditation, gratitude, and self-awareness, I reached a point in my life where nothing could bring me joy.
I had maxed out my credit card because I was using shopping as a distraction. When I didn’t want to deal with my emotions, when I didn’t want to reflect on how unhappy I was, I shopped.