> I think reminding yourself to be grateful for things is important, but should be separated from trying to find happiness. Hmm... I think if you are finding t

> I think reminding yourself to be grateful for things is important, but should be separated from trying to find happiness. Hmm... I think if you are finding things to be grateful for, you really are on your way to happiness. Maybe really, the search for happiness is actually the problem. I don't know what your search for happiness looks like, I know what mine looks like. I imagine that i will be happy when X happens, or when life event Y or Z happens. Of course, it may be that none of X, Y, or Z happens, ever. Does that mean I can't be happy in my current or future circumstances? Nope. I will also put it out there and say that comparing our lives to others on facebook or instagram, etc. is a recipe for disaster. Maybe their lives really are better than ours, maybe they are not. What we see there is a "photoshopped" version of their life, and that creates dissatisfaction with our own lives. Put simply, I'm trying to both "have goals for the future, but be satisfied in today".