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Saturday, May 2, 2015

What is happiness?

contemplation

My last weeks here in Morocco have been filled with sequences of reflection about what I actually want to do with my life. The question usually leads to confusion. Most of the time I don't even know what I want to do with my day. It's much easier to say, what I don't want to do.

But let's get back to the question what to do with one's life. So, what does everybody want? I guess that's happiness. Ok, I want to be happy. What exactly does that mean to me? I will make a list of things that a happy life contains for someone like me:

  1. An interesting occupation that keeps my mind busy
  2. Good food
  3. A place to stay
  4. Love
  5. Friendly and inspiring people
  6. Nature, preferably the sea
  7. Exercise
  8. Freedom
  9. Health
Did I forget something? Maybe WIFI, but that is included in A place to stay. So let's look at all these points a bit closer and see if it's clear what I mean. Some of them seem more specific like Good food, others are more vague like Love or an interesting occupation.

I'll reflect on each one of these points in the following posts. Please let me know in the comments if you think there is an important thing missing.

 

 
street marks being repainted in Taghazout