What Makes Me Happy: How I Discovered My Most Blissful Moment
What Makes Me Happy: Discovering My Most Blissful Moment
It happened on a Tuesday. A quiet, ordinary, nothing-special kind of day.
I had no plans. No deadlines. Just a thermos of coffee, a journal, and a trail I hadn’t walked in years.
I didn’t set out to find joy that day—but I did.
Not the kind of joy that explodes with confetti.
The kind that settles in your bones like sunlight through leaves.
And as I stood barefoot in the grass, watching the wind ripple across the lake, a single truth floated to the surface:
This. This is what makes me happy.
The Myth of Constant Hustle
For years, I had chased happiness in achievement.
Career milestones. Recognition. Growth hacks and hustle.
I measured my worth in output and metrics, as if joy were a goal I could grind my way toward.
But no matter how much I accomplished, the joy was fleeting.
It never settled. It just shimmered at the horizon—close, but never mine.
I didn’t realize the truth until I slowed down long enough to hear myself breathe:
I wasn’t chasing happiness. I was outrunning it.
Uncovering the Moments That Matter
That Tuesday, alone with nature and silence, I wrote a question in my journal:
What has ever made me feel completely alive?
Not proud. Not successful.
Blissful.
And the answers surprised me:
Sitting by a campfire, laughing with people I love.
Creating something that came from the soul, not the strategy.
Feeling unhurried. Unpressured. Unseen by the world, but deeply seen by myself.
None of it had to do with status. Or money. Or followers.
It had everything to do with presence.
Redefining Happy: It’s Not Out There—It’s In Here
I realized that my most blissful moment wasn’t a highlight reel event.
It was ordinary. Real. Unfiltered.
It was:
Freedom from expectation.
Peace in the pause.
Connection—with nature, with myself, with the now.
And the more I paid attention to these simple moments, the more they multiplied.
Not because life changed.
But because I changed what I noticed.
Your Turn: What Makes You Truly Happy?
If you’ve been waiting for happiness to arrive in some big, dramatic moment, maybe it’s already here—just quieter than you expected.
Try this:
Take one hour to unplug.
Ask yourself: What are the moments I didn’t want to end?
Then go recreate that—even just a little.
Because your most blissful moment isn’t a one-time gift.
It’s a guide.
A whisper that says, “This is who you are when everything else falls away.”
Follow it.
