{"id":6,"date":"2013-03-12T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/2013\/03\/12\/working-towards-happiness\/"},"modified":"2015-02-17T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T17:28:44","slug":"working-towards-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benkrefta.com\/transformation\/2013\/03\/12\/working-towards-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Working towards happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"happiness-road-sign\"<\/a>“We need to always be working towards something in order to feel useful and have a sense of purpose.”<\/p>\n

I read this quote today on another blog. It’s true and most of us know it. I know it, yet that doesn’t stop me from getting stuck or sometimes I forget what it is I actually want!<\/p>\n

Sometimes I check out Maslow’s hierarchy of needs<\/a>\u00a0 to remind myself what humans need most and what my priorities should be. It would seem I need to work towards acquiring:<\/p>\n

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  1. Employment \/ Money<\/li>\n
  2. Love and Sexual intimacy<\/li>\n
  3. Self Esteem \/ Confidence<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I never know if I should be chasing the Employment which will result in self esteem through sense of achievement or if I should be chasing Self Esteem so that I am able to function within Employment? I suppose most people get their self esteem without even thinking about it- they do what is expected of themselves: finish school, then go to work, then find a partner, then settle down and so on. Through this process self esteem usually finds them, rather than them needing to find it.<\/p>\n

    I guess then, employment, a career and money should be my top priorities for now. As mentioned in my previous post, I have been trying with this one. I suppose now that I’ve identified nailing the whole work\/ money thing as being most important I should focus most on that.<\/p>\n

    I will also continue to keep my other goals and activities ticking along in the background. I’ll attempt to carry on with 3 weekly workouts, keeping an eye out for potential girlfriends (I have a date tomorrow in fact), maintaining a small daily blog (separate from this one) and attempt to get some enjoyment from the occasional game, cinema trip, friend meet up, tv show, internet browsing session.<\/p>\n

    Until I have money or can move out on my own, there’s no point expecting anything new or fun trips out and doing new things every other day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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