> 7. Ground Your Emotions

Yup. But also - no shame and guilt for experiencing them.

And, your expectations of happiness. Something I’m recently internalizing more than I did in the past: happiness is not a constant state. There are happy moments and unhappy moments in life.

I think the search for a constant happiness is what drives feeling unhappy. It’s this blob-like goal.

For me, working on recognizing and being ok with the ups and downs has produced the happiest state of my life.