How do you achieve happiness?

As a 17-year old freshman attending a community college, I enrolled in a philosophy class that made me realize I had a lot of questions. Questions that I have always had in my mind but never really spoke out about it. So this will be my blog of the questions, comments, and observations that I make on this "journey" of what is called College. Starting from my start at a community college to the moment I graduate from a university. I do not pretend that I am smart, nor intellectual. I acknowledge that I am stupid in many areas, which is why I hope I will have at least one reader to help enlighten me and make me a little smarter in helping me answer some questions I have. I do, however, acknowledge that I am smarter than some people, and I expect to have at least ONE rant of how stupid and idiotic people are.

Now I'll start off by being honest to you. And in no way am I looking or asking for sympathy when I state this. What I am about to state is merely a reason as to why I have this question. I am clinically depressed, and apparently I'm not happy like "normal" people are. Happiness itself is pretty vague. How can we define it. It's not like its something tangible or something we can grasp that we keep in our back pocket, and when needed pull out to stop our tears from spilling out. It is merely a feeling/idea that we have in our head that tells us we are satisfied with life at a particular moment. And in that case, why is it that people don't just fool themself into thinking that they're just happy? In theory, this should work. So what if we don't get that warm, gushy feeling. If we focus on the idea of "happiness", we should get it, no?

Although I have felt happiness before, I apparently am not happy with myself, life, or anything in general. I don't know who is, but apparently, being clinically depressed also names me well.. depressed. So someone who isn't I suppose would be at least content with their life and not go through their day wondering if they should blow their brains out, hang themself with a rope, or if they wish to be passive, down a bottle of happy pills their psychiatrist prescribes them. (Hah, just kidding. Please don't actually go and do these things. And no, I don't think about these things either.) So this is to all the normal people out. How do you achieve happiness? How do you hold on to it? and What's your definition of happiness?





There goes my first entry. Although I've stated I am depressed, I am, at least I think I am getting better. As a 17 year old Asian-American female, my entries will sometimes come off as cynical, crude, and feministic, otherwise bitchy. However, although I am all that, I am also very naive and too easily moved by my heart. One day I may be ranting at the stupidity of the human race, and another day I can express my sympathy to seeing a homeless person. And do expect these blogs to come up because I do feel pretty passionate about the two. I may be a bit kind-hearted, but in no way will I allow anyone to bully me. So that would conclude a brief summary about me.


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