How are you able to be happy?

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i used to read much but can't anymore

I find that happiness comes when you're not thinking about it - when you're busy doing something. Afterwards I'll realise that I was happy for that time but as soon as you think about it, it's gone.

I'm not too sure what's going on most of the time. But I am happy most of the time, I have the occasionally how the hell I am I ever going to get a proper job, will I have any friends etc moments but they usually pass pretty quickly. It's like I'm a child in attitude with the odd adult realisation moment. But what are you going to do, might as well have fun.

I don't think a world as messed up as this one is in any shape to tell me how I should feel about myself or my life, or what qualifies as work well done.

Pretty much all of the above. I like to learn new stuff, and the Internet provides lots to focus on. Reading history (mainly military) and books on tape are good for me. Better still is when I can get into something creative. I did photography for years, but now mainly do photo restoration.

I have actionable plans for the short-term future, which console me for what I would otherwise perceive as a directionless existence. In the mean-time, I'm working part-time and have to go to work each day, and I find that is quite exhausting sometimes but prevents me from feeling that my present tense existence is directionless as I am contracted for a few more months. So, that is an important routine to me. Also, I make sure to eat regularly, and go to bed at just about the same time each day, and this prevents food and/or sleep deprivation from interfering in the production of my mood state. Also, I continue to take medication despite doubts, which prevents medication withdrawal from interfering in the production of my mood state. Also, I am reading a book and that is what I do when I have energy, and I plan to read other books. Though progress is very slow, at least I know that I have a goal.

In all, it appears to me that both order and direction is important to the production of an inoffensive mood state, and in that sense both routines (sleeping, eating, part-time job) and goals (reading a book) appear quite important to me.

Also, I talk to people on the Internet, and therefore do not feel socially isolated.

if there were suddenly no internet, that would represent a challenge to maintain happiness.

going outside and working up a good huffin' and puffin' sweat seems to wash away the ill humors, at least for me.

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