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It sounds like you've been on quite a journey towards finding happiness, and it's great that you've made the decision to focus on happiness and study it. It's true that happiness isn't always found in external things, and often it comes from within. Starting on the journey towards happiness, it's important to first focus on yourself and your own well-being. This means being comfortable with your aloneness and finding happiness within before seeking it in relationships or external experiences. Reflecting on where you're at with your happiness can be a helpful step. Consider what brings you joy, what makes you feel fulfilled, and what activities or practices bring a sense of peace and contentment. Sometimes, identifying the things that truly make you happy can provide direction for your personal journey towards happiness.

Rob Mack UNCOVERS: Positive Psychology and How This Improves our Happiness and Well-being

Why are you happy ? You know , like just everything I could basically discover about happiness and unhappiness . I tried to discover and little by little , I started digging myself out of this deep dark depressing hole that I had dug for myself .

Rob Mack UNCOVERS: Positive Psychology and How This Improves our Happiness and Well-being

I think most of us do that . We take a long scenic route or path to happiness , we route it through other people , other things , other places , you know , and eventually come around to realizing that even the most beautiful car most beautiful man or woman , even the most incredible job and unlimited money can't give you the one thing that you , you know , actually essentially are . Hm .

Rob Mack UNCOVERS: Positive Psychology and How This Improves our Happiness and Well-being

You know , you can say all that stuff , but you gotta , you want to say it in a way that they can , that keeps their mind and their heart and their ears open to actually receiving it and actually against it , if that makes sense , right ? In , in terms of , you know , folks that are or aren't in a relationship , you know , I kind of think of it as that of the happiness journey is like maybe a four step process . It is possible to jump directly to the fourth step because the fourth step is a cheat code , ok ?

Rob Mack UNCOVERS: Positive Psychology and How This Improves our Happiness and Well-being

The first step is , you know , it's all about happiness being what you do , right ? So when we start a happiness journey , we mostly think , look , I wanna take some trips . I want to see some beautiful women or some incredible guys .

Rob Mack UNCOVERS: Positive Psychology and How This Improves our Happiness and Well-being

That goes a little bit beyond that . But the fourth step is so at some point in your journey , you realize that happiness is not what you do because sometimes you're gonna be doing something that you thought was fun and exciting . But today it sucks .