So, I figured out how to be happy. Life must be smooth sailing from now on, right? Well, it’s never really that simple. Knowing how to be happy or what makes me happy doesn’t make me happy, it doesn’t even ensure that I do the things that make me happy. How funny is that? The problem is, knowing what makes …
Life Satisfaction
My life didn’t turn out the way I hoped it would, that’s no secret. It didn’t even turn out the way I thought it would and honestly, I have had a tendency to be quite pessimistic in my younger years, so I didn’t think very highly of myself nor my prospects in life. Luckily, that whole pessimism thing was something …
Unemployment
I graduated with a master’s degree 4 years ago. I was working in December 2016, writing my thesis and I had already been looking for a ‘real job’ for many, many months – almost a year. I had been doing little odd jobs on the side trying to make ends meet; a few weeks here, a month of full-time work …