ShybutHi said:If you don't have any friends or a partner or anything, at least there can be practically no social hindrance whatsoever. What I mean by that is you can do what you want and when you want without anyone ever questioning it.
The world is your oyster.
Dexter said:How to have a happy lonely life?
How to enjoy loneliness?
How to have a great time without friends?
Dr. Strangelove said:Hobbies... hobbies... and hobbies. Basically anything you can do that keeps you busy and you enjoy doing.
peergyntbb said:Gym Being physically active helps.
pandas123 said:Gym could definitely b one of them! It helps as a stress reliever as well.
daughter of the moon said:Indeed. Enjoy the simple things in life. Play your favourite music and don't worry about singing along (if you have the kind of non-voice that I do. lol). Light a candle - or thirty. Cook your favourite meal. Sleep alone in a big bed by yourself (that one is awesome ).
You get what I'm saying. Happiness comes in small doses. Embrace those moments.
Drama said:stop giving a ****?
stop considering loneliness as a huge problem?
Dexter said:I am definetely enjoying the small things in life, but I am not sure if that is enough to be happy at the end of the day?
daughter of the moon said:See, the thing is, we as humans place hugely unfair expectations on happiness. For some reason we have it worked out to be the one big goal in life that we must achieve. Happiness was never meant to be that. Happiness is never a lasting, on-going thing. It's small, short moments - burst of energy, if you will; only there to revive us and by that to carry us through the next stretch of pain and hardship (or banality, mundanity......whatever yours is). Happiness makes us careless and ignorant to an extent. Unhappiness, in whatever form, is what keeps us on our toes.
Therefore, there is no such thing as a happy life. It's a life with intermittent bouts of happiness. If the remainder of it can be lived fairly contented, we have already received more than we could ask for.
9006 said:daughter of the moon said:See, the thing is, we as humans place hugely unfair expectations on happiness. For some reason we have it worked out to be the one big goal in life that we must achieve. Happiness was never meant to be that. Happiness is never a lasting, on-going thing. It's small, short moments - burst of energy, if you will; only there to revive us and by that to carry us through the next stretch of pain and hardship (or banality, mundanity......whatever yours is). Happiness makes us careless and ignorant to an extent. Unhappiness, in whatever form, is what keeps us on our toes.
Therefore, there is no such thing as a happy life. It's a life with intermittent bouts of happiness. If the remainder of it can be lived fairly contented, we have already received more than we could ask for.
Of course there's such a thing as a happy life, but when someone says that obviously they don't mean it to the extent of living every single day with a song in your heart and a beaming smile on your face. If anyone has that in mind is either high or 12 years old. What they mean is to be more happy than not; doesn't everyone want that?
People shouldn't take what others say so literally.
Sci-Fi said:Everyone has there own definition of happiness. I've seen a good varying degree of that in replies here. It's what will make you happy, not what makes anyone else happy. One thing that works for some may not work for others. I would say the same thing as Dr. Strangelove, hobbies, but that's because mine bring me some sort of joy.
Dexter said:How to have a happy lonely life?
How to enjoy loneliness?
How to have a great time without friends?
I would like to hear your thoughts on these questions.
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