Random Post: On Finding Your Happiness
Been sharing a lot of my family’s random conversations on my Facebook profile, and some of them are just too long for a status update that I have to edit heavily on the content. On the way to the grocery for an unscheduled shopping this afternoon, husband and I again got into fits of laughter over something. And while still trying to catch my breath, I said: This one is going to be my status later. Or maybe this can be a blog post.
So here I am, back from an unscheduled shopping, writing an unscheduled post on what I always talk about: finding your happiness.
The husband broke our coffeemaker’s glass decanter this morning. Accidentally dropped it, and it broke into a thousand pieces. However busy my Saturdays are, not having a coffeemaker on Sunday morning will be a violation of our motto: Everything gets better with coffee. So off we went for a not-so-short drive to the city to get a replacement.
Before we left, I asked for my eldest daughter’s help over some tasks that I need to accomplish for today: creating images on Canva for a site I’m working on.
During the drive, we started talking about our kids, and the choices they are making, the directions they are taking.
So here’s the conversation:
Me: I think that’s a good exercise for her, give her an idea if she’s going to enjoy working on graphics. And she can play around with WordPress and online stores.
Hubby: Ako, Marge? Kelan mo ituturo sa ‘kin yong shopping cart?
Me: Ah, ‘yon. I’m just waiting for you to sit beside me. You’re always busy with other things. And I don’t want to force the issue. You know, we really have to talk about what you will do with your website. We need to diversify.
Hubby: Yeah. ‘Yong sinasabi mo na online shop.
Me: That’s one thing. But it’s not you. We need to find your core. I mean, palagi ‘yan ang sinasabi ko sa mga workshops ko. Find your core. Find your happiness. Create opportunities. Tapos di ko ma-apply sa asawa ko. I want you to be happy with what you’re doing. I don’t want you to do things just for the money. It has to be something that you really enjoy, because it will be long-term. Only make money with what you love to do.
Hubby: Okay naman ako sa ginagawa ko ngayon, Marge.
Me: Yes, but that’s not long term. We are not sure how long your engagement will last. And we can’t have all our eggs in one basket. We need to establish something that is really for you. Something that has your personality in it.
Hubby: ‘Yong online store, paano ba ‘yon?
Me: Well, you need to have items kasi for that. Products or service. But I don’t think it’s for you. Let’s start from the beginning nga. Tell me, what’s your happiness?
Hubby: YOU.
And he wants to learn how to set up an online store.
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