7 Things to Ignore to Live Happy

Anil Lakesar
3 min readJul 19, 2022

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Life is full of struggles and we all know it. There is no shortcut to happiness to living a struggle-free life, so, everyone struggles on different levels. According to my view, happiness in your life depends on your attitude and the way you see your daily struggles. Don’t worry, I am not going to give a lecture on how to live a happy life in this post. I will just share the things which you take too seriously, but in reality, they have no great values.

Hello there! Hope you all are doing well and happy in your life, if not, then you should focus on the things that I am going to mention in this list. Because these things affect our happiness and our attitude, and as I said, happiness depends on your attitude.

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Things To Ignore to Live Happily

1. Your Past and Your Future

Do you keep thinking about the mistakes you have done in your past?

It is seen that people just keep living in their past and ruminate on how good or bad their life was. It is found that when you constantly think about your past, it will eventually lead to anxiety and depression in your life. It happens because we keep thinking about the mistakes we done in our past, and we just can’t let ourselves out of the regrets.

The same thing applies to the future. I know we have to think about our future so that we can plan accordingly, and I agree that future planning is helpful. But if you become so much obsessed about the future and you just keep worrying about how your life will be after years. If you keep thinking about the future that you become paranoid about the uncertainty of the future, then it will make it difficult for you to take action in present.

You have to understand that worrying about your past and future are some of the things which you cannot change. You have to get rid of thoughts related to past mistakes and future uncertainties.

2. What do people say?

Are you always worried about people’s opinions regarding you?

You may have heard that people will always have something to say, so, it will be better to ignore their opinion. You can’t live your life happily if you start living your life to satisfy the norms decided by the people in society. You should understand that you are not obliged to please others and get approval from them to live your life. You are the only one who knows how you can make yourself happy. Seeking validation and life living according to people’s opinions will just make your life hard. It will make you stop doing things which you really want to do. So, stop worrying about people’s opinions and start making your own decisions.

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Anil Lakesar

Hey there, I am a freelance writer, a blogger who writes on personality development, life lessons and psychological things.