The Mind-F&ck Paradox of Chasing Happiness: Why More Equals Less

The great escape.

When we break free from chasing the lives we believe we’re supposed to live and embark on the journey of creating the lives we actually want to live, something extraordinary happens.

It’s one of the most profound transformations available in our shared human experience.

Because the life we believe we’re supposed to live isn’t a life of our design, it’s a hand-me-down blueprint of shoulds, expectations, opinions, and what’s safe and acceptable.

It’s a life of chasing the answers and happiness “out there.”

Sure, we catch much of what we’re chasing, but the more we chase and catch, the emptier we feel.

It’s a mind-f*ck paradox where more equals less.

Because the emptiness we experience will never be filled by anything outside ourselves, and the harder we try, the worse it becomes.

When we don’t enjoy our careers and seek happiness through acquisition, we’re imprisoning ourselves further in the very thing we don’t want.

More stuff means less freedom.

It means less time for what’s meaningful and fulfilling, and meaning and fulfillment are what fill the emptiness we feel.