Over the years I have come to realize that most things in life are passing and that only a few things remain constant in our lives. You might think there are many things to bother about but you can sum up the important stuff into 3 categories and I'll break it down for you.
Health:
Your Health, ( body and mind) is your biggest priority. Imagine having a car you know you can never change, you have to use it for 100 years or till you die and you don't even bother taking care of the car, you don't give the car the right fuel it needs and you're always putting sh*t inside the fuel tank. This is how a lot of us treat our bodies and mind.
Don't forget, health can only be preserved, not restored.
Wealth:
Do you know what's never going away? Money problems. Money doesn't solve all your problems but it solves 95%. Most of your problems will most likely be money problems so why wouldn't you strive to make it a priority to always have enough to take care of any money problems you might face as you live your life?
The relationships you keep determine the overall quality of your life.
Relationships are made up of 3 entities. You, your partner, and the relationship between both of you.
You can do things to your partner (eg. being untrustworthy and unreliable or neglecting your child and having (CPS)child protective services take them ) which would hurt your relationship.
You can also do things to yourself that would hurt your relationship too even if you didn't do it to your partner. (eg letting yourself go and giving them the absolute worst version of yourself).
Family, this one is tricky. Your family is the only set of people that have known you since you were born and will know you when you die. Family is family and nobody can change that. If you have shitty family members, then you must start your own. If you have a great family, then you must work to keep it that way and never let bad behavior ruin your relationship with your family.
Love, all of humanity is driven by love, love for a career, love for family, love for wife, love for kids. Everyone needs at least one person who makes you their second priority after themselves. Someone who you can count on and you know makes choices that are good for you. Someone who's cooking you enjoy.
Quality friendships, the keyword here is "quality". There is no point having friends that can't meet you halfway in life, friends that only take and never give, unreliable friends, friends that don't try to better themselves, and hate you for even thinking you could do better. Worthless and will only bring unnecessary drama into your life.
Have friends that share the same goals and values, friends that understand that your success is their success and their success is your success. Friends that eventually become family. Don't expect to find a lot of these.
Every other thing that didn't make it onto this list is what I call "noise". Things that distract you from focusing on these aspects of your life.
So I'll end by saying, happiness is the absence of sadness, and not paying attention to any of these areas of your life will inevitably lead to sadness.
Take care of your health, you can start by cooking your own food, exercise daily, and eat better. Try to have positive thoughts about yourself and life despite what your current situation might look like.
Focus on the path, not the obstacles to the life you want. Look around you for what's already making you money, figure out how you can do it bigger and better to increase your income. Become the person you would like to be in a relationship with.
You're not perfect, you will make mistakes and life will not always be great but stay in the moment and try to enjoy every second of it. Do things better than you're expected, when you work, work with all your heart, when you dance, dance till your legs hurt, make sure you are laughing out loud when you say "lol".
Make yourself a better person so you can do better things, meet better people, and have better relationships. It all starts with you.
ps: it took me 10 minutes to write this article and another 15 minutes to edit.
Good one