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[quote=Anonymous]I really like my life. I live a very average and perhaps a small life but I am very happy.

I think it is due to several things -
- I have had a great childhood and my parents and siblings are loving and close knit. I am in touch with them over phone every day even though they live in another country.
- DH and I do not have emotional baggage from our childhood or romantic relationships. We are our first and only. There is no heartbreak or comparison.
- I have a wonderful husband who is my BFF. I love my kids as they are just amazing people. We are a very affectionate family and we hug and kiss a lot. We are very close to each other. My kids are good kids and compassionate human beings and I love that about them more than anything. 
- I was able to raise my kids the way I wanted because I was home.  In other words, no parenting regrets and only very tiny minor career regrets. 
- We are a family of readers and so we are always learning new stuff. It keeps us growing and happy. 
- We are very green. I know that climate change is happening and it is heartbreaking but we do our part to have our instant gratification. This means green energy, green mode of transportation, recycling, composting, creating habitat for wildlife in our yard and not consuming too much. -- We declutter a lot and that makes us happy. We like living in a somewhat minimalistic, clean and peaceful space. 
- We live below our means and therefore we have financial cushion. We are not status conscious and are content living in a nice space in a cheaper neighborhood. We are in the position to help family members and also donate to charity and it makes us happy. 
- We have hobbies that make us very happy. 
- While I have had severe health setbacks, I am lucky that I have got right treatments in right time and it has prolonged my life. 
- We have good friends and good neighbors and every day we meet and interact with people
- We are great cooks and can cook many cuisines. This means that good food is a way of life and for every meal our kitchen is humming. Someone is always making some tea or fixing some interesting snack for everyone.
- We are not on social media. 
- We do not have addiction and substance abuse in our family. We all like to spend time with each other. 
- We have many birds, pollinators, animals visit our yard and it is very entertaining to all of us. We provide them with food, water and shelter and they provide us with their presence. 
- We volunteer our time and donate our money to worthy causes. It really gives us immense happiness to make a difference. 
- We pray every day and that is my stressbuster. 
- Some normal things of being healthy are  paid lip service but people do not understand how important it is for happiness - good quality and enough sleep, a good digestion and elimination, proper hydration and proper nutrition, some exercise every day. I have a fitbit and I do try to get some walking in every day.

While there has been some recent great losses in our family due to COVID and there are many friends and family I may never see again, I am grateful for these people and this life.  Of course, there is a lot of loss and sorrow too, but, life is a journey and things keep changing every minute and that is the fun of experiencing life. I have my usual fears and anxieties specifically regarding my kids, DH and family, but my remedy is to have contingencies, pray and exercise.  The key is to not obsess and one can train oneself for that. [/quote]

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