Hmmmm, happiness… such an interesting topic for me. I go through waves of happiness every so often but most of the time I’m just working really hard to stay sane!
Things that get in the way of us being happy:
Long work hours, either because someone else thinks we need to or we make ourselves think we need to.
The weather affects us more than we like to let on. It’s cloudy and dreary, I’m cloudy and dreary. (I do love thunderstorms though…weird.)
The biggest one is our Vampires. Ok I know what your thinking but these ones aren’t glittery or look anything like Brad Pitt. My friend and coach Michelle Ward has a great blog post on how to she realized she needed to kill her Vampires! I totally think I still have a few wandering aimlessly in my head sucking the life out of my happy thoughts!
“You can’t run a successful business, be a good mom AND have a clean house!”
“No one is going to read your blog posts so why even bother writing them!”
“You don’t deserve to be happy.”
So, what’s the solution. Well that’s up to you! Figure out what your Vampires are telling you and then decided not to listen to them. Yup, it’s that easy.
Ok so maybe not EASY but that’s what needs to happen. You can also get help by telling your girlfriends what your Vampires are saying and then watching them laugh at how wrong your Vampire is and then telling you how awesome you are while you all drink margaritas!
Enjoy this Vampire hunting song. It’s a bit R rated but what else would you expect from a Vampire hunting song?! Go kill those Vampires and write that novel, paint that painting and finish that other project that you know will make you happy!
This post is a part of Momalom’s Five for Ten series!
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Oh, I LOVE this. Pointing out all the things that we let getting in the way of our happiness. Yes. We ALL have vampires. Ew. And it's so important to kill them off and let the happiness speak LOUDLY. Great post!
Such an interesting take on this! I love it! I need to figure out who/what my vampires are and do some sort of exorcism on them! Damn vampires begone! Thank you!
I love this idea! I'd never heard that before, but that is so perfect! Yes, they are definitely VAMPIRES – sucking all the great stuff out! Awesome!
It is hard to ignore them, but so worth it – it's amazing how many of us are battling the same vampires, isn't it?!
I love thunderstorms too!
Vampires. Yes! My insecurities eating away at me and draining me of confidence and life. They deserve no mercy, especially when happiness hangs in the balance.
I like to call these my “demons.” Same principle, different name. Ignoring them is hard. I have had so many days where I just want to sit and do nothing because the “vampires” are telling me I'm not good enough. “Well, I'll show them!” I (sometimes) think. And, guess what? I do.
That's a good way of putting it: vampires — things that suck the life out of you. =)
I LOVE the song. Fantastic.
And as a fan of all things vampire (OK, maybe just Buffy and From Dusk Til Dawn), the header caught my attention from the list on Momalom, and I thoroughly enjoyed this post. A lovely how-to guide. Thank you!
Fellow 5-for-10er, and will be back!
Vampires are the worst of the worst. I like to picture mine as really ugly (but not in a scary way) with the voice of an old Jewish New Yorker. It makes me laugh every time. Oh, & I can say that because I’m Jewish. And a New Yorker. So, your vampire might say “You don’t deserve to be happy” but mine says “Happiness? That’s meshugah!” So not threatening
I LOVE the song. Fantastic.
And as a fan of all things vampire (OK, maybe just Buffy and From Dusk Til Dawn), the header caught my attention from the list on Momalom, and I thoroughly enjoyed this post. A lovely how-to guide. Thank you!
Fellow Five-for-Tenner here, and I will be back!