From feeling depressed to being happy, there was one truly important change I went through. A big mental shift, a change in attitude towards life and obstacles. I finally, not only understood that happiness is a choice, no, after a long process I fully engrained it and live it.

“Let Fate find us prepared and active. Here is the great soul—the one who surrenders to Fate. The opposite is the weak and degenerate one, who struggles with and has a poor regard for the order of the world, and seeks to correct the faults of the gods rather than their own.”

When I recently read this quote from Seneca I immediately felt a sense of clarity. It was this exact thing, that had made me depressed for years. I had been weak and degenerate as Seneca puts it. On multiple occasions I had been struggling with fate. I failed to accept the reality and deal with it. Instead I grieved on it, entertained the negative thoughts, and in a consequent vicious cycle I steadily felt more unhappy and depressed.

It was a long fight to finally change. For multiple month, I leaned into everything that was happening and has been happening in the past. I learned to accept it. And I learned to deal with it by switching my perspective on it. It has been a couple of painful months, but maybe these have been the most valuable months of my life. Finally, I achieved the mental shift necessary to deal with obstacles, and most importantly to be happy with my life. I’m now prepared to surrender to my fate.

In this podcast Episode I explain how this change in mental attitude is such a huge shift and allows you to chose to be happy in every situation. I tell stories from my past, to highlight how I’ve gone wrong and caused my own suffering. Finally, I share the process I went through during the last couple of months in which I finally achieved this huge mental shift.

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