Ahh, the eternal question… how to be truly happy. Of course, there really isn’t one answer, but depending on your life situation, at least one of these six points might just hit the mark… and that should be enough, right? 
This was inspired by an article I read in “Good Housekeeping” (yeah, yeah! hehe), and there were a few points there that were quite applicable and really helped me. So I hope to be able to do the same thing for the readers here.
Sadly, I’m part of the darker, gloomier side of things, thus the title of the blog. I guess the situation I’m in now won’t allow me to be happy… just yet. But I am optimistic that very soon, everything will fall into place. Here’s what I have in my Happiness Loot Bag: I have a great job that I love, but I’m annoyed at how I need to be hands-on with everything for something good to happen. I’m my mom and dad’s favorite and they would do anything for me, except support me in the most important event in my life. My fiancee is the love of my life, but we sometimes argue like crazy about the smallest, most irritating things.
My happiness inhibitor is that I easily get dragged down to that sad state when people who are closest to me are really down. It indirectly affects 
my mood because no matter what I do about it, I can’t seem to alleviate the situation. So even if I try to be happy when I open my eyes every morning, it just won’t work. I’m a pretty optimistic and realistic person, which is the best mix in my opinion. You don’t sell yourself short but you don’t expect miracles to happen either. So I think I still have hope in trying to achieve the happiness that I’m longing for. And there really are strategies that can help you along the happy road to life, and here are six of them:
