Are you happy?
I'm satisfied.
Happy as, uh.
I'm a bit skeptical about the concept of happiness.
Are you happy?
Yes, absolutely.
I choose to be happy every single day.
And I have my routines and things that help me to reach that point.
And I think we all need them.
What she said was right, you could be happy, you know,
living in a forest somewhere, having not a dollar to your name
it's a mindset, really.
What makes you happy?
Oh, playing music.
Humor.
It's a good one. I enjoy humor.
So, are you happy now? Yeah, I'd say so. Yeah.
I just had a trumpet lesson and it was productive.
And that was.
That's always a good feeling. Are you happy?
Yes. What makes you happy?
My family, my children, my grandchildren.
Are you happy?
Yes, I think I am.
I mean, it's nice that it's summer and like,
that seems to lift everyone's spirits.
But I think as
things have started to fall into place, I both know what I would like
to do in the future and know why I'm doing what I do now.
And like, those two things have actually
Helped a lot.
Are you happy I did an application today?
And I said that I was in anguish.
But I don't know. Like, I don't know if that was a joke or not.
I can't really tell.
My friend Harper actually said like, really good point that like, it shouldn't.
Be something that you just try to focus on and be happy, you know?
And I like to say that I don't know if I'm happy or not,
but I try to entertain myself. I'm entertained with life.
I don't know if I'm happy, but I'm enjoying what I'm doing right now.
Right now I'm going through a lot. I'm kind of like in between.
Like I got kicked out of my house last night,
so I'm like, going through, like, homelessness and stuff. Um
Almost. Almost, yeah.
But why haven't you said that you are completely happy.
I'm in my life goal and my life path.
I'm genuinely happy because I'm doing what I want to be doing,
but it's just like the obstacles in my way that's
causing the unhappiness.
So are you happy? That's a loaded question.
I know there's a lot of things
that I am very happy with, but there's there's a balance.
There's a lot of things to be very unhappy with, too.
That's very true.
So in general, like if it was a scale, where would it be at?
Like, I. Think it'd be on the happy side. Yeah.
Okay, that's good. That's good.
So what makes you happy?
Time alone,
creating
music. My family.
Are you happy?
I am.
I would say I'm pretty happy. And.
Yeah. Are you happy?
I'm very happy. Are you happy?
Yeah, I. Am.
I'm so happy that I'm able to do what I love to do.
And I think it starts with knowing who you are and knowing what you're good at.
And if you can get paid for something that you're good at,
whether it's art or creating or just anything like that, it's positive.
And people buy going to, especially your kids.
Are you happy?
Yeah, I am very satisfied. I love what I do.
Are you happy? Am I happy? today?...yeah
Are you happy?
Yeah. Can you say you're happy?
I'm. Excited with life.
What makes you happy?
An outlet for. Creativity.
Are you happy? Yeah. Can you say that you're happy?
I wouldn't.
I wouldn't go that far for anyone who is actually watching.
How can they achieve that?
Okay.
Life or happiness that you may call it.
Oh, all right.
That's a that's a profound question.
Yeah, I think.
I think it takes. A certain amount of work.
It isn't easy for me.
I'll say that much, but. Yeah.
And what can you share for people who are watching, who might want to be happy.
And be honest with the people you're around and build relationships?
Do you have any advice or anything that you could say to our viewers
who want achieve that happiness?
You know, I think.
At one level it's very basic.
It's very simple, which is to
to follow what you love to do.
But it's same.
On the other hand, it's
it's difficult sometimes to continue
pursuing things as as life gets difficult.
So it's a balance between
pursuing what you love to do, but persevering.
And I think that
eventually having grit is what's what kind of sees you through.
What can you say to people who want to achieve that happiness?
You got to do what you love.
I used to work making six figures and now I work with Department of justice.
And I literally couldn't be happier.
Strive to success. Don't let nobody bring you down.
When you have the positive people around you, you always could do good.
Let go of yesterday and just live the moment.
What can you tell people to achieve the happiness you have?
Definitely find interest because there's no reason in this world to be bored.
There's so much hobby, there's so many interests and hobbies
and information and being able to process that information and make it interesting
despite spot your standing right now has a lot of history.
Just whatever makes you happy, go for it.
Know what you want
and is great.
People make you happy. Surround yourself with great people.
I feel like I'm in this race or journey alone, just me and God and I'm good.
I would say stop.
Comparing yourself to others.
The things that light other people up
aren't necessarily the things that are going to light you up
and they're not supposed to.
And there's so many times that we think that certain things
are going to make us happy, but you don't know that.
And it's really important to look inside
because you're different from everyone else.
I think.
Just listening to your heart and doing what
you really want to do, like not worrying about the ifs, how.
Why and.
All that other like fuzzy stuff and just do what you want to do.
I would not claim to be an expert on happiness at all, I think.
Yeah, it definitely ebbs and flows and we spend a long time being unhappy.
And for me
personally, that unhappiness was part of the reason why I started
figuring out what I actually wanted to do versus what I thought I wanted to do.
Don't take life too seriously.
Don't take the world too seriously.
Do what it takes to keep you
happy and satisfied.
That's about it.
Do you have any advice for people
who want to achieve happiness or is that even possible?
But I really don't think I'm an authority on happiness.
I think it happens when you're not trying, when that's not the goal.
It's one you're involved in some.
When you get in the flow of some activity that you like
or connection with people that you like, that it comes sort of automatically.
But if you strive for it, it's
striving for that
as a goal, I think might actually get in the way a little bit.
So what would you say for people who want to be happy?
What would your advice be for them?
I think that's really a centered approach to life, like thinking about yourself,
I think you should consider how you can be
a good family member, a good partner, a good member of your community,
a good person, and where you work.
If you think about all those things, then you'll probably be happy
or you won't worry about it because the more you worry about
yourself, you know that you become less.
I like that answer.
What advice would you give them for achieving happiness that you have?
That's a tough one because you have to you have to seek it in yourself.
You can't look for happiness in someone else.
And so many people try to do that.
They think, oh, if I
if I take this person, I'll be happy for, oh, if I get this job, I'll be happy.
But you really have to look inside and figure out
what's going on in yourself to make yourself happy
because you're the only one that can really do that.
That was an amazing answer. Thank you so much for your time.