You will never be truly happy if you are relying on someone else for that feeling. This is a trap many fall into when they first start dating.

Instead, the best thing you can do is to focus on self-happiness starting now.

Find your people - the ones who make you laugh, share interests and want the best for you.

Get close to the ones who will tell you the truth even if it’s hard for you to hear.

Now, live life with those people.

It’s common for people to rely on their parents or friends for happiness. They know they’ll be happy when they see them, so they see them all the time forgetting about spending time with themself.

And then there are the ones waiting on their boss to give them approval or a promotion, the “cool kids” to accept them or their co-workers to invite them out.

Something I have talked about in the past is the “be love” philosophy I have started to embrace.

I’d be lying if I said I have successfully shifted my mindset to be fully in the be-love state, but every time I am in this state, I am happy.

Best of all, I’m happy no matter where I am.