{"id":1254,"date":"2018-12-03T00:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T07:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/?p=1254"},"modified":"2022-04-18T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T21:42:14","slug":"one-thing-i-wish-i-had-known-when-i-was-younger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/one-thing-i-wish-i-had-known-when-i-was-younger\/","title":{"rendered":"One Thing I Wish I Had Known When I Was Younger"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although there are many things I wish I had known when I was younger, one in particular would have made a huge difference in my life!<\/p>\n

That one thing is understanding that our happiness, in large part, depends upon the meaning we assign to whatever we are doing at any given moment<\/strong>.<\/h3>\n

I\u2019ve written before about the fact that we assign meaning to individual experiences, but I\u2019m talking now about assigning meaning to daily activities, and why that is so vital to our outlook.<\/p>\n

When we get caught up in the mechanics of what we\u2019re doing and lose sight of the purpose, (https:\/\/www.melaniebnewman.com\/staging\/9944\/when-responsibility-is-not-a-good-thing\/) life can become heavy and burdensome. When we remember the purpose, and give meaning to what we\u2019re doing, we are somehow given the strength, the energy and the enthusiasm to continue.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The secret is<\/strong> to realize that you are the only one who can assign meaning to what you are doing.<\/em> Others may try, but you are the only one who can know your why.<\/p>\n

Think about the meaning you are unconsciously or consciously giving activities, such as,<\/p>\n