Being Happy:)

I'm in the middle of something or really everything, that moment where you stand on the treshold of the next big step in life. I'm ending a contract job and am so excited to be moving permanently back to Oregon and ready to settle down officially. I very much would like to buy a house and take that next step of adulthood. My issue is that I'm going to need to find a new and great paying job that will support me and a house payment, easier said than done.
There are a million little things to worry about in this move but more than that, I'm finding it hard to find my happy place. I know that people make their own happiness, mine is just being elusive. Life does not always take the direction we assume it will; paths change, choices are made and hey....it's life! It's getting to the point of accepting what hand you have been dealt and changing the things you have control over. The day is never long enough to accomplish everything and there is always more.
I have found that being happy takes a lot of work and time to figure what things truely add to my happiness. While creating a list, there are lots of things that make me happy, why then am I always busy doing things that don't make me happy? Strange a person would even need to ask this. I've decided the get rid of all the extras, start only doing activities that really, truely make me happy and stop trying to please other people. When I fill my day with fun things, it allows me to stay focused on the present and make it through the day feeling good about myself, the future, and life.
Now I have just gotten to this point, so hopefully I can put it into effect and successfully use it daily. Like my dad is always saying, "a person needs to have a success story everyday." I am trying and now have better ideas on how to make every day a happy, successful, and fulfilling day. The sun is shining a little brighter and I'm ready for it to stay that way, so wish me luck on this new adventure of happiness and taking those steps into a better life!