day twenty eight: the month you were happiest this year and why

August. No doubt in my mind. July was awesome too, but August was the best. Actually June was pretty good as well. But August tops them all. I went away a lot, Oregon, Mayne Island, camping. I think it was just awesome for me because I wasn't working, I didn't have a thing to worry about, I was so carefree. Now that's over. That was my last "childhood" summer, in the sense that I didn't have a job, I was still a kid, and now I am an adult. It's scary and exhilarating both at the same time. There is so much possibility and yet I'm somehow afraid that things won't go right. Things never go smoothly that's just life, but I just want to enjoy it as much as I can and accept the dips in the road. I feel like I'm set up for success, with my job (which has been way better lately), with school, with the 3 best friends, with truly amazing family, with all the other friends who are in my life who I may not see on a regular basis but I know they're here for me always, and vice versa. They say money can't buy happiness, well it's really true, I know it from experience and I know it because they best things in life are free, the things that bring me the most joy don't cost much more than a couple of dollars, if that. When I look back at my past I'm not thinking about the big purchases I made or whether I had any big ticket items, I'm thinking about the people I spent my days with, I'm thinking about the moment, I'm thinking about the feelings. It isn't about the material possessions, it never has been so I don't know why people fool themselves and trick themselves into thinking money will solve their problems. All we really need are the necessities, and whenever I'm feeling frustrated by something, like oh our TV is so small and ancient, or I wish I had this or that, I remind myself that if I did have it that wouldn't change however I'm feeling in my heart and it wouldn't change the fundamentals of my life. My life is the way it is, good or bad, and my material possessions are entirely unrelated. So what if I buy a new TV? Then there would just be something else that I might be wishing for, something bigger, something better. People get so wrapped up in needing all of the latest material possessions or technology, what about the other parts of you life? It can become addictive, buy buy buy, and losing touch with the important things, like friends, family, nature, music, how about fresh air and salty waves? There is an unbeatable combination that will never fail to make me happy. I am an ocean child and when I say the best things in life are free I truly stand by it. We all want things at times but when we get those things it won't change us. If we're sad, we're sad, we must find a better way to fix ourselves. If we're happy, we're happy, why should we need more, more than what we have? What we have is plenty.