Our blog here on The Pursuit of Happiness Blog is all about being financially free and living life to the fullest, but that is an impossible feat unless you are able to manage and deal with your own mental health. This guest post from La Bella Vita is sure to inspire you if you deal with any mental issues that hold you back from being the best version of yourself. If you want to be successful and live a life worth living, you must first conquer your own thoughts, feelings, and emotions. I hope you enjoy this guest post, and I will look to do things that add variety and value to our message here at The Pursuit of Happiness Blog more often.
Welcome to the blog!
La Bella Vita is a blog I have always wanted to create, but I never knew where to begin. I was scared to start the blog in high school because I did not want people to find what I had been writing and how I felt. Younger kids can be mean, and I did not want to get made fun of. Looking back at that now, I realize I should have never been afraid to do something that was important to me in fear of how other people thought about me. That is not the way to live, and I am thankful I have changed my mindset since then. Life is all about maturing and growing, and it is normal to be fearful and eager to fit in when you are younger. Many people have different questions about my blog when I mention it to them, and it makes me excited they are interested in what I have to say. It makes me happy.
Where does “La Bella Vita” come from?
La Bella Vita is the good life or the beautiful life in Italian. My sister has this saying tattooed on her back in small cursive black letters, and I automatically fell in love with this. The saying sounds beautiful, it is incredibly positive and uplifting, and it is extremely true. Life is beautiful. Every single day you wake up in the morning is a blessing for yourself and for everyone around you who cares, supports, and loves you. Instead of wishing you had more, be thankful for everything you do have because there is someone out there who would dream to experience the life you have.
What is “La Bella Vita” about?
La Bella Vita dives into the feelings of a young adult who started to suffer with depression and anxiety in her junior year of high school. That young adult is me. I started to feel deep and prolonged feelings of sadness about a month into junior year, and it not only impacted my mental state, motivation, relationships with family and friends, it impacted something I love more than anything and was an escape for me for the longest time, golf. Golf was no longer an escape for me because I could not even focus on the sport anymore and for people who know about golf, you have to really be mentally there to succeed in the game. It is more mentally challenging than physically challenging. I was not mentally there anymore, and my mind was unfortunately anywhere else than on the golf course. It made me upset, but at that time in my life, my emotions were out of my control, and it was as if a dark, dreary, rainy cloud was hovering over me for the rest of my time in high school. My depression never fully went away, and I lived to cope with how I am feeling, to have more communication with the people around me, and to reach out for help instead of bottling everything up inside. I used to bottle everything up inside, and my dad always said, “I can’t even get one word out of her,” and I now see how destructive that was to keep everything inside. It made me feel worse, and it made the days feel so lonely and dark.
What else is talked about in “La Bella Vita” besides depression and anxiety?
Although I do talk mainly about depression and anxiety, I was dealing with an eating disorder in my senior year of high school. I would eat about 500 calories a day, I would have no energy, and my hair was starting to thin out drastically. The once beautiful thick hair I had was no longer alive. Not only was I punishing my body for being overweight, I was punishing my mind for thinking about all the delicious foods out there. I picked up an extremely addictive, costly, and deteriorating habit, vaping, at the end of my senior year. It did curve my appetite, so I was not as hungry as I normally was, and before I knew it, I was going through vapes every three days. I started to feel myself become easily out of breath after a couple months’ use because I was flying through them so religiously. I could not enjoy normal activities like I used to without becoming aggravated after a couple hours without my vape. Playing a round of golf became a chore because I wanted to use my vape after about twelve holes which was a problem because I had six more to go. This caused me to fizzle out at the end of my round, and I was no longer focused on the activity at hand. When it comes to hiking, which is my favorite thing to do after golf, I noticed I was really becoming out of breath and winded after walking up different hills. This really upset me because this was not the case when I first started hiking. I would bring my vape around the different state parks I would visit with my best friends, and I felt like I could not truly enjoy the moment without having something in my hand. At the end of the day, it was making me feel like shit. I felt horrible after a while. Although smoking is such an addictive habit, I did a successful job with quitting until every now and then I would do it. No one is perfect, and if people say they are, then they are wrong. I am not ashamed of anything I have done as it has made me into the person I am today. I have plenty of flaws, but I would not change myself for the world. I am incredibly thankful for everyone who has stuck by me through it all and who continues to stick by me. Life is crazy. It is a big rollercoaster ride, and I am along for the ride.
I hope you join the La Bella Vita Family!
If you struggle with some issues I have mentioned, you should join the La Bella Vita family which is a community of love, support, and respect. We are all in this together. I started this blog because I have a passion for writing, a passion for sharing what I have experienced in hopes to help out others, and a passion for creating content that is universally discussed. No one should ever feel alone. There is no one that is alone. Everyone is dealing with their own demons, but we need to be able to reach out for help and communicate with people around you, so you do not fall deeper into a black hole. Take it from me. Love yourself first because you are your biggest supporter.
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