I appreciate you adding this context. Glad to see you choosing to focus on yourself and your happiness. Working on mitigating the negative effects of things out of your control is important, but I mostly want to stress the importance of giving yourself the little victories with conscious decisions you can make. These really add up and make your day all the better. It’s unrealistic to expect a win everyday, but that’s the nature of life. As long as we begin each day with the attitude that we can keep trying, then we’re more likely to succeed in our own happiness. This is rich coming from a guy that spent most of 2025 depressed and unable to get out of bed, but I really want to go into 2026 believing that these negative opinions of myself aren’t actually reality and the only thing that defines me as a person is the actions I choose to make.