Here's what I think you should do: first, focus on finding happiness in your own life, on your own. Why? Because the happiness that you generate for yourself will be the strongest possible foundation for building the life you love. It's also
much easier to connect with other people when you are happy. People like happy people!
How do you find happiness within yourself? Start appreciating everything about your life that you do like and at the same time start spending less energy on the things that you don't like (either stop doing those things altogether or spend the minimum amount of energy needed). If you keep this up, pretty soon you will find that
the majority of what you do are things you enjoy. If you're doing lots of things you enjoy, then you should be happy!
The really big secret here is that being happy is
a choice you make. Every moment of every day you consciously or unconsciously decide to be happy (or not).
Nobody is causing you to feel down but you. Practice making the decision to be happy!
Oh, and it's all about the now, now, now. Don't be sad because of events past and don't expect the future to bring you happiness you deserve. You live in the now.
Make happiness the foundation of your life and the driver of all your decisions, then the rest will sort itself out. Promise!
