On my 100 days of happiness journey, I start off with a self-portrait.
Happiness starts with how you view yourself. Do you love yourself? Are you okay with who you are? Everything starts within. Without addressing the internal problems, the external will never please you. You can go buy all the things that you think makes you happy but always know that its just putting a Band-Aid on a wound.
Loving yourself requires the first step (Acceptance) and then being less concerned with the approval of others. If others don't like it, then that is their problem. Be you! Accept your flaws and all. Happiness is a choice!!! It is not something ready made or about pleasing everyone around you. It's from your actions. Challenge yourself everyday to be better. Create happiness within yourself to become a person that can live in happily.