What makes you HAPPY?

skiing makes me happy, that's true. it's like a totally another world whenever i go skiing, i feel like i can think and figure out life issues on the slopes. and if i'm able to solve an issue, i feel more free and that makes me feel good. that's what i do when i'm alone skiing, kinda like charge my batteries.
but when i'm skiing with friends it's more like having fun and chilling and enjoying, not all the think-stuff. just goofying around and having a blast.
so yeah, might be bit hard to understand, but this is how i think skiing relates to happiness.

Skiing and pu$$y so yA thrill seeking

Skiing and good food make me very happy. But the thing that makes me the most happy in my life right now is making a fuck ton of money.

Hot laps/sick sessions with the squad.

there have been some similar threads in the past so I would try a quick google.

Skiing for me is a form of escapism. I often ski by myself and allows me to enter a state where all I think about is stomping the next trick. it forces my mind to be active and aware of my body. Skiing for me slows down time and puts me in the moment rather than just going about monotonous tasks where my brain is mostly turned off.

Skiing helps clear my mind, which is great when school is stressing you out or really anything mental.

Park skiing is mentally rewarding. I feel like its constantly giving back to me every time I land a new trick or stomp a sick line etc. Its just so damn satisfying. Candy for the mind.

and its fun

It is, of course, different for everybody, and my outlook on and relationship with skiing is constantly changing. When you focus your mind on something so intensely they all distractions are blocked out, as in skiing, you can clearly hear yourself think and gain the ability to reflect, whether consciously or subconsciously. It is precisely because skiing makes you happy that you can achieve clarity of thought, able to focus on what you love instead of the negative aspects of your life. It is a shimmer of the 'good life' lived in the pursuit of fulfillment, knowledge, and joy instead of money and whey society tells you should make you happy. My happiness in skiing comes from getting to know myself better and spending time with friends among other people who are happy just to be where they are.

Nothing better than a warm day lapping through the park. I will have to say when the cameras are out it does not seem quite as fun as just hot lapping, but then theres nothing that makes happier than looking back at how much fun I was having in an edit.

depressy pants inbound.

Skiing has always made me happy. But it took until this Fall to realize how happy it actually made me and what an influence it is in my life.

To make it short, I've been in a relationship for two years and thought I had it great. Making her happy is what made me happy. I literally went to great lengths to assure she was happy. I pretty much changed my entire life outcome for her, one being going to the same college that wasn't top choice(Still a fine choice though).

It was going fine at least I thought, until I was completely blindsided when she wanted to end it. Btw she didnt cheat, she's a virgin with the saving herself thing..(not my choice) EVERYONE thought she was stupid, and they were right. So this has caused me to fall into a very depressed state. Still haven't broken through.

People constantly asked me," dude what are you gonna do." or "do what makes you happy" and I always responded with....

I just want to ski.

one of my favorite things to do in skiing is hauling ass on some bumpy run with lots of opportunities for airtime. feeling like I'm just gonna fall apart at any second and eat shit, but at the same time just barely hanging on is fun for me.

park is fun too but I'm not very good at it. just being able to do lap after lap really quick is nice.

the combo of feeling calm and peaceful but scared and full of adrenaline at the same time. thats what i love about skiing

A quote you actually really need is "Wu Tang is for the children". Changed skiing forever.

Skiing helps me clear my mind, put in some earbuds and throw my playlist on shuffle and just block everything out. Its awesome.

skiing doesnt make me happy. meth makes me happy

Why does skiing make me happy?
Fuck. How do you even start to explain this? haha

Honestly, I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that it's so comparable to gymnastics for me. I was kicked out of my gym after I fractured my back because after recovery i was "no longer on the olympic path." So that really sucked. I can honestly say it was the worst year of my life. I started skiing again because I really had nothing. It was the only other sport I did growing up and it was the only thing I had to look forward to. The concept of skiing is very similar to gymnastics(besides the strictness of it) so it was easy to get into and understand the nature of the sport. So at that time, it filled what I was missing from gymnastics.

I never was close with my family and being at home made me extremely unhappy. My best friend and I would be out skiing every day after school and on weekends. Honestly that place became my home. For once I felt like I could go somewhere and be happy and feel safe(pretty ironic in a way). It's definitely an escape. It might not always help to work things out, but at least you can take a step away and clear your mind of everything but the mountain.

I love the freedom of it, I love the thrill, I love pushing myself to be better, I love not having to worry about other people. I can do it for myself and everything is up to me.

It makes me happy because it's one of few things I have full control over in my life. That's something I've always struggled with is feeling like I was losing control of my life and where it was going. But skiing gives me a sense of stability. I don't really know how to put it in words.

It gives me a sense of identity as well. Before I was a gymnast and that's all I ever knew. When that's taken from you, you don't know who you are at all. Now I can say, I'm a skier and I'm pretty damn proud of it.

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Percocet & skiing

Honestly, skiing is a way for me to escape and finally be myself. There is no outside pressure, only what the mountain is asking me to give.
I got into some pretty bad stuff, and was having a really rough time, the only thing that kept me sane (and sober) was skiing. It lets me be expressive, to have creativity and to be more connected to the area that surrounds me.
Not having the responsibility of my everyday life, and flying, actually flying(!!!) makes me happy. I love the way I can float over something nature gives us, I love how I can find a group of people so connected by a sport, and how we can create a family almost.
That's what makes me happy, skiing is connections.

Really liking some of the responses so far! Any more?

I give you a segment from STEEP ski movie.Stefano De Benedetti is one of the first extreme skiers, here he explains what the mountains mean to him and what he gained through his thrilling experiences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFtHmDOxh90

Through thrilling situations, that we choose to involve, we learn more about our fears therefore ourselves, this helps to undersatnd what is really important and what is not.

eliaswhite89I give you a segment from STEEP ski movie.Stefano De Benedetti is one of the first extreme skiers, here he explains what the mountains mean to him and what he gained through his thrilling experiences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFtHmDOxh90

Through thrilling situations, that we choose to involve, we learn more about our fears therefore ourselves, this helps to undersatnd what is really important and what is not.

Thats a great video! Thanks!
If anyone else has video references, that'd be awesome!