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How to Find Your Spark Again

9 min readOct 27, 2026

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After my father died in 2019, I lost my happiness for a while.

He was someone who had so many plans, so much will to live, but his sickness stopped him from accomplishing most of them, and watching that happen broke something in me.

If a person who was full of life and dreams could have it all taken away before he got to live them, then what was the point of anything?

For months, I felt stuck in that darkness. I tried different things to feel like myself again. Some helped, others didn’t, but little by little, I started finding my way back to the person I used to be. It took time, but eventually, I began to want more out of life than simply existing.

So when I came across a thread the other day where more than 5000 people were sharing how they got their love for life back after their own periods of darkness, I thought it would be a good idea to share the ones that helped me.

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Thread with thousands of comments

So if you’re going through a dark period right now, maybe something here will help you the way it helped me and so many others.

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Desiree Peralta
Desiree Peralta

Written by Desiree Peralta⁠

Turning ideas into reality. Programmer by profession, Writer by passion. Finance and business advice. | Weekly money advice https://dessyperalt.substack.com/