Christina Applegate says New Year is about finding happiness

New Delhi, Jan 16: With a turbulent year behind her that included the death of her former boyfriend and a battle with breast cancer, Christina Applegate has a new outlook for 2009.

The `Samantha Who?` star is planning to embark on a quest for self-fulfilment this year, comparing herself to a desperate traveller in scorching conditions, reports China Daily. "It`s about finding happiness and joy, as if it were water and I was a person dying in a desert. You have to search for that," she said. In 2008, the actress underwent a double mastectomy operation after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Her on-off boyfriend Lee Grivas also died due to an apparent drug overdose. Applegate said that getting through last year wasn``t easy. "You can`t get any darker than I went," she said. However, the 37-year-old actress is determined to recapture her positive outlook on life this year and is starting by getting into shape. "I missed running so much. I`m looking forward to running more," she said. ANI