Building a better life can be difficult, there's no doubt about that.
Many people are more driven to stay comfortable and keep the "status quo" rather than make a dramatic change to their lives - even if that change is a positive one and it's ultimately for the better.
It takes a rare kind of attitude to consistently seek a better life no matter where you find yourself or where you are in your life. I personally hope to find myself looking for ways to improve up until the day I die.
To grow is to live. When that growth stagnates, we experience a kind of psychological death - we lose an important sense of meaning, purpose, and motivation in our lives.
What are you truly striving for? Do you know? Are you 100% happy the way your life is or are there things you can actually be doing to improve it?
These are questions we all need to ask ourselves on a daily basis. We're all striving for something - but what is it - what are the core values that we really want to live by?
The more you know the answer to those questions, the more capable you are of building a better life. But you can't get to a "better life" if you don't first know what "better life" actually means to you.
Of course, the definition of a "better life" is going to vary depending on the person. You need to find your definition.
If you try to spend your time and energy fitting someone else's definition of a "better life," then it's likely you're going to find yourself very disappointed.
We don't all share the same values and preferences in life, what's better for one person may actually be worse for someone else.
We need to respect everyone's individual pursuit of happiness, and also recognize that our own pursuit of happiness is likely to deviate from the crowd in certain ways.
Whenever I write about psychology and self improvement, I always try my best to respect everyone's individuality. I never want someone to feel like they are forced to think, feel, or behave a certain way to be happy.
The best I can do is just give people suggestions in building a better life. People can choose to try these suggestions or not.
If they try a suggestion and it works for them, I encourage them to continue it and building off of it - but if it doesn't work, I encourage them to ditch it and move on.
What works for one person isn't necessarily going to work another. That's one of the most important things to understand when trying to build a better life of any kind.
Many people are more driven to stay comfortable and keep the "status quo" rather than make a dramatic change to their lives - even if that change is a positive one and it's ultimately for the better.
It takes a rare kind of attitude to consistently seek a better life no matter where you find yourself or where you are in your life. I personally hope to find myself looking for ways to improve up until the day I die.
To grow is to live. When that growth stagnates, we experience a kind of psychological death - we lose an important sense of meaning, purpose, and motivation in our lives.
What are you truly striving for? Do you know? Are you 100% happy the way your life is or are there things you can actually be doing to improve it?
These are questions we all need to ask ourselves on a daily basis. We're all striving for something - but what is it - what are the core values that we really want to live by?
The more you know the answer to those questions, the more capable you are of building a better life. But you can't get to a "better life" if you don't first know what "better life" actually means to you.
Of course, the definition of a "better life" is going to vary depending on the person. You need to find your definition.
If you try to spend your time and energy fitting someone else's definition of a "better life," then it's likely you're going to find yourself very disappointed.
We don't all share the same values and preferences in life, what's better for one person may actually be worse for someone else.
We need to respect everyone's individual pursuit of happiness, and also recognize that our own pursuit of happiness is likely to deviate from the crowd in certain ways.
Whenever I write about psychology and self improvement, I always try my best to respect everyone's individuality. I never want someone to feel like they are forced to think, feel, or behave a certain way to be happy.
The best I can do is just give people suggestions in building a better life. People can choose to try these suggestions or not.
If they try a suggestion and it works for them, I encourage them to continue it and building off of it - but if it doesn't work, I encourage them to ditch it and move on.
What works for one person isn't necessarily going to work another. That's one of the most important things to understand when trying to build a better life of any kind.
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