The greatest advice I ever received growing up was to get as much out of life as possible. Now that I’m older I can see the value of that statement. There’s so much to do and see in the world; it would be a shame to miss any of it.
But getting more out of life isn’t always so straightforward. I think everyone knows that life can be pretty hard sometimes. However, there are some things you can do to make things work just a little bit better. And here’s how.
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Everyone has dreams and goals for where they want to be in the future. This could be anything from starting a business, going back to school or quitting your job to travel the world. But how many people actually take the necessary action to get those plans off the ground? Not many.
And it isn’t because people don’t have plans or lofty goals for themselves. Making plans and setting goals is the easy part of the process. The hard part comes in taking the necessary action to make those plans a reality.
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Ever just go through the day and feel as if you can’t change your life for the better? Everything has been decided for you and you have no choices in what you do, wear or say? Some days can feel like that, but have too many in a row and you just might be drifting aimlessly through life.
Then there are those people who get excited when they wake up in the morning. They have things they look forward to and they don’t know what is going to happen to them in the future. These people don’t merely exist, they’re full of life.
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It’s always been my opinion that a life lived to the fullest is a well-lived life. When I’m old, I want to look over my life and reflect on all the adventurous things I’ve done and the interesting sights I’ve seen. I don’t see this as a rather bold opinion; other people have similar hopes.
Yet I’ve found that the hardest thing about living life fully was just getting to the point where I could really allow myself to do the things I want. Many years ago I had a lot of negative self-talk floating inside my head. It was a big stumbling block preventing me from really living life to the fullest.
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There was once a time when your ideas didn’t matter. That was a time before the information age when ordinary people didn’t share much information let alone their ideas. Of course, times are different now and people are sharing so much that it impossible for any one person to process it all.
But now that everyone has access to all this information, the question of what to do with it comes into play. That’s where you and your ideas come in. It’s a part of an interesting trend I’ve noticed that I think you could take advantage of.
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Life is short. Way too short to just sit back and wait for something to happen to you. That’s why we all have dreams and goals we want to accomplish. That’s why bucket lists are so popular.
Knowing that life is short, you should try to maximize the amount of positive experiences you get out of it. After all, you don’t get to restart your life over again once you reach the finish. So you might as well dream big since you won’t get another chance to do it. And besides, you can get a huge payoff from those big dreams.
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There’s nothing I dislike more than when I come across an overnight success story. What is worse is when these stories are used to promote a product promising you instant results. It’s just unrealistic to expect to lose a ton of weight or to build a fortune within one or two months.
It’s not that I don’t like to hear about success stories because I do. They can be really inspirational. Overnight success stories are different though. Sure, they’re inspiring, but for all the wrong reasons. They can create unreal expectations about your own achievements, how much time it will take to get there and even what it takes to become successful.
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