Throughout my life, I have heard many people make the statement “I have had a wonderful life” I know this is an individual perspective. But what does it mean to have a wonderful life? And how do you ensure you have a wonderful life. So, of course, I did some resource on the resourceful GOOGLE
Learn to Know yourself- Explore all areas: your passions; your deepest desires and fears; what makes you proud, insecure, and ashamed; what work you’d love to do even without getting paid.
Learn to Have a full-filled life- What am I filling my life with that I’d rather replace with other things? What is preventing me from taking action? Is it fear? Do I think I don’t deserve it? Are these reasons good enough to get in the way of building a beautiful life? If you’re being honest with yourself, your answer will be a resounding “no.”
Start working toward living a wonderful life.- If you’re looking for love, perhaps you’ll let a trusted friend know that you would love to meet someone incredible. Maybe you’ll consider online dating. Maybe you’ll go out on blind dates or try speed-dating. It can be scary at first but most likely it will get easier with practice.
Another example, say, your life is filled with way too much activity. You’d like to scale back and have some breathing room. Start by saying “no” a little bit at a time. If you’d rather go to a yoga class, you should do so instead of going out for drinks with co-workers.
Appreciate where you are in this process.-Building a wonderful life can be a tough process at first. There will be starts, stops, and lots of tension along the way. But, as with anything, a beginning is half the battle. If you’ve gone this far, you have made progress.
Adjust your expectations.
Count your blessings and be thankful for what you have.
After reviewing all these suggestions. I can say that for the first 35 years I was not building toward having a wonderful life. I was barely thriving and survivor from years of traumas. But in the last 11 years, I have really been making more of an effort to live my life to the fullest.
Especially now that I am an empty-nester I have challenged myself to make radical changes in my life that will ensure I am living a wonderful life.
Take Care. Much Love
