3 Things You Can Do Today That Will Make Your Life Better
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You wake up and your eyes open to what is your reality. For most, getting up will mean getting ready for some type of work situation. If it’s a job that doesn’t fulfill you, the mornings are hard. You wake up determined to have a good day and stay happy despite the challenges you know you’ll face.
Maybe it works out and you do have a good day—maybe it doesn’t. How well your day and life are isn’t determined solely by your choices each day. There’s a bigger foundation that has to be in place to live a happy life. There are three things you can start working on today to consistently live a life you love and one that makes you happy.
1. Start working on becoming the best version of yourself.
We thrive when we are the best version of ourselves physically, mentally, and emotionally. The physical can be regular exercise, yoga, or other types of ways to get your body into peak performance. The physical helps you reduce stress, focus and creates discipline in your life. The mental are things you’re probably already doing. This involves reading good books, watching videos that instruct and inspire, and listening to podcasts that nourish your mind.
The emotional involves prayer, meditation, or other ways of connecting with something greater than yourself. The point is to work on becoming strong in the major areas of your life, and that will lead to confidence, which is an important part of happiness. If you haven’t already, start working on becoming the best person you can be and only you know that means specifically in your life.
2. Get honest about the relationships in your life.
Your relationships have an effect on every area of your life. It may be romantic, friendships, family, or more. If the relationships are bad, they will sour your attitude and mindset. If they are good, they can help you grow as a person. I won’t give you all the quotes talking about how your relationships affect you—it’s something you already know.
Surround yourself with the relationships that will help you grow and reach your biggest life goals. Have people in your life that believe in you and support what you do. Develop relationships that make you happy. Purge any negative ones from your life to avoid being dragged down to their level. Spend some time today evaluating the relationships in your life.
3. Focus on what will help you create freedom in your “work.”
This one is easier said than done. Life isn’t easy where you can wake up and magically find work that you love. But, you already know how your work affects your life. Your goal isn’t to get some dream job or start a lifestyle business that takes you all over the world. Your goal is to create freedom in your life, and that will mean something different for each person reading this.
Chances are, you probably aren’t in the work scenario you’d like to be in. Today can be the day you start doing something about that. Spend some time thinking about what you want to wake up each day and do for work. Start putting that plan in place. It doesn’t have to be some business, every day people find dreams jobs. This has to be right for you.
These are things that will take time, but they will lead to a happy and fulfilled life. You have choices and the ability to start working on creating the life you want to live. Yes, it will be hard, and you will face difficult roadblocks, but that’s life.
What are you doing every day to create a happy life?
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Photo: Flickr/ Geda Žyvatkauskaitė (amber inhim)
