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August 26 - August 28, 2020
Happiness comes from within, from inside yourself, from living a meaningful life.
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Read more than once. The first reading primes the pump, but re-reading the parts you find most relevant will fuel your desire to take action to change your life.
We must stop searching for happiness and instead start looking for meaning.
Happiness is merely a byproduct.
He knew he wasn’t happy, but he’d get there one day, right? And so life went on at its breakneck pace.
Our memories are within us, not our things.
Our stuff weighs on us mentally and emotionally.
Items that are sentimental for us can be useful to others.
Letting go is freeing.
Minimalism is a tool we use to live a meaningful life. There are no rules. Rather, minimalism is simply about stripping away the unnecessary things in your life so you can focus on what’s important.
Minimalism is a tool to eliminate life’s excess, focus on the essentials, and find happiness, fulfillment, and freedom.
Five Values that allow us to live a meaningful life: 1. Health 2. Relationships 3. Passions 4. Growth 5. Contribution
But health is not a destination; it is a vehicle.
Food should be treated as nutrition, not entertainment.
There are three ways to create better relationships: 1. Find great new relationships. 2. Transform your current relationships. 3. Change who you are.
The strongest relationships are mutually supportive relationships: meaning, not only do you care about the other person, but you are genuinely excited when they’re excited, you’re genuinely happy that they’re happy, and you encourage them to grow as you grow, allowing you to grow side by side.
When we appreciate others for who they are, not who we want them to be, then, and only then, will we understand.
T.A.R.A.: Tolerate, Accept, Respect, and Appreciate.
we discovered four main anchors in our own lives that were keeping us from pursuing our passions: identity, status, certainty, and money.
passion is one half love, one half obsession.
If you’re not growing, you’re dying; and if you’re dying, then, by definition, you’re not living a meaningful life.
because it’s the baby steps that allow you to eventually take the giant leaps.
it’s important to strengthen your relationships each day. You will get more benefit from being nice to your lover today and tomorrow than you will from yelling at them today and buying them flowers tomorrow.
It’s growth that makes you feel alive.
Growth feels great, but contribution can feel even better. That’s because you often do more for the people you love than you do for yourself.
A life without contribution is a life without meaning.
