What Things Matter Most In Life?
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What Things Matter Most In Life?
Whether we like it or not, life is over so quickly. It might sound like a harsh or negative statement, but realizing this fact is fundamental. It will help you recognize that finding meaning in life is paramount.
In Bronnie Ware’s book The Top 5 Regrets of The Dying, she uncovered that the number one regret is to not have lived a life true to our values, with purpose and intention. To improve your life, you need to make the necessary changes to keep it simple, under conscious control, and consistent with your values and purpose.
At XSmartShop we hope that the information provided here will serve as an inspiration for all those who seek to create their path in life and will bring better understanding and a possible starting point for improving your personal life. The best part is that it can be adapted by anyone to suit their personal needs and specific goals.
Remember: you are entirely responsible for your success and happiness, and those are uniquely determined by you.
Some of the topics below are so obvious that pointing them out might seem basic. Maybe they are so evident that they have become invisible. Let’s all be brilliant at the basics!
Finding Meaning In Life
For just one minute let’s think about the human life cycle: the beginning – birth, and now the end – death. Being aware of both points of the spectrum in the human life cycle should bring clarity and release. It is a blessing to be alive!
Appreciating the gift of life is the only way to make the most of our life. We have only one chance to live, which would be a crime not to make very good use of. Would it take a terminal illness for you to begin putting the priorities of your life in order? I hope that the answer is NO.
We all have a limited amount of time on earth, and so much of that time gets taken up by trying to earn money. Life is too short that it seems foolish to consider wasting it on doing things and buying stuff we don’t enjoy.
You have only X number of days left in your life. You need to determine how you want to spend those remaining days. Breaking the automatic connection between who you are and what you do to live will allow you to make more satisfying choices.
Life is over so quickly that we need to figure out who we are, how we need to think, what we need to do, what we need to change to live a happy life. That is why one of the most significant things you can do is to find meaning in your life.
- For just one minute let’s think about what would make your life more meaningful?
- Which elements in your life do you already take to be meaningful?
- To make it more meaningful, what should be eliminated from your life?
Some degree of meaning in many people’s lives is highly affected not only by what they need to do but also by what they need to stop doing. It is not only what is absent in some people’s lives that makes it meaningless, but frequently, also what is present in it.
Some people think the only way to increase meaning in life is by introducing a new activity. This is a good way of increasing meaning. However, it is important to remember that it is also possible to increase meaning by recognizing the value of already existing activities in our life without achieving anything new at all, just by recognizing what we already have.
Meaning can be found in much of what is ordinary and free around us. Pay more attention to what has become habitual and familiar, consciously take up an attitude of appreciation and value; the small things are a very important component of a meaningful life. And don’t forget that some habits may be obstacles to a meaningful life and should be eliminated.
Another degree of meaning in many people’s lives is not only highly affected by what activities they do too much of, but also by what activities they do not do enough of. The point is they need to diminish some activities and/or increase others.
See below for more strategies for finding your purpose in life.
More Strategies For Making Your Life More Meaningful
Remember that it’s not what happens in one’s life that matters, but it’s the meaning one puts on what happens that matters.
The same event may happen to a group of people but each person will assign a different meaning for each of them. In general, we are more sensitive to what is unpleasant than to what is pleasant. Unlearning the habit of seeing the bad only and developing the habit of seeing positive will make a huge change in how meaningful your life is.
Sometimes you can know things for a long time before you decide to act on them. Push yourself beyond your comfort zone. Changing the status quo is often a change at the core of who you are, how you think, and how you look at the world.
Being aware of your values, wants and needs, and being able to prioritize your efforts to achieve specific goals is the most efficient and least expensive way to live a good life. You need to align your life with your goals and your values to seriously determine whether your current living arrangements are reflective of your aspirations and pursuit of happiness.
Your daily behavior should correspond to your life purpose and values. When your actions and activities are out of alignment with your values, you can experience fear, guilt, frustration, and emotional imbalance.
“The More Is Better” is not necessarily the route to happiness. Don’t compare yourself to those around you. Figure out what your goal is.
One common approach is to prioritize happiness and buying back your time over material things. Start now with a clear vision of what you want to get out of your life.
Figure out what you want to do and make a firm decision to create a life reflecting your dreams and values. Remember your priorities. How you feel about yourself is what matters most.
For just one minute let’s think about this scenario:
- Suppose that you were on your deathbed and that you had the mind’s presence to look back on your life. What is going to be the things that you would be happy to have done? What would you be sorry about? What would you regret?
- Suppose that you knew that you had only a few more months to live. What would you decide to do with that time?
- Snap your fingers now, and look in the mirror, you are still alive and well. Feel the appreciation of your life!
Jim Rohn said it very wisely: “It’s important to learn from your mistakes, but it is BETTER to learn from other people’s mistakes, and it is BEST to learn from other people’s successes. It accelerates your success.”
You got the point, LEARN by yourself, and learn from others. You can stop or minimize repeating mistakes and maximize learning from other people’s mistakes and successes. This is a very efficient way of making your life more meaningful quickly, by BENEFITING from other people’s experiences.
At this stage hopefully, you are starting to figure out what’s important in life and how things work, and you’re ready to move forward.
Life is over so quickly that finding meaning in life is paramount. Happiness is not something you have; rather, it is something that you are.
Aim to live simply and enjoying the virtue of getting good value from every minute of your life and from everything around you. This will translate into a healthy relationship with yourself and your possessions.
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