I spend all my life thinking about life. I wonder. I ponder.
Life is like the animation ‘music and life’. The message I took from the short animation is to enjoy life while you can, not just striving for the end. You never know when the music stops. The enjoyment of the music (or as I term it ‘happiness’) is what really matters. Everything in life is a quest for happiness.
We often hear expressions like "the journey is its own reward", yet most of us tend to live jumping from one achievement to the next. We often think that everything will be so much better when we graduate, get a job, get a raise, buy our own house, get married, pay off our car, start our own business, make x dollars, or retire. We talk about living for the moment, yet remain focused on the next accomplishment, purchase or life milestone. We probably achieved all the things we wanted 10 years ago, but we are still in the same place.
* The question is 'why'. Why am I working? Why do I want to amass money? Why am I getting out of bed? Why am I doing this when there is not a compelling reason to do it? Why am I chasing these goals I have set for myself?
Life is like the animation ‘music and life’. The message I took from the short animation is to enjoy life while you can, not just striving for the end. You never know when the music stops. The enjoyment of the music (or as I term it ‘happiness’) is what really matters. Everything in life is a quest for happiness.
We often hear expressions like "the journey is its own reward", yet most of us tend to live jumping from one achievement to the next. We often think that everything will be so much better when we graduate, get a job, get a raise, buy our own house, get married, pay off our car, start our own business, make x dollars, or retire. We talk about living for the moment, yet remain focused on the next accomplishment, purchase or life milestone. We probably achieved all the things we wanted 10 years ago, but we are still in the same place.
Instead of looking for the next mountain to climb or goal to cross off your bucket list, how about just enjoying what you are doing now?
You have to accept the universe and everything in your life as it is. Your wanting self will go away and you will be happy. There is nothing you have to get, do, or be to be happy. Invest in the process for our goals, not the outcome as the outcome is only there to give direction.
I believe you enjoy life through doing what you like and liking what you do. I have a theory that you subconsciously like what you are doing, otherwise, you won’t be doing it. This forces you to think about what you are doing. It makes you question why you are doing what you are doing* and hence think about the decisions and actions to maximise your utility.
* The question is 'why'. Why am I working? Why do I want to amass money? Why am I getting out of bed? Why am I doing this when there is not a compelling reason to do it? Why am I chasing these goals I have set for myself?
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