Realisation
Eight years after the realisation that life is short and that I should live every day to the fullest, and twelve days before six months until my 25th birthday, I have come to the realisation that I should really live every day to the fullest (or as many as possible
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I'm not saying this to say "Craeg. Do something and shut the hell up". But it's that principle that aids people in living their life to the fullest. By starting off small you learn to acquire knowledge and gather resources. The more knowledge you acquire the more questions/ideas you come up with and the more resources you gather the more you have at your disposal. Once you've got the hang of it you can apply that principle to your every day life and social interactions. Then you can say to yourself "I'm bored" and then you will ask yourself "well what can I do today?" Your self will say to you "well. Observe", self will survey area or memory to discover things that need to be done or that you would like to do. Then all that is required is the motivation/courage to go do those things.
One of my friends had this same problem. She made it a stipulation of every day that she do at least 5 things that she wanted to do or achieve. This could be something small as far as doing things she wanted to do like watching an old episode of a tv show she liked or going to a cd shop and trying to find a cd she wanted. Or it could be something big like "well today is Saturday and I've been wanting to go to *insert name of distant place* for a while but I've been making excuses and now I have the time" and so she would spend the day in going down the coast or something, even just by herself or by dragging someone else along (thus aiding them in living life also hehe), and interacting with the local "life" there.
In short:
*don't make excuses
*acquire knowledge by doing things and learning things
-thus expand horizons
*do five things each day that you want to do or have been wanting to achieve
In time you will find that it gets much easier as you go along.
Also, there isn't really any point to asking us. The only person who can decide how to do it is you and you are the only person who knows how best to do it. Your main problem is lack of faith in self. If you must do, then do. There is no real plan for such things. And don't limit yourself. Don't look at something and immediately say "nup. Not for me". Seriously give it some thought first before ruling it out (for example, watch travel shows and the activities they do on there. Some we don't even have here but if you think it looks cool say "ok so how can I do something similar? Can I make something/Can I find a venue that does similar things?". Some of the more outlandish things, don't go "no way!", say "what the hell?" and wonder why people do it).
Also is there anything that you've ever wanted to try but never ended up doing for whatever reason? I always wanted to organise band nights. Well I can tick that off my list, I went and asked Bill at the youth centre if I could and ended up doing it for 2 years. If he'd said no I would have found another venue that would. Because I wanted to do it. And I stopped making excuses not to try it.
But really the bottom line is: don't make excuses. There are so many things that people are aware of being able to do in regards to "living life to the fullest" but they always just say "nup. Can't. *insert choice of excuse here".
Or they argue with people when they make suggestions just for the sake of arguing. Thus thwarting their own efforts.
You can do it Craeg. I have faith in you.
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I think it is more of a follow up to the very successful (HA!) Aug. 1st, 2008 post rather than a general "life" post.
The fact is that the doing stuff around the house/shopping/going places part of my life is fairly good.
Most everything in the house is working fine and if I want to buy something I will (finances allowing - hell I just helped the family in buying a new lounge set and bought myself an Ipod Touch)
As for going places, though I don't do it a hell of a lot I have been known for just going somewhere (mostly if I am looking for a particular item but sometimes just for the hell of it).
Also my watching DVD's is left for late at night when there isn't much else to do.
On the other hand the idea you put in about doing things that I have wanted to do is something that I have looked at but (and this is not an excuse but the plain truth) the fact that most things that I have on my list tend to cost a hell of a lot of money ranging from around $300 to near $10,000 (and that one would keep me entertained for a long time) and that does not include wanting to travel which could cost even more.
So yeah the basic idea of this post was probably the same as the Aug. 1st, 2008 post which as I said before went so well (HA!).
But I do thank you for the reply it does point to many things that I do already but probably could do more in my life.
And look at that there are no excuses in this post at all. (I am even surprised by this!!!)
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You're right about the money thing. A lot of things cost way too much which puts a damper in things for most people (I really do hear you on this one!!!)
I think the fact that you've identified that you're already doing things but could be doing more of them will help you out here, so long as you stay aware of that. At the end of the day happiness is really just learning to be content and satisfied with yourself. And that is really what "living life to the fullest" is about. People piss me off when they say "oh yes but you have to always be pushing your limits to the maximum for that!" which really isn't true. That's such a false notion and just promotes recklessness. As long as you learn and experience life at your own pace and feel happy with the person you are that is really all that matters!
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