Don't "Find" Meaning In Life!
So many people strive to "find" their passions. They look for what they are supposed to do in life. It's silly. What do you even know what you are looking for? Some guy in a clown costume with a giant sign on his body that says "THIS"?
Really? What Do You expect?
Make the Decision!
It can be hard to make that choice. Heck, you can even start off by making smaller decisions every day, You don't have to wake up and say, "I want to be an Astronaut." Instead, go with something more obtainable. Like " I want to go to school for Astronomy."
This will make it easier for you to do what you were "Meant" to do in life.
"Looking" Is A Passive Activity.
When we are looking for something, we have a certain degree of expectation. We aren't taking action. We are just expecting the action to magically "Happen." This logic can dramatically hurt our chances of us getting what we want. Life goes fast, If we are just looking, Instead of giving ourselves the best possible chances of success, By putting ourselves in the right place at the right time. When you are looking, You aren't doing that.
Be Careful With Advice
Advice can be helpful; It gives us direction. When we have goals, we want to accomplish. But advice can often be harmful as well! When we receive advice, we are sometimes hearing the sum of someone else's life experience. People aren't giving it to you, Based on who you are. But instead based on who THEY are. It's important that you accept advice from people who are doing the same things in life that you'd like to do. Sometimes people love to give advice, Even though they know nothing about what they are talking about.
Conclusion
Finding meaning in your life isn't about "looking" for what you THINK you are meant to do, But it's a sum of decisions you make throughout your time. Don't look for what you want in life, Instead, Try new things, Spend your money on experiences, not stuff, That way you can figure out what you love, and what you enjoy doing. Experiences are what changes us. And gives us meaning. Trying new things enables us to find new passions.
Awesome post I completely agree!!!
Always follow your dreams and do what you love even if you get other people telling you differently other wise life can be pretty dull
Family is the "meaning of life" for me......
Wow! Good one :) I agree for many people it is!
I second that! :)
All you need is love.
Great post, very true too.
Yes hehe
Such a great article! This is why I love Steam! Thanks for putting this out there in the Steemit world! :)
THank you so much hehe
Great advice @kaylinart - go with the flow, approach life more actively and take it one day at a time. And expand your horizons by trying new experiences - as they always say, experience is the best teacher!
And a big congratulations for getting to Level 73 - you have definitely earned it with your hard work and determination every single day of the week. Very inspiring and motivational for all of us still getting settled in at Steemit!
Awesome article with some great tips and advice.
I really struggled a few years ago to find my way but I finally did it. I read a lot of books on positivity, I read up on the lives of successful people and the paid close attention to the kinds of decisions they would make on a diary basis and adapted it into my own life.
I think the one thing we all fail to do is simply "start" doing something, too much procrastination.
Aww I'm glad to hear that you turned to reading!
Reading can get you a lot of fantastic mentors!
EXACTLY It's too easy to procrastinate when we have so many distractions.
Great advice! Aimlessly looking for a passion, or even worse, waiting for one to magically appear, are not the way to go.
Exactly! It's unhealthy
Second great post :)
where must life start? how can a dog live a life when he thinks he is a butterfly? how can you live your life when you don't know who you are. How can one know one's self when we are all at once captured and enamored by the goings on in the outside world and not even bothered to look within to know ourselves. To know ourselves we have to go witrhin in self introspection, right? When we refer to our selves, don't we point to our breast seeming to suggest that we are within our physical being? Thus the need to reach within? It seems life has to start from identity. Once you know who you are, everything else falls into place, right?