Considering my Lifestyle
Lifestyle, how we live is as important as ever. We all strive to be better and often when we mean better we mean better then the next guy. If we dont we suffer and go down in our happiness levels. Here's the link. http://www.fastcompany.com/online/68/richlife.html
Here is a quote from the article worth reading, "As it turns out, by the time we get to be our grandmother's age, we'll be happier anyway. That's because happiness over any given lifetime looks like a big U-curve. "You start out thinking that you're going to conquer the world," says Oswald. "Then you discover that it's tough out there and become dissatisfied. Happiness levels tend to bottom out around 30. Eventually, after 5 or 10 years, you come to terms with yourself. You learn to control your aspirations. After you've done that, it's easier to get steadily happier again."
I have started to think about how I live my life in terms of lifestyle after a recent conversation with my friend Lisa. We were just talking about work and other things and she said what seemed a peculiar thing at the time. She said, "Im starting to think about lifestyle now". The important word in the sentence isnt lifestyle like Im stressing. The important word is NOW. Why wasnt she thinking it earlier? Why wasnt I thinking it earlier? Isnt lifestyle what I have been searching for all along? Isnt it why I moved out here to Colorado? Isnt it why I spend my spare moments doing what I can to satisfy my urge to be, do, see what makes me joyful?
Read the article, bookmark it, then read it again. You will be glad you did. ;-)
Here is a quote from the article worth reading, "As it turns out, by the time we get to be our grandmother's age, we'll be happier anyway. That's because happiness over any given lifetime looks like a big U-curve. "You start out thinking that you're going to conquer the world," says Oswald. "Then you discover that it's tough out there and become dissatisfied. Happiness levels tend to bottom out around 30. Eventually, after 5 or 10 years, you come to terms with yourself. You learn to control your aspirations. After you've done that, it's easier to get steadily happier again."
I have started to think about how I live my life in terms of lifestyle after a recent conversation with my friend Lisa. We were just talking about work and other things and she said what seemed a peculiar thing at the time. She said, "Im starting to think about lifestyle now". The important word in the sentence isnt lifestyle like Im stressing. The important word is NOW. Why wasnt she thinking it earlier? Why wasnt I thinking it earlier? Isnt lifestyle what I have been searching for all along? Isnt it why I moved out here to Colorado? Isnt it why I spend my spare moments doing what I can to satisfy my urge to be, do, see what makes me joyful?
Read the article, bookmark it, then read it again. You will be glad you did. ;-)
posted by Jeremy at 6:57 PM
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Jeremy, what am I going to do with you ;)
Love ya babe...take care of you!
I haven't read the article yet, but I'm going to now...I think it's funny that we generally tend not to consider lifestyle until you hit that low.
We strive for it a little in our 20's, but then suck it up when we realize that not all of us are going to live in million dollar homes and drive BMW's.
Stryder...Sometimes you have to pick your fights. I agree, never be party to a raw deal like the status quo but at the same time don't waste your life and energy fighting something that isn't worth it for you personally. I say screw the hurricane victims, blast every religious nut into space, and shoot every bitch that breaks your heart.
Jeremy...Synthesis, Hegelian dielectic says that for every idea, "Thesis" there is an "Antithesis" and those two must eventually cancel each other out and form a Synthesis. This story is your Thesis and Stryder is your Antithesis. Meet up somewhere in the middle kid. When we give up our dreams we are dead inside.
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