Do you have a dream to be somewhere else living a different life? Well, get up and start making that dream a reality.
You have this one life. There are no do-overs; you’re gone once you’re dead.
In this one life, what are you doing?
Are you spending your days making others miserable? Or are you building a life-changing machine that can save the Earth from global warming?
Most importantly, are you enjoying your life?
Only you can decide how you’d want to live
Our parents might have influenced our childhood into thinking we need to study specific subjects, work certain jobs and live a cookie-cutter lifestyle.
But that’s not true at all.
You can decide how you want to live.
You want to travel 365 days a year, go for it. Be smart about it and ensure you can sustain your living expenses though.
If you want to have a stable career by working a 9–5 job, go for it. Don’t be fooled by those advertisements that promise you can buy a house by the beach if you quit your job and do something completely different.
You want to be a freelancer, well… you can. Learn how others do it, tweak the process to suit your style and go for it.
Life is full of endless possibility
There’s no one specific way to live your life. As long as you’re happy, you’re winning at life.
There are so many people who are miserable every day. And they think that that’s normal. They don’t believe they can change the way their life is. But the truth is, you can.
You can change your life for the better. You can improve your living situation. You can better yourself every single day.
It might not be easy.
Hell, it will be the most uncomfortable, difficult period of your life. But it’ll be worth every effort once the storm is over.
How long will it take? I don’t know. Everyone’s journey is different.
Just… don’t give up. Get up and start doing today.
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This post was previously published on Medium and is republished here with permission from the author.
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