How To Live Life?

How do we live life? How should life be lived?

Youtube Sensation, as well as Entrepreneur Tai Lopez, once said, “Health, Wealth, Love and Happiness”. He claims that these are the four aspects of life that we should fulfill for a good life, with Health being at the base and Happiness at the top. I think that sums up living a good life pretty well and will be explaining each aspect based on my interpretation.

Health

Good health is like a well-oiled system that keeps us functioning. Keep yourself healthy so that you can do more — play more, work more, love more, live more. Health is a fundamental aspect. Without health, you won’t be able to enjoy your life as you are mentally and physically drained.

Money

“Money doesn’t buy happiness” … but it is a tool. It may not necessarily buy happiness but it does provide you with the means to it. Money liberates you. With money, you can work without worries. You don’t have to depend on your work for a living. With money, you can study the discipline you are always interested in but know that it’s not practical. With money, you can enjoy life without worrying about its cost. Ultimately, money brings you independence.

You can stop doing things practically but instead do things preferentially.

Of course, you have to manage money carefully to prevent money from managing you. However, if done right, money is an extremely useful tool to live life well. It reduces liabilities and provides you with the freedom to do things you like instead of things you need to do.

Love

Relationships with friends, relationships with family, relationship with your partner. Care, concern and companionship are important aspects of love. Having people to confide your fears or share your achievements can improve your well-being dramatically. Imagining hustling to create a million-dollar company but having no one to share the joy with. Having relationships give meaning to life and a greater sense of purpose. You may be more motivated and strive harder for someone. Ultimately, love provides you with emotional and mental security.

Happiness

I believe this is many of our life’s purpose — attaining happiness. Many of us want to live life happily. After all, achieving Health, Wealth and Love is to achieve happiness.

We want to be healthy enough to enjoy happiness. We want to be financially abled to pursue happiness. Lastly, we want to create happy memories with our love ones.

However, the definition of happiness is quite vague. In my opinion, I believe that happiness is all about fulfilment.

It is the state where you are fulfilled mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

For example, the end scene in Avengers Infinity Wars shows Thanos watching the sunset on a peaceful planet after achieving what he sets out to achieve exudes fulfilment. He seems fulfilled and contented with his life. Another simpler example will be your parents smiling at you during your university graduation, feeling that their many years of hard work was worth it.

I believe fulfilment is the feeling of contentment and the realisation that life was well-lived.

These 4 aspects of how to live are what I interpreted from Tai Lopez and found it extremely relevant and useful as well. However, I believe that there is one more aspect of life that is equally important to living a good life.

Values

Having your personnel set of values that you believe in. Values define you as a person and give you your character. Having a set of values that you consistently live by makes living life easier. It is like having a compass that is able to guide you whenever you are lost. It charts your path towards happiness. For example, some people may value making a huge dent in the universe like Elon Musk. They desire to do big things and only gain fulfilment from those things. They love to hustle and want to create something extraordinary before dying. However, others may value simpler things like having a family or giving back to their community. For example, they feel happy and contented when they spend time having fun with their kids at the beach. Both kinds of values are equally noble and important. Thus, the set of values you have is personnel and important in keeping you you.

Ultimately, there is no “way” to live life. However, I do find that Health, Values, Wealth, Love and Happiness are comprehensive aspects of life that we should consider when living life.

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Previously published on medium

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