Be strong every morning to live up life

Live your life according to your style. Keep the steering of your car in your hands, only then you can drive it the way you want. People are always there to preach you about life, how to enjoy it, how to do this, how to do that? Don't listen to them, listen the inner voice of your own soul, your body and mind know how to enjoy life better than anyone else in the world. Meditate daily if possible, it will refresh you and will regulate your thoughts which will give you more clarity in life. Once you learn how to drive yourself, life happens with ease and every moment is full of happiness and bliss.

There is no one-size-fits-all way of living life to the fullest. One thing I do believe is essential to that goal is to know yourself by being self-aware. Not to be yourself, which to me just sounds silly because how can you be “yourself” if you do not know yourself? Our identities of who we are, are always fluid and changing. Thus, it is very elusive and even non-existing at times. So, to know thyself by being self-aware is very important. Knowing yourself is so much more than just doing some personality tests and asking the people who love you to tell you what they think of you. Knowing yourself includes knowing all of your insecurities, your beliefs, your value systems, your core purpose and vision in life.

If you know and understand your underlying subconscious beliefs, then you can interpret your actions. If you know what causes you to behave and live a certain way, then you can control and change your way of life to the way you want it to in the future. You then have the ultimate life that is lived to the fullest. You have now found a way to unlock all the treasures within you. To me, that is way more valuable than travelling the world, ticking off your bucket list, doing crazy adventurous things, leaving the rat race to start a business and having lots of lovers.

So if you want to live your life to the fullest, follow your own advice. I am just here to point a few things out to you. Be bold. People love an underdog story. It shows guts. It shows courage. It shows passion. Don’t be afraid to be bold. Being bold sets you apart from the crowd. When in doubt, ask the person out. Stop waiting for the perfect moment. Stop worrying about whether or not you have spinach in your teeth (or buy those little floss packs, for goodness sake). Stop wondering “what if”?Take a chance and say hello.

Diversify your activities. If you go clubbing every weekend, you’re going to start to have the same kind of story to tell every time. And that’s boring. Challenge yourself to try new activities, like volunteering for some NGO, running a half-marathon, try making a movie on your mobile camera video. Those are a few examples, but don’t let me hold you back. Expand your activities. It’ll expand your life. Throw dinner parties or events for friends. Ask them to invite their friends too. The more you expand your network and sphere of friends, the more you create the great light effect. People almost always ask to meet the host of the party.

Stop wondering, and start testing. If I write this novel, will I become more interesting? If I go to this party, will I become more interesting? If I sail across the world, will I be more interesting? The only way to find out? Do it. The more that you do, the more stories you’ll have to tell. Have a bias towards action. Get uncomfortable every day. Do something daily that makes you stretch as a person. It’s exactly these kind of moments that will help you grow as a person. Passionately study a subject for one day.

It could be politics. It could be art. It could be a new language. It could be pop culture. This will give you more to talk about. Master a skill. Singing, writing, presentations, acting, karate. I don’t care what it is, but I do care about you developing a strong work ethic, persevering and mastering a skill. Everyone falls short in the beginning. What you do after that is what matters. Be your wacky, unique, authentic self.

Stop trying to be somebody you’re not so that you can fit in. It’s exhausting to put up an act. Be the awesome person that you are. The people that belong in your life will love you for it. Welcome everything in your life with a smile. If you are stuck in a traffic, smile. if you are alone, smile, if you on your deathbed, smile. Go out there and sprinkle your shiny smile on everyone. Cheers!