Yesterday on the phone, a friend spontaneously launched into a musing about how having a life list and life goals are instrumental to a life worth living. We talked about how instead of waiting for "TGIF" and counting each day till the weekend, if you have a life list with all kinds of little things on it, you can make every day fun and live it like it’s your last.
I asked him to put his thoughts in writing and I wanted to share this since it was a great "rant."
Most people lead lives of quiet
desperation, trapped in the monotony of work, with seemingly, at times, overwhelming
marital and family responsibilities. They’re so mired in the day-to-day
grind, they miss out on life. The symptoms are everywhere: divorce, affairs, broken
families, mid-life crisis. All of these are events are like explosions of
frustration from people who realize they need more from life. There’s a
better way to live.
We need more balance in our lives, we need
to take time to reflect on who we are, why we’re here and what we want to
accomplish in life. Socrates said “the unexamined life is not worth
living.” I’m not saying we should shirk our responsibilities, but
we need to be more intentional when it comes to how we live our lives. Life is
too short to live any other way. That’s why I love the life list concept.
You reflect on the things you really want to do, see, accomplish, experience,
learn. You prioritize them, then you pursue them. The most famous life lister
was Goddard. His list of accomplishments is amazing and he has lived a very
full life.
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