Specifically, because our time here among the living is limited by default, we should examine our lives now and then, question our current progress (if we are making any), and see for ourselves through contemplation whether our limited time is here. It is wasted or well invested. Actually, what made me become a philosopher is to increase my productivity as a writer, which was a good choice in retrospect.
Anyway, here are the questions. Don't hesitate to remember them and set a time once in a while to ask yourself these questions and check if you are making progress towards one or more of the ambitions you have committed to.
1. Do I really need this/these?
· Eliminate everything you don't need, and there will be less unnecessary stewing.
Some of your possessions could be used by people who really need them and are deprived of them.
· Experience is there for knowledge and development. If you know something without experiencing it, and thinking about it has contributed to your growth as a person, then you can discard experiencing it.
· Wanting something you don't have can cause unnecessary frustration. Even if you can achieve this, the frustration can potentially remain and be focused on the next thing you lack. It is a cycle of waste and waste, is not needed.
· Learn to balance your needs with your wants. In this way, the fulfillment of needs can bring much satisfaction and peace.
· If you decide to discard one or more items from your life, make sure that their discarding actually caused some significant change in your lifestyle, other than their visual disappearance.
2. Am I currently a productive individual?
· To create something means to embody it. When you make something of your own, it can "extend" your life after death. It can remain for centuries and be consumed by others for their own evolution in the ways of the living.
· All people have talents and talents are meant to be used. When not in use, they reduce their potential, like a plant that hasn't been watered in a long time. You don't have to use all your talents, and using one or two is enough to develop for your growth.
· Being productive can lead to a satisfied and meaningful life. People need to do things, to be busy, and when this need is deprived, then damage appears, even if it is invisible at first. It's growing like a virus.
· Your time in your biological existence can be used other than unproductively. Be active and realize how much you are capable of, and don't feel exhausted enough to rest.
· Even with all the potential and updated productivity, rest must be accepted because it can increase one's productivity with additional quality.
· It can be at your workplace or in your free time. You are more than your work, just as you are more than your free time.
· Even basic work can be of utmost importance for the functionality of the workplace. This is why even jobs with less luxury are just as, if not more, important than those that guarantee social admiration.
3. Can I withstand the possibility of death?
· In RPG games, there are points where once you reach an area, you cannot go back to previous locations in the game. These are points of no return. Sometimes they are predicted and sometimes they are a surprise. Make sure you do everything you feel or think you need to do, because death can come without caution, anywhere, anytime.
· Your time is temporary. You can't live the same days forever. One day, your character may disappear from sight in the environment where you regularly find yourself. Make sure you are aware of this even when you are young, because no one is completely safe from Death, not even the youngest.
· This question also applies to the death of others. Are you prepared for the death of those dear to you, older or younger? Are you prepared for the possibility that one or more of them have a relative chance of disappearing from your life permanently? Do you have a plan for what to do next besides your own rehab?
I hope that by taking the time to read this article, I have helped you to better appreciate your life and the lives of those dear to you. With enough determination and introspection, you too could change your life for the better by asking yourself these three questions.
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