Alot.
It's not about getting rid of bad habits or finding new hobbies. It's not about reinventing yourself or creating the "new you." I find that those ideologies tend to focus on becoming who you wish you were instead of cultivating who you were born to be.
No, this is more about realizing that new things are exciting. That's because discovery is exciting. Creating things is exciting. Inventing things is exciting. Pondering awesome ideas is exciting, and it spurs you to action, which is exciting. Heck, research can be exciting if it's something you're super interested in.
And the things that they all have in common is change.
Growth is life, and growth is change. Therefore change is life, and thus stagnancy is lack of life.
...so if you're not living a life-filled life, what on earth are you doing?
...I think that's a fairly safe line of reasoning. Simply put, if you want to be excited about your life, change something in it. It really doesn't matter what. Start a diet. Keep track of your diet. Did it work? Did you like it? If not, try something else. Switch from a PC to a Mac or vice versa. Rearrange your living room. Buy a betta fish and see how long you can keep it alive. Plant a venus fly trap. Force yourself to wake up at 5:30 AM every day for a week.
The list goes on ad infinitum. Just change something, and you'll find that you'll become excited about that something. You'll come home from work or school or whatever you do during the day, thinking about that something. You might even obsess with your something.
And then, one day, it will either become a part of your life and you'll be glad you made that change, or you'll go back to the way things were.
This is, I find, the best way to stay excited about life and be proactive in your growth as a human being. And let's face it: who doesn't want those two things?
This is all for now.
-R.
The list goes on ad infinitum. Just change something, and you'll find that you'll become excited about that something. You'll come home from work or school or whatever you do during the day, thinking about that something. You might even obsess with your something.
And then, one day, it will either become a part of your life and you'll be glad you made that change, or you'll go back to the way things were.
Either way, when that day comes, change something else.
This is, I find, the best way to stay excited about life and be proactive in your growth as a human being. And let's face it: who doesn't want those two things?
This is all for now.
-R.
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