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A Guide on how to start spending more money on Experiences

Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about this topic. Why? Because it’s a topic where most of people, especially youth, find themselves into a crossroad, whether to buy a T-shirt for the same amount of money that can be spent on an experience. For many years, I grew up with the feeling of buying more material objects rather than travel. Sure, travel can be expensive, but if you start doing some calculations along, you can be surprised to find out that you’ve spent much more on material things, rather on your development. When we think of experiences, we think directly on travel, but this is wrong. Experiences can be even a day out with your friends enjoying a lunch or dinner. Experience can be a tour with the boat on Danube near your house or it can be just a picnic in the park. So, I’m writing this article to show you when to stop buying yourself unnecessarily things and start doing something more valuable.

From where derives the feeling of being Lost in Life?

Feeling lost it’s just an excuse of not taking seriously your responsibilities in the hands. Some weeks ago I wrote an article about How to deal with feeling lost and empty inside and I thought of writing today a post to show you some reasons why do we feel this way. Sometimes, especially when we hit the twenties, we start putting in doubt everything about our life. Starting from our career till the relationships. We start asking people if we are doing the right or wrong thing. But most of all we start feeling lost, empty and distracted as what we want in life. I’ve been in that phase where I didn’t know what I wanted from life. I’ve been there where I thought that if somebody took decisions for me, I would be much happier and doing other things rather than taking charge of my mistakes, yet I was wrong.

How to know if you are driven by others in taking decisions in Life?

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to do something that your friend/family wanted, but actually, You, yourself didn’t want that much? You were forced thinking that the thing is good for you and really helpful, yet that wasn’t what brought you a smile to your face. You did it anyway, just to make the other person happy, but deep down within yourself, you were feeling empty, unhappy and most of all unsatisfied. So today, I’m writing a post to let you know some ways when you must stop doing what others want and start living your life by your own rules.

How can Perseverance be a useful skill in life?

We can always accomplish big things in life, if we dedicate enough time, hard work and perseverance. A lesson learned through many times of disappointment. Through many times of analyzing the results of my actions. And finally, after so many times of failure I came to the conclusion that nothing can be done without having a little bit of PERSEVERANCE in life. Some of you may wonder what this word means. By the Oxford’s Learners Dictionaries, perseverance means: the quality of continuing to try to achieve a particular aim despite difficulties.

Can the expectation of appreciation from others destroy you?

Many times I’ve saw how people do something and wait appreciation from others, including me myself. I always wanted to prove something to someone, let it be, family or friends, yet it always left me disappointed. It left me feeling uncompleted. You would wonder why? You would wonder why this feedback didn’t make me happy, because through it we can improve for better and I looked for this answer in me for many years. I wanted to feel appreciated because that gave me power in the society. It simply gave me a voice in the millions of others, but that was wrong waiting for it. It was wrong thinking that if somebody liked what I created, I would be happier and luckier at the same time.

Do we need to strive for Perfection in Life?

In the last post that I wrote I said a sentence like: Don’t try to reach perfection in life […], and somebody – my dad actually, read recently my blog and commented something that made me rethink perfection: Nothing wrong to aim for perfection, if you aim for less than that, you will achieve even less… Many people will say that this is true, that people should aim perfectionism, that they should take more time to invest in the things they care. But why? Why do we always need to challenge ourselves in striking perfection even though it doesn’t exist? The answer is that we like to push ourselves to the limit in order to work harder and be the best in our field.

Is Gratitude an important stage in our life?

Don’t try to reach perfection in life, but do try to look back sometimes and be grateful of what was given to you up till now. It was a lesson learned recently, one that I never thought that was very important. A lesson that awakened me and made me realize that first, you must be thankful of what you possess and afterward to want something more. This is a kind of life rule, when you have something you always want more, but the problem with us, people, is perfection. We want perfection in our blog, we want a great career path or a superb partner, yet this doesn’t exist. It’s an illusion that many people work toward it. Psychology says is because to compensate for a sense of inadequacy.

5 Ways to motivate yourself after encountering the word “Fail” in Life

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

The most depressing word that I’ve encountered in my life was ‘Fail’. This word actually has done pretty much damage into my life. And it’s pretty destructive when you think of it before taking big risks… It took me so long to understand that actually, Fail, is something important in Life. That without it we wouldn’t understand what was wrong done. Fail is like a wave that hits you hard in the face and destroys you when it hits the stone shore. Yet, I’m writing this post to let you know what you can do when you feel devastated and afraid while dealing with this scary word.

Can we seek happiness?

We always wonder what happiness is. Is it the money we possess? Is it the healthy lifestyle we have? We don’t know what happiness is… Some may say that having a roof over their head and some food on the table is the main happiness. Some say that winning 1 million of dollars in a lottery is a kind of happiness. Others say that living in a peaceful society without wars and starvation is Happiness. Everybody defines it their own way, yet I will say Carpe Diem or seize the day.

How to deal with feeling lost and empty inside?

Have you ever been in a situation where everything seemed perfect fine, but still you were feeling lost? You were lost because you didn’t know exactly what you wanted from life. Maybe, you wanted something more but were afraid to turn the page, because nothing comes easy in life. Maybe, you were afraid of change and settled for less or you just skipped the chances that came to you and blamed others for the result. Trust me, I’ve been there. I’ve been there where I didn’t know which direction to follow and if the new beginning would have been better than the last, but within all that mess that was created, I understood something valuable. If you don’t take an action to improve your lifestyle, then you’ll always live in regret.