Tuesday 6th March 2018
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
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#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 174
Title: Are You Wasting Your Life But Don’t Even Realize It?
Deep down, you know your
life is meant to be something more.
So you can’t help but
wonder:
“Is this all there is to
look forward to in life?”
At first, it’s just idle
curiosity.
But over time, that
innocent little thought starts nagging — starts making you doubt what you’re
doing in life. Just a little at first, and then slowly your doubt spreads. Like
a disease, it contaminates all other thoughts and makes you question them too.
No longer are you so sure
about what you’re doing, or the choices you’ve made, or where your life is
heading.
One moment, you thought
you were doing OK in life. And then the next, you are desperately trying to
shake this scary thought from your head:
“What if my whole life is
a waste?”
Not wasted in the dramatic
sense like committing a crime and spending the rest of your life in prison.
Instead, it is the
insidious wasting of a life that takes place over years with many seemingly
small, harmless habits and decisions.
I came to realize the
process of wasting your life is slow and doesn’t happen overnight, but the
results are devastating.
During college, you
thought the world was your oyster.
You were always pushing your
limits to see where you could go next. You ran for leadership positions in
students’ clubs and won? Check. You got sponsored to go on international
conferences for free? Yep. You studied and lived in the United States of
America, in the United Kingdom, in Canada, in Japan? sure you've been there, you've
done all that.
Fast-forward a few years,
and you “settled down.” You know, the whole 9 to 5, Monday to Friday, office
routine.
On top of that, you had your
chill-out-after-work-in-front-of-the-TV routine.
Oh, sure, you still went
out with friends, but that became more like a humdrum thing than an active
activity and so you couldn’t help but
feel like your life was reduced to nothing more than a boring rerun.
Day in and day out, it was
the same thing over and over again.
And then suddenly it hit you
and the veil was removed from your hooded eyes and you came to the realization
that you are just “putting in time” now, waiting for something better
to happen in life.
That is termed
"wasting life"
Most people don’t
recognize these “harmless” routines they may have fallen into, so they go about
their lives as if nothing bad is happening.
But these routines are
lethal in their tendency to waste lives if left unchecked. People often don’t
realize what’s happening until it’s too late.
So unless you learn to put
them into reverse now, you could very well look back on your life with regret.
How to Tell If You Are Wasting Your Life:
Check out these 8 signs
here listed to know if you have been wasting your life
1. “Good
enough” has become the new standard.
You don’t try hard
anymore. You don’t try new things anymore. You are merely content with the
status quo.
Being content with what you have is fine, but make sure you don’t confuse
“being content” with “settling for less” because you are too scared/lazy/tired
to go for what you want.
Life is too short to play
small. You don’t want to waste yours.
2. You think
work is the only thing that matters.
Most adults spend the
majority of their waking hours working.
While that may be true,
that doesn’t mean your work should consume ALL of your waking hours.
Spend time with your friends and family. Enjoy your hobbies. Go on a new
adventure.
Work to live; don’t live to work.
3. You’re
always chasing the latest toy.
Can’t live without that
latest cell phone, luxury car, or new line of clothes that just came out? We
all have weaknesses.
But if you’re always
chasing after material things, you should ask yourself why.
Could chasing toys be a reflection of your unhappiness and yearning for
something more in life?
4. Television
is your best friend.
According to a recent
study published by Nielsen, Americans on average spend over 30 hours a week
watching TV. That’s over 4 hours a day.
Maybe you should spend
some of that time with friends and loved ones instead.
Otherwise, you may very
well die alone. Sounds extreme, I know, but it’s your life we’re trying to save
from being wasted here.
5. You often
escape into a fantasy world.
For a brief time, you get
to leave your current existence and experience something else entirely
different, but you should never replace living with mere fantasizing.
Live your dreams instead.
Do you even remember what they are? Are you following them now or are you
merely living someone else’s dreams?
6. You
always have a reason not to take action.
Isn’t it funny how some
people say they want something, but never actually take ACTION to make it
happen?
Maybe it’s saying they
want to travel, or get a new job, or find a new boyfriend/girlfriend.
But as soon as they say
they want something, they sabotage their own plans by giving an endless list of
excuses why it wouldn’t work.
Always remember that inaction gets you nowhere in life except to a place
filled with regret.
7. You often
find yourself reliving the past.
Ah, the “good old days”.
You may have heard your elders use such language.
Your elders may not be
going on new adventures as often as they did in the past, but what about you?
Are you really content with spending your waking hours reliving the good old
days while others actually go and live new adventures
8. You let
others tell you how to live.
Plenty of people will
enter your life – well-intentioned or not – who try to tell you how to live
your life. Will you listen?
Thinking it through would
be a good first step for you. It’s your life and you only get one chance to
live, so don’t waste it by living dependently on the commands of others.
The Choice Is Yours
What would you regret
more?
Would it be enjoying life
fully
Or dragging yourself
through each day and wasting your life?
Reaching for your dreams,
Or complaining about what
could have been but never was?
Walking the path that
you’ve chosen for yourself,
Or walking someone else’s
path just because you were told?
A life that could have been but never was is
effectively a wasted life.
You deserve more so here’s
your chance.
No one knows what tomorrow
will bring, but you have a choice today.
That choice will be
something you either look back on fondly, or do so with deep regret in your
heart instead.
I, for one, have chosen to
live life on my own terms. No more boring reruns. No more self-defeating
excuses. No more wasting time.
Today is the start of a
new adventure.
What are you waiting for?
Until I come your way
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