5 Life Changing Keys To Living a Happy & Fulfilled Life

Stop wasting your time doing things that don't work. What are the five proven ways to live a life of happiness and fulfillment? In this article we will share those exact tips that will help you live a happy life.

1. Do far less

Sounds Easy I Know, But Trust Me, It Isn't

The first thing you need to do is something counterintuitive, and it's do far less. We all get caught in the trap of doing more, adding more to our plate where we think we need to be happier by buying more stuff, earning more money, or losing more weight by going to the gym. Reading more books, travelling more, and it's always about doing more, but actually, if you're not happy with what you have already, if you're not a 10 out of 10 in happiness, if nothing were to change, what makes you think that you're going to be happy with more, and that is the power of this magic word that we hear so many times that it's becoming a cliche of gratitude, but the idea is really powerful. 

The reason we hear it again and again is that there is a method to the madness. There is something that this cliche is trying to tell us: if you're not happy with what you have, how are you going to be happy with more? So stop searching for more and just accept what you have. If you are already content where you are, this is the first step toward fulfillment.

2. No More Success/Failure

It's Time To Look At Things Differently

The second key is to understand that learning never ends. Stop seeing your life as either a success or a failure. Every moment is either a success or a failure. Yes, there are obviously things you want to achieve, things you want to become, things you want to do for your family, things you want to do for yourself, but ultimately, focusing on "did I succeed or fail" will lower your self-esteem and make you narcissistic, where as focusing on "what did I learn today" will give you positive energy. because there's always something new to learn. 

So focus on learning rather than success or failure.

3. The Wisest Advice

Given By Those Who Are On The Brink Of Death

And this is something I learned from a study in which they asked some of the world's oldest people who were dying in a hospice what they regretted the most. They didn't say, "I wish I'd gotten a better job." They didn't say, "I wish I'd travelled the world more." They said, "I wish I'd spent more of my time not being busy but with the people that I care about. If you already have amazing memories with someone, go to the movies, go for a walk, go to the gym, but do something with those people that you care about and remember that it's not about the quantity of time you've known that person or the quantity of time that you spent with that person, it's all about the quality. So, if you do the same thing every time you talk, the person you met last week and have only known for a week may have a more powerful and fulfilling relationship than someone you've known for ten years. 

But whatever happens, make sure you spend time with people you care about and who care about you in return. Your life is gonna be better for it.

4. The obvious advice

Most Powerful : Focus On Heath

The fourth one, and this is something that everyone realises the moment you get a cold, your health goes down and you feel totally crap. Look after your health if you want to feel more grateful. Like I mentioned, you need to look after your health, and every time you eat, you're either feeding the disease or fighting it. But if you take early action to prevent diseases like diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, and all these things that we know we're going to face in our later years, you can easily prevent these diseases. Make sure you're spending time making your body more flexible and stronger, and then you can focus your attention on what you're putting into your engine and your cells every single day. They're made from the things that you eat, and I'm keeping it really simple here and very basic. 

It's nothing scientific, but you all know the power of looking after your health, and if you don't believe me, just look at how you feel when you get a cold or the flu. It effects everything that affects your mental state. So make sure of this. Not once a week, not twice a week, but every single day. A 20-minute walk, a 20-minute workout, a 20-minute meditation, a 20-minute yoga session, but whatever you do, put time into looking after your health. 

5. The Realest Advice

It's Not Ever As Good Or Bad As You Think

The final tip, are you ready for it?, is that nothing is ever as good or as bad as it first seems. Don't get carried away with the successes or the highs and happiness that life brings you, and don't get carried away with the lows and failures that life brings you. Try to develop resilience and equanimity. No matter what life throws at you, you're gonna forget about this article. At some point, you're gonna forget about these nice tips, and life is gonna hit you. You're going to face challenges where things don't go as planned, and through it all, we have to learn to remain composed to find equanimity in our thoughts. Common goal experiences, common goal successes and failures, but the one thing that remains is the way you view things, the mindset that you continually develop. 

So, if you want to live a happy and fulfilled life, follow your inner compass and accept only the best. Absorb what's useful, discard what isn't, and add what is uniquely and truly your own. See you next time, and thanks for reading.