What motivates you to keep on living? by summerdaycee
Each of us has each of his or her own set of failures and disappointments. A lot of problems arises day by day. Lately, while I was reading my previous entries of my posts, my younger years where full of it. Negative feelings, negative impressions, all negative. So I guess that was why I was able to entertain the thought that I do not want to continue living and wished that I would die sooner. But then again, I've realized that thinking that if I die, I could not do the things I like and eat the things I love and help the people I dreamed of helping someday.
What motivates me to keep on living? First and foremost is my fear to God. God blessed us with one of the most wonderful gifts which includes life. But come to think of it, then why there are people who are sick and dying? Even innocent children are of no exception?
Who could tell? I always believed that everything has a reason. Maybe they are meant to tell something by the right person, at the right place and at the right time. Things are meant to teach something. Like problems and trials, it is there to shape us into better individuals. Without it, our life becomes dull.
If we look into a lot of perspectives and we just don't stay into one, you will see that there are a lot of opportunities awaiting. Life is like a box of chocolates, you'll never know what's inside and that uncertainty makes us to look forward to living life.
How to enjoy life? There are many ways to enjoy life. You can take your dog for a walk, plant a tree, learn a new language or even go shopping. It merely depends on what you prefer to do and how would you react to a given situation. Remember that all problems has a lot of possible solutions.
Now back to the question, enjoying is like living your life to the fullest. It's like living your last day today, your last hour, your last minute, your last second. Anyway, of all the resources that we have, it is time that can not be recovered. Like they always say, "Time will not wait for us."
Given the circumstance, I think the most appropriate question for this is how will we make our life meaningful? If I'm going to answer it, maybe it is all about doing something that you love, something you're passionate about and devoting yourself to it. It includes letting our self-centeredness out of our mind and out of our heart. For this would only cause envy, jealousy and others nasty things that we could think of. I know that it is not easy to do it and sometimes we can't help it because as they say, "self-centeredness is a part of human nature". But if we begin to compare ourselves to others, knowing that though this may sometimes work to improve oneself, later on our self-centeredness would also be the cause of our destruction.
Enjoying life is all about giving and receiving. Accepting one's strength and weakness and always strives for the better. As much as we want to be respected, we also give respect. We should also respect the dignity and the rights of others. We continue to struggle for our shortcomings.
It's all about having a positive mental attitude and working with action. I know that it is better said than done but we should always look forward to the brighter side of life no matter how worst the situation there is.
With the economic crisis happening, many of us are already worrying what would happen in the succeeding days. Thousand of lay-offs each day, banks closing, businesses filing for bankruptcy, who would not fret?
Here are some helpful tips which could at least lessen your stress:
1.) Make your assets liquid as possible.
2) Lessen your expenses. Buy what you need not what you want.
3) Take care of your health. Adapt effective healthy living lifestyle (no to smoking!).
4) Chill out! Nothing would change if you go on like that. Stress cannot be eliminated but too much of it is bad. Go for a walk, do deep breathing, meditate or do your usual relaxation techniques.
Lately this October, I have been reading books about personal finance. I've searched books and the net because I am finding ways on how to save more on my allowance and how to minimize unneccessary expenses. I have come up with ideas based on what I've researched:
* "Pay yourself first." That's right. I am going to save first. Maybe I am going to allot 40% of my daily allowance for savings. According to Colayco's book entitled Wealth Within Your Reach, one of the reasons why Filipinos do not save much is because of the common formula of "SALARY - EXPENSES = SAVINGS". Rather, it should be "SALARY - SAVINGS = EXPENSES". I think it is not that bad. I would like to take that as a challenge.
*"Determine your WANTS and NEEDS." Remember what your Economics teacher told you? We always spend our money on our wants rather than on our needs (the usual basic necessities such as food, water, shelter, etc.).
*"Do not be an IMPULSIVE BUYER." This is related to the second idea about wants and needs. When I see something new and good to see in the mall I am usually tempted to buy it but I pause for a moment and think whether is it worth my money? If I am still having second thoughts I do not buy that thing. And oh, if you don't really need that discounted dress you saw on your favorite shop, DON'T BUY IT. Discounts are only useful when you buy something that you really need. Basically, we are blinded with the wrong notion that we will save more if we buy this discounted pair of socks and jackets.
I was retrieving my files when I found this article of mine:
I am planning to invest in a mutual fund but I'm still thinking whether which type of mutual fund am I going to put my money to.
Based from what I know, in a mutual fund, your money is pooled together with other investors and a finance manager (I am not sure if it is right) whose held responsible in deciding where to invest the pooled money.
Maybe I'll put it in a Balanced fund, a combination of stocks and fixed-income investments. Equity fund can be exciting but has the most risk since most of the investments are stocks. But wait! Equity fund maybe has the most risk of losing your money but it also has the highest potential return among these funds. Bond fund, well, can also be an option since it has a fixed-income and also GS fund which invests mostly in government securities. Both of them are low-risk investments. And there is also the money market fund in which you invest your money for a year.
But before all that, I would still have to save, save and save to reach an amount of P10,000. I believe that I can attain that. Well, I hope so. Anyway, action speaks louder than words right? Tehee.
I have my eyeglasses replaced last 2 weeks and I was able to gain some tips on how to take proper care of eyeglasses. some of which are:
1. Use water only when cleaning your eyeglasses and then wipe off with a facial tissue. Cleaning with soap or alcohol is definitely a no-no! 2. Remove and put on your eyeglasses with both hands.
I was surprised to know about these things for I wasn't told by my previous doctor about it.
