Are you living your best life?

I know, I know, it's a phrase that's becoming rather over-used at the moment but relevant all the same for this week's blog.


Why does it always take a sad event to jolt you back into reality and re-assess your own life.  A recent death in the family made me do just that.  If there is such a thing as a 'good' funeral, then this was definitely it.  It was a celebration of that person's life and a chance to recall some touching, yet funny stories.

But have you noticed that these moments make you question how happy YOU really are in life?  This event especially, as following a very short illness, this person was given the news that they literally had only days to live.  How the *&%! do you process that news?

It got me thinking, if a doctor had told me that, would I be happy in the knowledge that I'd been living my best life?  Would I be thinking 'yep, I reckon I've done alright', this news is NOT what I want to hear but I'm ok with how I've lived my life.  Or would I be thinking 'oh my god, I've wasted so many years and now I'm going to die'.

Death is a subject that on the whole, and depending on your religion / beliefs, we don't tend to talk about.  Personally, I think we should talk about it more and not make it a taboo subject.  I'm not saying it's easy and I really wasn't sure whether to write this blog at all, but facing up to the inevitable that will come to us all, might actually make us focus more on the here and now and 'living our best life'.  

Going back to the above question, there's ALWAYS going to be regrets in your life and ALWAYS things that you still want to do, BUT on the whole I have to say that up to this point I've been pretty damn lucky.  I've always had food on the table, a roof over my head, clothes on my back, great people in my life to support me through the difficult times and the courage to change things when I've not been happy with them.

So how do you live your best life?

  • If you want to do something - do it and do it NOW.  Don't wait until tomorrow.
  • Equally important, if you don't want to do something - say NO.  This is your life, no-one owns you.
  • If you want to change something - put the wheels in motion NOW.  I completely understand that it's not possible to change your life overnight.  However, you can make the first steps to changing it, right here, right now.
  • Cut toxic people OUT of your life - you don't need them if they're making you unhappy.
  • You have one life - LIVE IT!!
I wanted to write this blog with the intention of making you realise how precious life is and not to hold yourself back, whatever you want to do then you must go for it.  It's difficult at times because, let's be honest, everyday life can be hard and we can't always go around shouting 'woo hoo, isn't everything great, I'm living my best life'.  Nope, sadly it doesn't work like that BUT we can still do something, no matter how small, that makes us feel good each day.  

I'm not talking about the 'perfect' lives we see splattered all over Instagram. Yesterday morning, I spent a fabulous few hours with my fitness peeps, exploring a new boot camp route then we sat drinking coffee in the sunshine regaling funny stories.  That for me, is 'living my best life'.

So whether it's smiling at the next person you meet, offering to help a neighbour, going for a walk, appreciating nature, spending time with love ones ... the list is endless - do something to make you feel good.  


That's all well and good I hear you cry, but what about creating your long-term best life?  This will take time so start ... NOW!
  • Want to learn a language?  Practise for 10 minutes - NOW.  
  • Want to change jobs?  Search the job ads - NOW.  
  • Want to get healthier?  Go for a walk - NOW.  
  • Want to move house?  Search the property listings - NOW.
Do you hear what I'm saying?  Why are you still here?  Get out of here and go and do something that counts towards living your best life!!

#2021

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