Let's rethink how we are going to live our lives going forward...



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In this video, I want to really challenge you on how to perceive life going forward. We often spend our lives focused on preparing for the future whether that's by going to college preparing for a career or concerned about your professional life while preparing for retirement. And when you focus your life on future preparation, you often end up believing in this idea of the promised land of retirement where you are able to enjoy life to the fullest; however, I want to propose a new model on how to view life that is focused more on living in the present.


Chapter 1: Viewing Life As Vertical Instead of Horizontal

From an early age, we're taught to view life as a vertical timeline where time passes up by and we go through life; however, I believe that this model make you feel as if you don't have any control over your life. Instead, we should view life as a vertical ladder where we are building our lives and each step leads to the next one. This view of life allows you to focus on the present more because it makes you see your life as something that you are building up rather than something you are going through.

Chapter 2: Focusing On Accomplishing Instead of Preparing

This horizontal timeline model that we are taught to live our lives by is heavily focused on preparing for the future; however, there is more to life than just preparing. When you view life as this vertical ladder, you are focused more on building your life, you are more focused on accomplishing things because when you accomplish one thing in your life, it leads you to the next step in life. As you climb the ladder of life, you are focused on building your life up by accomplishing, rather than preparing.

Chapter 3: Focusing On Measuring Meaning Instead Of Measuring Length

The horizontal model of life often views time as linear as if all years are the same; however, I believe that years feel different in life depending on what you do and how big of an impact the year made on your life. For that reason, I believe the vertical view of life makes more sense because it allows you to group years by meaning compared to length. When you measure your life through meaning instead of length, you are more focused in creating meaningful years in life.

Chapter 4: Knowing What The Next Thing You Are Building Is

When you see life as this vertical ladder that you are climbing, you understand that each step you take leads to the next one as you are building your life. It is important throughout life to understand what the next thing you are building is. In the professional world, once you get experience in one area, generally, you continue moving in that direction because that is what you know. If you are building your life up one way that you are not passionate about, you must understand that unless you make changes in your life, you will continue moving in that direction.

Chapter 5: These Are The Good Old Days

We spend a huge chunk of our lives worrying and preparing for the future. We end up putting off so much of the present believing that once we reach a certain point in life, we can start enjoying and creating experiences; however, when you get older and are in retirement, you are going to look back on what you did today. When you are at retirement age, you will want to be the age you are now, so focus on living your best life today because these are the good old days!!

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