How To Live.

If I asked you to list all your favourite people, how long would it take you to mention yourself? We often focus too much on others forgetting we deserve some love as well. Oh yes, my birthday is coming up on the 20th of this month too and I would be writing a love letter to myself. When was the last time you psyched yourself up? It is not about bragging but about feeling good with yourself because if you are empty you won't be able to give much out to others. Take care of yourself as much as you are taking care of others too. If you run out of fuel, you won't have anything left to give or re-energize yourself with.

We all want to be better and attain greater heights in life. Who wouldn't want to be at the receiving ends of greater things so much we can be recognized for it? Rather than measure your life with others, measure it with some other factors that can influence your life. There are some things you must never joke with, in this life.

Time.

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Whatever you do, never waste your time on activities that are not profiting nor people that are not worth it. The value should be reciprocated in whatever you are investing your energy on. Time is something you can never have back. Time is fleeting and your energy won't always be the same again. The same strength you had 10 years ago isn't the same strength you would have in 10 years to come which is why we need to prioritize the things we do and what we use our time for.

When you are planning, be honest with yourself regarding the time frame that it would take you to achieve the things you want to. Your time frame should be feasible just as your goals should be. Don't force yourself to shorten the time because you want to be seen to have accomplished so much in so little time and put yourself under unnecessary pressure which would frustrate whatever you are doing. Many people have brilliant goals and ideas but the problem is, they were not realistic with it. They are working with a shorter time frame so much that they are frustrated. Yes, I said time is fleeting and we need to make the best of it but don't stop moving no matter how 'slow' you think you are moving.

How would you believe we are already on the 6th of October. When did we shout Happy new month to each other? When did you graduate from school? When did you get that job offer? How long have you been at that job now? Time moves by with the speed of jet even though we feel we have forever to do what we want to do.

Try and measure your life by time and what you do with time would in the end either favour you or mar you - it all depends on how productive your time is. We all need to step out of our comfort zone so we can make something better out of the time we have left even if we feel we have wasted most of it. Indeed, you can't go back in time to make better choices or get that new start but you can influence how you end up eventually.

Seasons.

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Life is in seasons just as we have different weather seasons, we have people also in seasons. At a time you have a certain circle of influence around you and at other times you have a different circle depending on the direction your life is going at a given time. I've come to meet awesome people here in such a short space of time and that's the season I am in right now in my life.

Someone said we meet people for a reason and sometimes for a lesson. "Maybe we meet some bad people in life so that when we encounter the good ones we can learn how to appreciate them better" - Anonymous.

You have a season where you have to put in all your strength and there are times you have to sit back and enjoy all you've once laboured for.

What's there to be jealous of between a single lady and a married woman? What's there to be jealous of between a married woman who isn't pregnant yet and another married woman who is heavily pregnant? They are both in different seasons of their life and it's in a circle. You can't change the seasons of life but you can change how you respond to it because that one is perfectly under your control.

Stop comparing yourself to others and stop unhealthy comparisons. Opportunities come in seasons too and we need to learn how to take them.

Numbers.

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You don't want to work for so long only to have nothing to show for it. You need to understand how your money works and where it goes. Keep track of your expenses and stop trying to live up to others or impress them. Someone flew the first class and you are in economy class so you feel you are failing. If you decide to empty your account because you want to make a statement that you flew first class, you would go bankrupt because you don't know maybe the person who flew that first-class that you are jealous of, only used just a fraction of the abundance of wealth that he has and here you are, emptying yours to prove what point?

You need to keep track of your money because there are some unnecessary spendings we do all. After all, we want to catch up. There is nothing to catch up with because how do you determine who sets the standards and what makes you think it is right? We judge a lot of things from the surface without seeing how indebted some people are just to fund the life we are envious of. Don't do more than you can afford. A wise man once said that if you can't afford it, just avoid it.

Let me stop right here and I would continue on this tomorrow.

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