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oppable.</p><p id="ac50"><b>Acceptance is a superpower.</b></p><h2 id="81cc">Embracing the present allows for joy</h2><p id="f2cd"><b>How can you enjoy your life, when you can’t live at the moment?</b></p><p id="a457">Being present is the single most effective thing there is to enjoy life. Even when you only do the dishes. Back in 2019, I wasted two weeks of my life thinking about my professional future, instead of enjoying time with my family in Curaçao, only because I was everywhere but the present.</p><p id="0311"><b>The present is the only place to live in.</b></p><h2 id="61bd">Pursuing the future encourages personal growth</h2><p id="c0f5"><b>Work in the present towards a better future.</b></p><p id="24bb">But don’t make the mistake of losing yourself in it, believing that you need more money, more muscles, and more confidence to finally become lovable. You’re awesome as you are. But you can still work towards becoming even more awesome.</p><p id="c77d"><b>Set clear and realistic goals you can achieve and start working.</b></p><h2 id="26ff">Stoic philosophy prom

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otes resilience</h2><p id="70df"><b>In 2023 I became a Stoic by accident.</b></p><p id="d6e2">After having a rough time with my GF, declining revenue in my business, missing my connecting flight, losing my baggage, and getting dengue fever, something weird happened. I started accepting it. That was when things started improving again.</p><p id="672f"><b>Hardships are your training ground for emotional resilience.</b></p><h2 id="2aff">Life is a journey of continuous learning</h2><p id="ee88"><b>The only endpoint is death.</b></p><p id="b73e">No matter, what you strive for. I became a writer, after being frustrated in my business informatics studies, and working as a recruitment consultant in London, but you know what? Life still goes on, teaching me the weirdest things along the way.</p><p id="9fda"><b>Never stop learning, because that’s the only way to grow.</b></p><p id="c3dd">If you can accept the past, embrace the present, and plan the close future, you’re on the right path to a meaningful life — no matter if it has an official purpose or not.</p></article></body>

5 Realizations You’ll Need To Experience To Find Meaning in Life

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Life itself has no meaning.

Neither yours nor mine. It took me almost 30 years of my life, many successes, and even more failures, to finally realize that. But before you question your very being, let me show you how I made sense of this funny game called Life.

Here are the five realizations I had.

Acceptance of the past is key to inner peace

Make peace with the path you’ve chosen.

It’s all water under the bridge. You’ve learned your lesson, and now start improving on it. When you learn to embrace life as it comes, you become unstoppable.

Acceptance is a superpower.

Embracing the present allows for joy

How can you enjoy your life, when you can’t live at the moment?

Being present is the single most effective thing there is to enjoy life. Even when you only do the dishes. Back in 2019, I wasted two weeks of my life thinking about my professional future, instead of enjoying time with my family in Curaçao, only because I was everywhere but the present.

The present is the only place to live in.

Pursuing the future encourages personal growth

Work in the present towards a better future.

But don’t make the mistake of losing yourself in it, believing that you need more money, more muscles, and more confidence to finally become lovable. You’re awesome as you are. But you can still work towards becoming even more awesome.

Set clear and realistic goals you can achieve and start working.

Stoic philosophy promotes resilience

In 2023 I became a Stoic by accident.

After having a rough time with my GF, declining revenue in my business, missing my connecting flight, losing my baggage, and getting dengue fever, something weird happened. I started accepting it. That was when things started improving again.

Hardships are your training ground for emotional resilience.

Life is a journey of continuous learning

The only endpoint is death.

No matter, what you strive for. I became a writer, after being frustrated in my business informatics studies, and working as a recruitment consultant in London, but you know what? Life still goes on, teaching me the weirdest things along the way.

Never stop learning, because that’s the only way to grow.

If you can accept the past, embrace the present, and plan the close future, you’re on the right path to a meaningful life — no matter if it has an official purpose or not.

Life
Stoicism
Personal Growth
Meaning
Self Improvement
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