life is short it's a phrase thrown
around all the time you've probably
heard it at some point with each day
that passes Tom seems to go by faster
when things slow down or we find
ourselves in a rut it can feel like
we're wasting our lives so with that
being said here are five ways you can
stop wasting your life right now help
someone sometimes we struggle to see the
value our life brings to the world no
matter how much you believe you're
wasting your life we want you to know
your life has intrinsic value and that
you have left a positive impact on
somebody just by existing if you have
memories of someone doing something nice
for you just for the sake of it you know
how good it feels to be helped in some
way even if it was just a compliment or
someone sharing their lunch with you it
probably stuck with you you might say
that that person has had a positive
impact even if it was small you can have
a positive impact as well by helping
people look out for people in need and
help them without expecting anything in
return if you feel like you you're not
accomplishing your life goals or you're
existing in a state of purgatory getting
nothing done try to spend your time on
selfless acts a 2009 study on the
benefits of giving sums it up nicely
happier people give more and giving
makes people happier such that happiness
and giving May operate in a positive
feedback loop work towards a goal we're
willing to bet that at some point in
your life there was something you wanted
to be or do so badly that I consumed all
of your thoughts maybe you achieved that
thing maybe that dream just went poof
you got distracted by something else or
disillusioned as you came to the
realization that this thing isn't what
you thought it would be for example how
many kids want to be a firefighter they
grow up and realize that this job is
hard and risky suddenly they're amongst
the rest of us who know the truth
chasing a dream is difficult but just
because you might not become an
astronaut or an actor doesn't mean
you're wasting your life you can start
with small goals maybe you've always
dreamed of having a swimming pool or a
really nice computer or a specific pet
let these dreams guide you chase these
dreams with everything you have what
you'll find is an increase in
self-belief you might become more
stressed depending on the goal but
striving to achieve something teaches
you that you're capable of achieving
your goals as Dr Laura King describes
writing about your goals is also
extremely important it offers you a way
to reevaluate and gain perspective on
your life be social sometimes we find
purpose in our friends sometimes how
busy we are isn't up to us as we focus
on working or studying perhaps you're
still in the process of finding a job
and you feel like you're wasting time
just searching for jobs but getting
nowhere use this time to see the people
you love go out with your friends and
family it doesn't have to be expensive
even if you just visit them to talk in
their research Italian Loom and Robert
Putnam explain that there is an increase
in life satisfaction and religious
individuals this is attributed to the
fact that they have a space to be social
as well as build social networks and not
based on the religion itself if you
aren't religious there are many other
ways to build social networks and find
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much as possible it sounds like a huge
task to undergo remember the key word
here is possible if you can't afford to
travel for example whether you don't
have enough money or enough time don't
worry focus on what you can experience
see local bands play Laugh spin a day in
nature week by week try a different
coffee place and find your favorite one
they are an infinite amount of
experiences to be had in a single human
lifetime even laying on the floor
staring at your ceiling fan with someone
you love is an experience not every
experience will be a positive one but
every experience can leave an impact
researchers from the Journal of positive
psychology suggest that people do not
seek out experiences as much as they do
material Goods because of the value we
place on them we value material Goods
more because their value is easy to
understand but the value of experiences
is abstract these experiences will last
forever as memories a life full of good
memories couldn't have been a waste you
can't put a price on that and this leads
to the last Point forget about wasting
your life unless you committed some
heinous crime no life is wasted your
life is valuable we go through times of
stress times of boredom and Times of
loneliness it happens to everyone the
court by Martha Charlie curtain rings
true time you enjoy wasting is not
wasted time and easy life is not
necessarily a good life but neither is a
hard life if you truly feel your
precious time on Earth is being wasted
try some of the other tips that feeling
of emptiness can be reduced by staying
busy and achieving small Victor day by
day the key is to seek these victories
and experiences they weren't always just
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