I wake up to a brand-new day that has never been lived before. Everything in this day is fresh and waiting for me to make it my own. My thoughts, feelings, and circumstances have shaped the day even before it began. Today I choose to live life through a different lens โ the deathbed criterion. Will it matter when I’m on my deathbed?
This simple question changes my focus from the urgent to the important. I tend to the important things that nourish my life rather than just my day. I find balance when I feed my largest self. I realize that my habits are no longer just routines but part of my life.
The deathbed criterion turns out to be the key to making the most of this day and every day. As Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky wrote in her book “The How of Happiness,” we often forget that a perceived slight or a horrendous week will not matter much, let alone be remembered, in the future. I let go of the baggage that does not serve me in the long run.
I take stock of what I value most in my life. I let those things gleam and stand out, while the rest fall away. I see my life in the light of day, and everything takes on a new meaning. I design each day to live a life that is worth living.
It’s not just about today, but about how I want to look back at my life when I reach the end. Did I live each day well? Did I make it matter? Did I leave the baggage behind? I know I did because I designed each day for life.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐-๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น๐, ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐, ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ฒ๐. ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐. ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป +๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด๐ด๐ด๐ต๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฌ.
