Seems like I’ve been thinking about this blog for a really long time, and I’m excited that today I’m finally getting started.
What exactly is “Making the Good Life”?
It’s a process, a journey, and I hope a conversation with other people who are interested in what it takes to make a good life. Like a lot of other people, I’ve found myself in a financial pickle in the last year or so, and to be honest I’m kind of angry about that. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t blame anyone for my problem. I realize that I put myself here, and that it’s up to me to get myself out. I’m angry with myself for being short-sighted and not having my priorities straight, not planning and making the life I wanted. I found myself feeling like a failure even though there are many good things in my life.
What’s a good life?
While wrestling with how I got here and how I’m going to get out, I’ve also been thinking a lot about what constitutes a good life. Obviously opinions will differ, and that’s fine. It’ll give us something to talk about. Having a good life covers a lot of territory. For me, it’s first and most importantly having good relationships in my life. And yes, it does mean having control over my finances instead of feeling like I’m on a runaway stagecoach. To that I would add health, creativity, self-confidence and generosity.
How do I get there?
I have a lot of those things already, but like most people I could be doing better. Doing better to me is about living my life with a sense of consciousness and deliberateness – to use a popular term, mindfulness. I want to MAKE the life I want, rather than just having life happen TO me.
That’s what this blog will be about. Tuning in, being aware, doing better – the journey toward my good life. I hope you’ll join me!
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Welcome!
I am on the same path as you and while it is hard to look back at some choices made in life, what’s passed has passed and the only thing that matters now is the space we are currently occupying and the path before us!
It is a relief to turn the corner, admit your follies & vow to move forward in a different and new direction. There will be times of struggle, when things don’t go as planned but we build from these trials and tribulations. We are building from the ground up, a fresh start. A young seed sprouting its cotyledon, young, new and full of potential for greatness!
The path of a thousand miles begins with one step…this is yours!