Are you living the fullest life possible?
I know I’m not. But I want to.
When I am a much older gal, sitting on my front porch with my cats drinking my umpteenth glass of lemonade, I want to be able to reflect on all the twists and turns my life took. I want to be able to smile at all the times I fully stepped out of my comfort zone and experienced something remarkable. I want to remember all the times the wind whipped through my hair and felt the sun kiss my face. I want to reminisce on sunsets setting into the ocean, cobblestones beneath my wobbly feet, sidewalks beckoning me into their quaint coffee shops.
I don’t want predictability. I want extraordinary. Extra. Ordinary.
I want what the world has to offer. I want to walk beneath the Eiffel Tower. I want to ride the London Eye. I want to spend Christmas in a cabin in the mountains and truly wake up to a white Christmas. I want to help. I want to do. I want to truly live.
I want to someday be on my porch and smile a small smile to myself and know that my life was everything I thought it could be and more. I want to know that I focused on the promise of never-ending tomorrows and felt the grass beneath my bare feet and flowers graze my tender fingertips.
Someday I will be on my porch and I will know that I truly lived life.
I hear ya! I think it can start with baby steps though. I know my routine has gotten a bit dull, so I’m thinking of taking some kind of class. I still haven’t decided what kind of class yet, but I think just stepping outside of your comfort zone gives life a little spice.
Taking a class in something sounds fun! Maybe I should do that, lol ๐
I am most definitely not living the fullest life possible, but like you, really want to start living. I’ve been sitting on the sidelines for far too long dreaming and not doing. And I’m ready to start doing. And – I totally have the same picture of old age, sitting on the porch with my cats, reading a book and sipping iced tea and looking back with a big smile and feeling content. We can do it!
We may have some bumps in the road to getting there Tanya, but you and I are definitely going to live the fullest life possible!!!
I find myself thinking that marketers actually stir up in us a sense of dissatisfaction with our lives as they are. If I were a woman in a poverty-stricken, war-torn country, I would look upon the life I’m leading as an absolute dream. When I’m very old, I’ll look back upon the health I enjoy now with new appreciation. I really believe that most of us live very full lives. We’re just distracted by what ads convince us we don’t have but need to be “truly fulfilled”.
I can see what you are saying here and yes, I do think marketers do target our feelings of vulnerability of not having or doing everything we want in life.
For me personally, I am speaking more to wanting to travel and not miss out on seeing the sights and seeing more of the world and not regretting decisions that kept me from doing that ๐
Love this!! As I’m nearing 50, I think about this a lot. So important, isn’t it?
Yes it is! ๐
I love that your plan involves sitting on a porch with cats. Mine is the same, except with dogs AND cats. Have to have both!
I think what strikes me most about your wishlist for a fulfilled life is that it’s not so outrageous it’s impossible to achieve (like, say, going to Mars). It is completely possible to get out of life all you want from it and sketching it out as a plan is the first step to making it happen.
Oh, and if you want a travel partner to London, you know who to ask (it’s me, in case that wasn’t obvious).
Yes, I definitely need to sketch out a plan to make my travel plans happen! And yes, we can totally travel to London together ๐