live a better life

I like to sing, and I have a relatively nice voice. Maybe if I sing more (especially meanignful songs) then perhaps I will be happier, and even manage to make others happy, too.

I feel like it takes some people a their whole lives to find out who they want to be. I already know, right now, but it’s a little overwhelming. Thinking about everything I want to change (i.e., the way I judge people. I’m not mean about it, but judging is judging.). And how tough it’s gonna be. Bad habits die hard. And when the crowd is doing one thing, it’s hard to transcend their concepts, their system, heir obsession with material things. Maybe I’m just around the wrong crowd,(cuz not everyone is like that). Then I start to think this is just a phase. Hope it’s not.
(I need different pics pronto)

I actually already don’t fear my own death, but I feel like If I can understand it, I will come to accept the death of others. Death is part of the cycle of life, and maybe by reading about death, it will make me understand it. By understanding it I can live a better life. Here is one poem about how you never really die.

Do not Stand at my Grave and Weep
by Mary Elizabeth Frye (1904-2004)

“Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight.
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there — I do not die. ”

I think that poem captured the essence of death, and how if you believe hard enough, it doesn’t really exist.

It took me a while to decide on whether or not to put this up as a goal, and once that was finished, on how to title this goal. I tried “be a better person” but it seemed not completely right. A few ideas went through my mind, but this title deemed best fit. This is my first entry for this goal and I just wanted to make it an intro as to why. To be honest I’m not really sure. But I think my main purpose was is to improve other peoples’ lives by improving my own. You can call this my “unselfish wish”. Some subgoals that will be born from this one include:”eat healthier”, “exercise more”, “control my temper”, “have a better relationship with God”, etc. So I plan to write about these ways to improve my life under this general goal. It’s a little weird seeing 13 goals after having 12 for so long, but I believe this is the most meaningful and important goal I have made to date.

Today, I’ve started diary writing in order to change my life, trying to make life better by changing some habits and doing more productive work in life. Its one life and I want to live an adventurous life with liberty…full freedom…trying maximum number of things I can try. Feeling both pain and joy to the extreme.
I don’t know by now what’s in this site, but I hope it will help living a better life.

Since staring this 43Things list, there has been much improvement in my personal life. I’ve gone to Japan, I’m meeting more people, I’ve seen advances in my avocation of writing. I enjoy being me much more.

In contrast, my work life has gotten much worse. Office politics, overwork, a lack of resources, and a sense that I am no longer valued by my superiors is weighing me down.

I’ve decided that I need to change this trend. I added a new item of my list of “Finding a Better Job.” I’m hoping that focusing on my work life in the same way I focused on my personal life will bring the same sort of changes.

Wish me luck.

I want to take chances and get out of the norm….life more on the edge.

This was the analogy I came up with recently. Since I made a decision to change things in my life, which coincided with finding this website, things have started to happen. Most of has been good, some things not so good, and my days started filling in with more and more things. I sleep fewer hours each day, but felt more refreshed when I got up, beating the alarm for the first time in recent memory feeling ready to go. I found myself frustrated more often, but found myself in better spirits when facing my problems. When a friend asked me how things were going recently, the answer that popped out of my mouth was, “my life is thick these days… Like a stew.”

I’ve decided I like this description. It’s quite apt. My life is bubbling and burbling, and all the different ingredients are getting all mixed together. There are still more things to add, and I’m spending each and every day keeping things stirred to prevent them from burning or sticking to the pot. Sometimes stuff splatters over my hand and I get stung a bit, but I keep it stirring, plucking out the bad bits, and trying to add more fresh things.

When it’s ready to serve, I’ll let you know.

i want to live a better life because i feel like every thing i do is wrong and i want to somehow change that. its not something that just happens, its something YOU have to ACCOMPLISH.

“The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.”
~ Author Unknown

A better life is no accident. It’s a choice. It is task. This is something I’ve realized far too recently.

But now that I’ve come to this realization, I believe it’s better to do something about it. Every goal that follows this one is a facet or aspect of achieving a better life. But I wanted to give this overriding goal its own entry because I’m thinking that there is a state of mind that sets it apart from the others. A ‘sum being bigger than its parts’ sort of think. We’ll see.

I discovered this site by accident, doing a Google search and clicking “I’m feeling Lucky.” I’ve always made lists and written down my goals. I thought I might give this a try.

Here’s to feeling lucky!