HAPPICATION!
Create a life you don't need to escape from; live your everyday
life
like you would while on a
holiday
“Instead
of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set
up a
life you don't need to escape from.“
-Seth
Godin
Entrepreneur
and best-selling author Dale Patridge wrote recently on the
social
media, “Vacations lie. Culture tells us to spend an entire year saving
for a
week to escape our life. We call it vacation.“ The post went viral.
It had
touched a nerve wrought with the everyday grind of our modern lives,
that has made us robots, looking for our
vacation time to actually feel human.
“Life
isn't about the 50 vacations you'll take while you are on this planet.
It's
about the 25,000 days between them,“ Patridge goes on to say.
Is it
not wise then to turn your everyday life into mini vacation moments
or
`happication' moments?
Author and `spiritual uncomplicator' as he calls himself, Paul Wilson,
had coined the term `happication'. He says,
“If you are more excited for
vacation
than you are about your actual life, that means you are more excited
about
the 5 per cent of your life than the 95 per cent that you are actually
living.
Right now, the 98 per cent part of your
life, seems either unfulfilling, stressful,
or
disappointing.“ Wilson believes in creating a life one doesn't need to
escape;
a life
where every day feels like a vacation. In other words, your longterm
happiness depends on your day-today ability
to find spurts of happiness.
Textile
designer Neerja Singh says, “I used to travel to exotic destinations
quite frequently, but I always came back
with a huge holiday hangover,
and
getting back to my mundane life took me to a low after that holiday high...
till I
realised what my mind craved was little moments of happiness in
everyday
life be it self-care, an adventurous cycle ride, meeting a friend
after
a while etc.“
London-based
life coach Arvind De valia has created a life he doesn't
need
to escape from. “The great benefit of liv ing such a life is that it
boosts
your energy levels tremendously.“ He advises people to prioritise
their
fun-quotient, not waste time on small hurdles which one faces on a
daily basis. “Do things that make you happy.
Be on the move. Move on if
you
come across hurdles. That's what you do on a holiday, if you meet a
block.
Take charge. Do the same when at home.“
As
Patridge says,
“Do
what you want to do, start what you want to start,
and
create the life you want today.
This
isn't rehearsal people.
This
is your life.“
TL29NOV15
|
Sunday, November 29, 2015
PERSONAL/ LIFE SPECIAL ....HAPPICATION!
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