In fact, if you can clearly define your own values , you will find greater purpose and satisfaction in life. On your journey to find the meaning of life, you may receive support from many people or many different factors such as religion, philosophy, doctrine… However, only you have the right to decide what to do in life. Your life becomes meaningful. From there, you will be able to focus on the things that matter most to living a happy and healthy life.

What is a meaningful life?

Each of us has a thinking system to classify values, priorities, and different important things in life. So what is the expression of meaningful life?

• You feel more motivated every day: Every morning when you wake up, you feel more engaged with your work, full of energy, fully focused and ready to take action to do every task well. Although a bad day is inevitable, because of your determination to pursue your personal motivations and values, you are not at all easily overcome by circumstances.
• You have a strong connection to your life purpose: Life purpose is a prerequisite to help you take advantage of and maximize your potential. For example, if your purpose in life is peace, you will try to find every way to create a peaceful life. Or if your purpose in life is to care and heal, you can feel satisfied with jobs that care for and care for others such as nurses, doctors, etc.
• You balance your skills well with your personal values: People who have meaningful lives often know how to use their skills for things they care about. For example, an accountant who values ​​family may apply his or her skills to help a relative who is struggling financially.
• You feel satisfied in life: Each person has different ways of evaluating their own life. When you find the true meaning of life, you will have fewer desires for possessions, needs or achievements. On the contrary, you feel satisfied every minute and every second in reality, satisfied with where you are and where you are going. Therefore, the daily challenges in life are no longer too big a barrier for you.

• You seek a sense of belonging: Social relationships (family, friends, colleagues, lovers) that come with a sense of belonging are one of the factors that help you control stress and become resilient. Stronger and easier to deal with difficult times in life. When you find the meaning of your life, you will realize who can help you live a life worth living.

• You can tell the story of your life: You have the ability to string together chapters in each story to write the book of your life. Then you realize that what you went through helped create a better version of you now.
• You feel peaceful and content: One of the sweetest results of finding meaning in life is calmness, contentment, and happiness of mind. You have the ability to control every aspect of yourself, including your thoughts, emotions, body and spirit.

 

How to make your life meaningful?

As mentioned, only you can decide what you should do to make your life more meaningful. However, some of the tips below may be helpful in the process of finding your own ideal path.

1. Live in reality

Most of us tend to live in the past or the future: Why did I behave like that yesterday? How will things be tomorrow? What kind of person will I become in the future? Can my previous mistakes be erased? Your life is full of twists, turns, and unpredictable events. In other words, you cannot go back to the past to correct mistakes or predict the future. Therefore, all you can do is focus completely on the present, live to the fullest, work hard and happily accept unexpected changes in life.

2. Focus on what’s important

Your time and energy are precious but limited resources. However, in life, it is easy to get caught up in urgent tasks that must be resolved immediately or unexpected circumstances that arise. Therefore, learning to focus on important things is necessary. This requires you to continuously explore and answer the question: what is most important to me? When you are able to identify and spend more time on the important things, you can more easily eliminate other stressors and regulate your emotions better.

3. Be kind to yourself and others

When people are kind to each other, society will develop positively and sustainably. Sometimes kindness is expressed through a small act: giving someone a smile, thanking a salesperson, helping a passerby… However, taking the time to care, care and be kind Being kind to others does not mean forgetting yourself. Proper self-care can help you restore energy, think optimistically and avoid mental trauma. Therefore, finding a harmonious balance between being kind to others and being kind to yourself can help you have a life worth living.

4. Say no to hatred

Hatred happens when you can’t let go of feelings of resentment towards someone who has treated you badly. You may constantly think about that person or event over and over again, creating a vicious cycle of negative emotions in your mind. Therefore, to live a fulfilling life, you should learn to forgive the mistakes of people who have hurt you in the past. Otherwise, the grudge will forever be imprisoned deep in your heart, waiting for the day it breaks out and causes severe consequences.

5. Be willing to accept risks

Besides some negative aspects of taking risks such as harming your health, skills, relationships… accepting risks also has the ability to motivate you to get out of your comfort zone and achieve great things. surprising results in life. If you don’t dare to try anything new, you may never discover the meaning of your own life. So, accept, act, experience new things and then you can find many interesting lessons for yourself.

6. Make time for your passions

The most common reason most people give when asked why they don’t do the job they like is: ” I don’t have enough conditions or time to pursue my dreams and passions .” In fact, making time for the things you love is key to a good life. If you’re truly passionate about something, you need to take action now. And if that passion does not lie in work, you can absolutely find joy in other activities such as music, flower arranging, traveling, cooking, gardening… 

 

7. Determine goals

People who do not set clear goals for themselves often feel like they are drifting in the cycle of life, they find themselves working hard but not getting the results they deserve. The main reason they think that way is because they haven’t really taken the time to see what they want and what goals they need to set. 

In general, personal goals are set based on three levels. First, you need to create a “big picture” of what you want to do with your life in the next 5 or 10 years, and identify the large-scale goals you want to achieve (getting married, having children, buying a house, getting promoted…). Then you break them down into small, detailed goals about what you need to do to achieve your long-term goals. Finally, once you have a perfect plan, you just need to start working on your goals. By setting clear, achievable and thoughtful goals, you can easily measure your abilities and progress over time, thereby leading a meaningful life.

8. Approach friends selectively

Your life will become more pleasant and complete with the presence of sincere friends. If your current friends constantly disappoint you, act selfishly, or prevent you from pursuing your dreams, they are not worthy of being your friends. Choosing friends – factors that have a high ability to influence one’s personality and lifestyle can bring a happy, peaceful and meaningful life.

9. You are responsible for your own success

Learning how to make life meaningful is a long-term journey of self-discovery . You can search for the meaning of life through external factors such as work, friends, family… And when you start to dig deeper into your inner thoughts, you can realize what is important. most important to me. 

The meaning of life will be accidentally discovered by you the moment you realize what makes a good life. To achieve that, you should continue to take action, experience and find purpose in life by taking risks, volunteering, starting a business… or in other words, continuously doing things. new things, step out of your comfort zone.