What would happen if you had a guaranteed method to determine if the decisions you are making and/or the goals you are setting are right for you? What would happen if you could determine what you are most passionate about and had a way to systematically apply these passions to your life?
Yesterday you learned how understanding your needs and then finding ways of getting them met in a consistent and constructive manner can make room for what is truly important in your life. It’s important to know how to determine what is most important to you, so that the majority of your time and energy can be spent experiencing it.
Many people live a do, have, and be lifestyle, which is living from the outside-in. They do all sorts of things in order to have the things they think they need in order to be happy. Over the short term, this is an acceptable way of living. Over the long term, however, it is unsustainable.
Material objects can only bring so much happiness. Having “things” is not bad but it is not going to bring you the deep inner satisfaction we all long for. In order to live a life that brings a true sense of meaning, purpose, and deep fulfillment you need to live a be, do, and have lifestyle, or in other words, live from the inside-out. Living this kind of life requires you to be, to reflect upon what is most important to you and what it is that brings you the greatest sense of passion. Then you do those things in order to have those experiences.
When you are living your life from the inside-out, your life becomes much simpler. You will intuitively know how you want to spend your time and you will not be distracted by what is not important to you. When you are living from the outside-in, your life is complex. You will be constantly distracted by what is not important to you because you will be constantly searching for something to make you happy.
