What's the best way to live your life?
Is it when you have enough money?
Is it when you have a loving and caring family?
Or is it when you have some freedom and time to enjoy activities you like to do?
I would say a mixture of these and a couple of other things. Mostly, it's a matter of making better choices.
We all have seen miserable rich people and we all have seen people who have wonderful families, but can't provide enough to their loved ones.
It won't be fair to say that people who have chosen their career, money and fame are living better lives than people who prefer to pursue their passion and interest.
Of course, it's easy to spend time doing things you like. But it becomes hard to make money from your passion. A few people are successful in doing it, but most are not.
Usually, you blame other people and outside circumstances for how you spend your time, but it's you who is making the choices.
I am sure whichever political party you support, or is in rule, won't focus on improving your life.
Or, if you give all of your focus and energy to your company, they might give you a little bonus but they won't prioritize to make your life any better.
The quality of your life is in your hands.
A few years ago, being committed to your work was the hot thing to do. Anyone who was too busy doing his work, was glorified. And someone who preferred to earn less but have more time on his hands, was seen as an irresponsible person.
Maybe at that time, hobbies and personal life wasn't considered as important as being busy in doing your work.
However, things have changed now. It's preferred to be balanced physically, emotionally and mentally instead of being miserable by chasing a bigger number in your bank account.
Deleting things that are not your priority is the answer.
Even I used to think that the more I could do, the better my life would be. But I am no superhuman. I could do only a finite amount of activities before my energy and willpower gives up.
I could sit inside, and watch tv, or play games for hours, but that won't help me in the long run. These things won't improve my life.
With a limited amount of time and energy, we cannot fit everything into our life.
If I focus more on non essential activities, I will have less energy left to do things that matter. Things that matter for me → learning and practicing new skills, reading, writing, going out in nature, exercising.
Sometimes, you cannot decide what to delete and what to keep. Life is full of opportunities. It's difficult to decide which ones to chose and which ones to ignore.
Take crypto for example. There are so many projects going on, thousands of crytocurrencies. And at least a dozen of them are creating the future, if not hundreds.
Even on those projects, there must be dozens of things happening. For example, on hive, there is curation, engagement, writing, contests, tribe tokens, gaming etc.
You can participate in any activity but not all.
You can invest your time and money in a few things but not all. You cannot chose all. You have to select a few, and ignore the rest to become a successful investor. You have to find balance in your investments.
Chosing one over other is always difficult.
When you say yes to one thing, you are saying no to everything else.
Just like it's not possible to invest in everything that sounds good, it's not possible to spend your time in all the things that feels good. You have to chose a few.
Often times plans don't work out. You overwork on things, and they fail in the end. You save and invest for years, and then the returns are so low.
Maybe just focus on the present?
What's the point of taking time off your work, if you are still stressed about work? And what's the point of doing work, when you want to be somewhere else?
Maybe you should stop separating your time as work, personal time, family time, hobbies etc. After all, it is your time that you are spending.
The goal is to live your best life. And what's the point if you don't enjoy it?
Maybe how we spend our time doesn't matter.
I think it is less about how we allocate our time to different activities, and more about how much we enjoy doing things we are doing.
Many people enjoy their work. So, just chilling and relaxing makes them restless but doing their work makes them happy.
And then there are people who get stressed when they overwork. So, their balance is in optimizing their life with less work.
What's the right balance?
To spend time and money on things that gives you more returns or to spend time and money on things you enjoy more?
I don't know, but I can think of a quote →
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. — Albert Einstein
Maybe, the best way to live your life is to keep moving forward! To always be in motion!