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This article describes one way in which to create a life full of passion, purpose, fun, and fulfillment: Beginning with the end in mind. That’s right. Imagine that you are at the end of your life looking back. What life would you have wanted to live? What person would you have wanted to become? What influences would you have wanted to have? What contributions would you have wanted to make? What experiences would you have wanted to have? What relationships would you have wanted to share? What world would you have wanted to create and leave behind? Yes. The important life questions become much more apparent when you begin with the end in mind. Reflecting on your life in this fashion can influence you to initiate the changes needed, starting from where you are today, in order to realize some of these other aspects over time. You may not be able to do them all, but by balancing your greatest desires with the amount of time and effort it might potentially take to achieve each of these a sense of priority can become more apparent.

Some people prefer to contribute in the more micro sense via their personal relationships, families, friends, and local communities. Some people prefer to contribute in the more macro sense via humanity, nature, and the world. Some people prefer to contribute in a combined sense by doing a little of each. For example, in the micro sense, you might strongly desire having a family and nurturing the growth of your children. If this is the case, then you might contribute more to the current relationship that you have if it’s going well or, if you are single, then you might perform activities which are more social in nature, date more regularly, and/or create opportunities for performing the interests that you have in more social environments to create greater opportunities to meet that special someone. In the macro sense, you might decide to work towards a career which directly supports the macro aspects that you greatly desire to support, start performing volunteer work, and/or support various causes. In the combined sense, you might decide to perform a little of each of these aspects and/or focus on becoming the person you most desire to become in support of your most desired micro and/or macro life contributions. For each of these cases keep in mind, however, that your desires can change over time so it’s helpful to repeat your “end of life” evaluation from time to time and to make adjustments accordingly. For example, someone might strongly desire to contribute to the growth and development of his or her children during one stage of life, but once the children have gotten older or left home, strongly desire to contribute in other ways.

By reflecting on these “end of life contribution” desires and creating a life in accordance with these you will avoid the emptiness you might feel later in life should you ask yourself the haunting question: “What did I do with my life?” I’ve thought about such questions often in my life. Questions which have influenced me to: (1) write and publish poetry earlier in my life, (2) develop the books, training seminars, and articles that I currently develop as well as the life coaching services that I regularly perform, and (3) live ever mindfully out of kindness and respect for all living and breathing beings both in the world of today and in the world of tomorrow. Some of my “end of life” desires include offering inspiration, hope, joy, optimism, comfort, and confidence to others such that they live happier lives. Hopefully, the work that I am presently performing offer these aspects to you and to others in your life. Writing is probably my most preferred form of communication, because written works have frequently continued to offer such contributions long after a life has ended. So many books that I have read from departed authors have still influenced me today.

You can create and experience a wonderful life filled with all of the passion, purpose, fun, and fulfillment you can possibly imagine by putting more of your energy towards creating a life which reflects your greatest desires and less energy towards those aspects which do not. So try doing this for yourself if you can. And if you need any assistance with this you know who to ask.

This article describes one way in which create a life of passion, purpose, fun, and fulfillment, by starting with the end in mind, such that you put more energy towards creating a life which reflects your greatest desires and less energy towards those aspects which do not. I hope that some of you will find this article to be helpful. To date I’ve written several articles related to creating and living a happier life. Click on “Personal Improvement, Development, and Growth Related Posts” on the sidebar to the right or below (depending upon which device you are using) if you would like to read some of these other articles for helpful tips on how to create greater peace, happiness, and progress in life if you think they might be helpful to you or to others in your life.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/

#selfimprovement #selfhelp #selfdevelopment #intention #fulfillment #success #inspiration #happiness

For those that do not know, I perform life coaching and training services in two primary areas: 1) Personal and Professional Improvement, Development, and Growth, and 2) Financial Planning, Management, and Investing. As such, I generally alternate the articles that I write via my blogs between these two topic areas. This particular article is associated with the first area that I life coach in. So if you don’t have much interest in personal and professional improvement, development, and growth, rest assured that soon I will write an article which will be in the area that you might have greater interest in; the financial planning, management, and investing area. You can also follow me on Twitter if you like at: Joseph M Brennan Jr @ BrighterDaysLC

Please contact me if you, or someone else in your life, could use some assistance with either of the two primary areas that I actively perform life coaching in. You can learn more about each of these areas by clicking on the menu, footer, and sidebar items.

Joseph M. Brennan Jr.
CEO/Life Coach – Brighter Days Life Coaching
“Your Brighter Days Life Coach for Life”

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This article shares a quick and easy technique that I frequently I use for creating happiness, peace, and relaxation. With the holiday season rapidly approaching, and the stress and chaos that it often brings, this might be just the thing some of you need to achieve greater joy, peace, and relaxation throughout the holidays (and beyond). The process I use is a simple two step process:

(1) Create a series of “reflective” playlists, of songs from your younger days, which promote happiness, peace, and relaxation. The songs may not necessarily be songs that you particularly enjoyed back then, but songs that others in your life may have listened to. The time frames that work best for me are the playlist of songs between my ages of 6 and 9 and another playlist of songs between my ages of 10 and 12, but also try creating playlists of songs of your teenage years and perhaps even your college years or other timeframes so long as they promote feelings of peace, happiness, and relaxation while perhaps avoiding those timeframes which do not. Prioritize each of your playlists such that the songs that promote the greatest joy, peace, and relaxation for you are at the top of each playlist. This ensures that when you are time constrained that you will at least get a chance to listen to those songs which sooth you most.

(2) Play one of your playlists at extremely low volume. It should sound almost like a pale, distant echo from another room. I find the best relaxation effect is created by disconnecting the speakers from my computer and using the internal speaker at low volume to create this effect. I’ve also used my Ipad for this purpose (again using the internal speaker only at extremely low volume). There’s something about the slight distant hint of these songs playing that promotes the joy, peace, and relaxation effect. So try this.

You can do this when doing things around the home, when driving, or at other times. Notice the joy, peace, and relaxation you experience whenever you do this. Try out each of your “reflective” playlists and use those that work best for you more frequently than the others and rearrange the songs such that those that are the most soothing to you remain at the top of these lists. What I often like to do is to play one of these playlists in this fashion while soaking in a warm bath. I then towel off, restart the playlist, and lie down in bed to relax while listening to the pale, faint, distant echoes of the music. Sometimes I’ll rest for about 30 minutes or so and at other times I’ll simply go to sleep for what always amounts to a deep, peaceful, restful sleep. Either way, when I get out of bed I am filled with joy and peace. And it lasts for hours. So do this for yourself if you can.

This and other happiness and self-improvement related tips are provided throughout my self-help oriented books: https://brighterdayslifecoaching.com/published-books-and-life-coaching-services/

#selfimprovement #selfhelp #selfdevelopment #intention #fulfillment #success #inspiration #happiness

This article describes one way in which to rapidly experience greater happiness, peace, and relaxation in your life. I encourage you to give this a try. It works wonders for me. I hope it works well for you as well. Other articles that I’ve written related to creating and living a happier life include:
(1) Creating Healthy Boundaries in Relationship Situations
(2) Living Mindfully and Intentionally, Being Clear Headed and Open-Minded, and Releasing the Need to be Right or Defensive
(3) Keeping Life Enjoyable, Interesting, and Fun By Breaking Out of the Routine of Things
(4) Achieving Greater Peace and Happiness By Evaluating, Prioritizing, and Adjusting Life Activities
(5) A Wonderful Way to Gain a Greater Appreciation of Others

Feel free to read some of these other articles if you think they might be helpful in helping you to experience greater warmth, peace, and happiness in your life.

For those that do not know, I generally perform life coaching and training services in two primary areas: 1) Personal and Professional Improvement, Development, and Growth, and 2) Financial Planning, Management, and Investing. As such, I generally alternate the articles that I write via my blogs between these two topic areas. This particular article is associated with the first area that I life coach in. So if you don’t have much interest in personal and professional improvement, development, and growth, rest assured that the next article that I write will be in the area that you might have greater interest in; the financial planning, management, and investing area. You can also follow me on Twitter if you like at: Joseph M Brennan Jr @ BrighterDaysLC

Please contact me if you, or someone else in your life, could use some assistance with personal improvement, development, or growth as this is one of the areas that I actively perform life coaching in. Also feel free to click on “Personal Improvement, Development, and Growth Related Posts” on the sidebar to the right or below (depending upon which device you are using) for helpful tips on how to create greater peace, happiness, and progress in your life.

Joseph M. Brennan Jr.
CEO/Life Coach – Brighter Days Life Coaching
“Your Brighter Days Life Coach for Life”

Make a Bad Day Better
Make a Good Day Better
Create a Brighter Life

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