Tanya SachdevA conscious life is a life filled with happiness & joy. Living a conscious life means that you are conscious of the decisions you make, you evaluate your options and engage in meaningful activities. You make deliberate choices based on your values and truth. But these days, it is hard. We often don’t have a chance to live consciously because of so much of pressure from all the external sources which keeps us confused and occupied. When you choose to live consciously, you can question and challenge everything. You get the awareness to do what you feel is right and reject the things you do not consider worthwhile. So today let’s focus on how to live a conscious life and get more out of life.
7 Ways to Live a Conscious Life
1. TALK TO YOURSELF
Ask yourself what you want to do. Have your own opinion, make your own choices and stick to your own preferences. Talk to yourself as you would to a friend. Get your own genuine opinion about things that matter so that you know what counts and what doesn’t.
2. PRACTICE YOGA, MEDITATION
Get one with yourself. Have some form of exercise for body and soul in your daily schedule. Feel the rhythm of your body and let it guide you towards things that matter.
3. ACCEPT YOURSELF FOR WHO YOU ARE
We all have our ups and downs. You are one in a million and that is what is unique about you. Even with your imperfections you are just perfect. Your imperfections make you, YOU. You need not believe in what others think about you. You don’t have to be any thinner, taller, smarter, shorter to prove to somebody. Comparing yourself with others is going to make you feel worse. Do not fall for that. You are your own competition and always compare yourself with your previous version.
4. LISTEN TO YOURSELF
Living in a society, we are bound to get loaded with a lot of unwanted advice. Get a job, do this, get a house, marry someone, get a child, learn to do this etc are few things you would hear as you progress in life. But you have to make your own decisions depending on what’s important to you and what makes you happy. Make your decisions and make your mistakes. A lot of your decisions will prove wrong in time but so be it. Every mistake is a juncture for a lesson. Learn and move on.
5. DO NOT SPEND FOR THE SAKE OF SPENDING
Money does not grow on trees and this is an obvious fact. Do not spend just for the sake of spending. Make a wiser use of money that you have. The world needs wisdom, not overspending.
Why waste money on things which you do not necessarily need to buy? Be conscious of your spends and always choose between the devil and the deep blue sea.
Minimalism is for all of us, of course.
6. LEARN TO SAY NO
Learning to say no is one of the hardest things in life. But the greatest weapon you have for living a conscious life is to say a ‘no’. Continue building up your ‘no’ muscle until you learn to say no to things that do not matter to you. Until you can say no to that boss or no to that relationship or no to that unhealthy lifestyle, keep practising.
7. LET GO
Learn to let go because holding on to something is just going to make everything worse. Work towards what you will like to accomplish in life and focus on the long-term goals. Ask yourself ,“Is this going to matter to me after one year?” If the answer is no, you have to let it go.
Hope these 7 Ways to Live a Conscious Life help. My endeavour is to help you live the best of your moments in the most meaningful manner.
Take care!
Tanya
Tanya Sachdev
Kritika Manchanda
