How to design your best life

• I took the wisdom by a sage says Momentum - “How to design your best life.”

It includes five key elements or simply 5 Keys:

1. Life audit
2. Life edit
3. Life debit
4. Life credit
5. Life accredit.

Now, the task here is, You have to analyze and write down each of these key elements with respect to your entire life.

And this is what I did (Mind it though, you can use your own method to analyze the components):

Key 1: LIFE AUDIT

This key is all about understanding the problem or challenge that you are trying to solve. Let’s explore the key areas of your life:

• Personal
• Work/Finance
• Family/Friends
• Health
• Spirituality

Now, the thing you have to do is honestly rate yourself in each category on a scale of 1 to 10 where you think you are right now.

The second thing you need to do is, the rate where you want to (realistically) be at the end of the year in that category.

Then, calculate the difference between where you are now and where you want to be and then start acting towards it right away.

Key 2: LIFE EDIT

Which area did you identify as having the biggest gap? This category will

become your Life Edit - the area that you're going to focus on. Write down

what it will feel and look like when you achieve your goal in that area.

Key 3: LIFE DEBIT

What do you need to debit, subtract or deduct from your life to make the Life Edit possible?

Create a list of 3 things you need to remove from your life. Again this is your own personalized list that you think is hindering your progress.

Key 4: LIFE CREDIT

Write down three things you need to add or introduce to your life.

Key 5: LIFE ACCREDIT

Write a list of 3 things you are grateful for. Be specific!

Mind it, I only wrote the things that I think are important for me to conquer in the current scenario. You may write according to your position, goals, and choices in life.

Apart from this, I have also made a detailed blueprint of my life goals on a whiteboard and hung it up in my room so that I could see it daily after I wake up & when I am around to keep myself motivated, act as a reminder, to re-analyze or re-structure and be focused.

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• Part 3: Daily Habits.

The sole reason for this part is the Power of Habit, Discipline, and attitude.

I have set certain daily goals and habits that I practice rigorously no matter what weather, what time. I dedicate some amount of time for the mastery:

• Read 50 pages daily of good self-improvement, psychology, philosophy, investment, finances, physics, astronomy or any knowledgeable book you think will add something valuable to your mind and personality. There is a ton of gold out there, Search, buy and read it. It will improve and develop the domain of your mindset and knowledge.
• Wake up early around 5-6 am. It works according to my schedule. You may try your hands on what suits you. It just gives me an edge to start when others are sleeping.
• Workout for 1–2 hours daily. I’ve started doing intense weight-lifting & cardio in the gym. This helps me improve my health, get & be in shape and also helps me keep calm & it increases my focus.
• Set a digital hour according to your schedule to consume all that social media you want to.
• Set dedicated digital hours to improve my technical skills like coding, designing, editing, development.
• Watch one TED Talk daily. This will introduce you to many new dimensions of knowledge, vocabulary, the structure of society, technology, psychology and many other factors depending on the talk.
• Inculcate optimism. Cut down cynicism. Period.
• Practice gratitude daily.
• Trying to get better at meditation.

Tip: Do these exercises every 3 to 6 months or whenever you feel the need to reflect on your life. It will help to again re-evaluate, re-structure & create a magical difference in your life.

Above all this, I stick to my schedule. Don't let life pass you by, take action.

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.” — Seneca

It means that time waits for no one. If you make a habit of putting things off, you will find you have run out of time to get things done.

These little steps of daily habits apart from daily chores keeps me in check that I am on the right track.

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Girish Deshmukh.