The Ultimate Lifestyle Five Elements
Continuing on from the first article The Ultimate Life, which discussed the ideology and philosophy of the Ultimate Lifestyle, this article discusses the practical elements of creating the Ultimate Lifestyle.
There are five areas of focus when creating the Ultimate Lifestyle : Mind, Love, Health, Freedom and Wealth.
Mind
The power of your mind is not to be underestimated. To create and live the Ultimate Lifestyle, you need a peaceful and loving mind, a mind that is capable of independent thinking and has the ability to objectively see the much bigger picture of the world we live in and the lifestyles we live. You need a mind that is strong and confident, a mind that has the fortitude to step outside the current of conventional thought and the wisdom to know when you are walking the right path. You need to master your own mind, to be able to focus your minds attention and energy on your chosen projects, to be self disciplined to break society ingrained thought patterns and to use your mind as the incredibly powerful tool that it is. (Click here to read tips on how to develop a peaceful mind).
Love
Love is the combination of deep respect, appreciation and gratitude. When we remove ourselves from the trivialities of the common day to day life and instead contemplate nature and our extraordinarily magnificent place within this world as an extension of nature, an awe-inspiring, deep respect, appreciation and gratitude arises. This deep respect, appreciation and gratitude is then extended to all elements in our life, from ourselves to our families, neighbors, the greater community, world, all animals, plants and living beings – we have a deep respect, appreciation and gratitude for it all because we recognize everything as being an extension of nature also. To live a life always aware of this common thread between every living being on this earth is to live a life full of love. Love is the optimum state of mind. The love element also incorporates having healthy, loving and supportive relationships in your life. These type of relationships with your family and friends take time and effort to develop and ultimately become the measure of your happiness.
Health
What good is a tamed, peaceful and loving mind and to be in love with life if our health fails us and becomes a detriment to our ability to live our greatest life? There is no fun in getting diabetes from an unhealthy, sugar based diet and having to inject yourself daily for the remainder of your shortened life, nor is there any fun in being obese, developing cardiovascular diseases, cancers or a myriad of other illnesses that potentially seriously debilitate you just because you were too ignorant to consider your own health while it mattered. To create and live the Ultimate Lifestyle is to place our health and that of our loved ones and community as priority in our lives. Simple, fresh, organic, home made meals are undoubtedly the healthiest approach to maintaining a well balanced and healthy diet, coupled with regular exercise and plenty of water. It does not have to a monthly marathon, joining a local sports team, getting outdoors into the wild, horse riding, a bike ride around the city – it is all better than sitting on your ass at home eating ready salted chips in front of the IQ lowering TV. It is incredible how tangible the effects are of what foods we eat on our emotional and mental state of well being. Unfortunately not many people realize this because they have nothing to compare their fast-food, junk-food based diet against. A good diet leads to mental clarity, happier states of mind, ideal weight levels and ensures you are in the optimum state of health to live your most amazing life.
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Freedom
Freedom is at the heart of the Ultimate Lifestyle. Freedom from the 9 to 5 world, freedom from big businesses dictating our time schedule, freedom to be where we want to be, when we want to be there, freedom to travel when we wish and for however long we want to, freedom to wake in the morning when we want to wake up, sleep when we want to sleep, eat when we want to eat and socialize with who we want to socialize with. Oh the simple things we take for granted! When we create our Ultimate Lifestyles, freedom is a major deciding factor in what ventures and projects we take on. If anything demands our time which is not aligned with our greater dreams and goals and to the detriment of spending time with our loved ones, or impacts our freedom to enjoy our lives, then we politely decline and continue looking for other opportunities aligned with our core values. Freedom is a choice which becomes easier to maintain with each decision.
Wealth
Having money enables us to live more comfortable, more luxurious lifestyles, but it is not the be-all-and-end-all. If you are happy living a self sustained, simple life riding your donkey around your backyard, then kudos to you. That lifestyles definitely appeals to me too, but for this stage of my young life, I find that making money is fun. Wealth is not to be confused with having a “j.o.b”. Ultimate Lifestyleers view wealth generation with an entreprenuerial spirit. We ask ourselves “what can we do to generate a cash flow”. We align our passions and natural talents and develop our inner desires until we can monetize them in some fashion. The beauty of the internet is that you have an international marketplace at your fingertips in the comfort of your own home, or at the cute little internet cafe down the road. A quick and steep learning curve about internet businesses, coupled with an idea and you have the beginnings of something beautiful in the making. The great thing about online businesses is that there is virtually zero risk. If your great idea did not work, you learn from your mistakes and apply your new knowledge to a different strategy – and you keep on trying until you see some results. Of course, not everyone enjoys developing an unusual fondness and intimacy with their computer from spending countless hours staring at the computer screen – the internet is not everyone’s cup of tea, so having an eye for small business opportunities in your neighborhood and having the audacity to start small and taking the time to develop it to a stage where you can either automate your business, have someone else manage it, or sell it and then use the funds to focus on bigger and better projects will enable you to generate wealth, while balancing your values for freedom nicely.
These five elements combine to create the foundations for your Ultimate Lifestyle and are elements which you can focus on daily to develop and perfect over time. Just like Rome was not built in a day, neither will your Ultimate Lifestyle be created overnight. It takes time, persistence and dedication. You will have break-through’s along the way which will keep you inspired and motivated. One day you will realize that you have gone so far it is impossible to “turn back” and live the traditional lifestyle again, the only way is forward, and some time after that moment the stars will align for you and all your hard work and patience will pay off as everything comes together perfectly and you realize you have created the life of your dreams.
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My dear Lara
Character should also be included in the list of elements of Ultimate Lifestylel
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Anirudh