Dmitri wrote:willie wrote:I'm always looking for better ways to improve my life.
...as is everybody else, and those ways may be very different for others.
You're quite correct Dmitri, there is no one "blue print for life" that would fit everyone, but that's not the problem. The problem is that most people don't have any plan at all. They go through life being knocked about by random events, they are without direction.
The way I look at it, is that there are only a few simple things that one needs to do to have a good life:
1. Life long pursuit of physical activity (via sports, martial arts, ice-skating, mountain climbing, biking, golf - anything physical that you can pursue into old age).
2. Life long learning (via taking classes, trying something new, reading (especially non-fiction), learning a new taiji form - anything learning that you can pursue into old age).
3. Life long relaxation (via meditation and neigong techniques).
With so much to do and so much to learn, where is there time to become addicted or to die?