Five Things I Do to Improve My Life

Small changes make a big difference. Big changes are difficult but necessary.

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There is a lot of advice that you can read if you want to be happier, slimmer, smarter, richer or anything-er for that matter. I’m not here to tell you how to live your life, I just want to tell you about a few things that I do to make my life a bit better. In the end, you can do whatever you want or make excuses to not do the things you know need to be done.

I spend an unusual amount of time thinking about my time, my days, weeks, months, years and decades. I agonise over decisions I’ve made, people I’ve met, things I’ve said and the ways that I’ve acted in the past. Most of it makes me proud and some of it makes me cringe. Regardless of the outcome, I am always testing and experimenting with ways to improve my life and gain more out of my time.

I have found that the below five things have added immense value to my existence and that of those around me.

1. Cut people out

Over the past 15 years, I have worked tirelessly to remove assholes from my orbit.

Here’s the thing that they didn’t tell you in school about your friends: You don’t have to be friends with people forever. Just because you once had something in common…