While a lot of these self-care and mental health exercises helped me get to this point, I realized that a lot of the activities such as gratitude journaling, journaling, and even therapy mainly focus on the past and present struggles. I started asking myself the bigger question: “How can I set myself up to have long-term well-being? For the Future?” In pursuit to answer this question, I created a framework.
Society creates this illusion that the more we have in life, the better our life will be. Instead, we can focus on the lifestyle that we want to live based on our purpose and values. You’ll realize that you probably won’t need as much as you think. Once you have decided what kind of lifestyle you want, you'll know how much you need for any particular thing.
