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Is Your Life by Design or by Default

Written by: Elizabeth Mullen

Article Overview: A colleague today brought this to my attention: he said we all either create our lives by design or live them by default.

Is Your Life by Design or by Default

A colleague today brought this to my attention: he said we all either create our lives by design or live them by default.

I venture a hearty "Yes" to this, and add that creating a life by design is not just desirable, but absolutely necessary! Without designing our lives, we fall prey to the designs of others-- because in this world -- having vision always wins.

Others are full of agendas to get our time, our health, our money, our energy. Advertisers masterfully create an illusion of lack, in order to fill it with their product. Family and friends have designs on our emotions and behaviors. All kinds of people have designs on our money. Educators and spiritual folks have designs on our beliefs. Even those who care the most about us have designs for our happiness (often, it must also include theirs).

There is nothing wrong or sinister about this: It simply is. Nothing to change, except our approach. We can bemoan the not-so-nice agendas of some, or we can do one better by knowing our own designs, and energizing them daily.

How do we do this? For starters; we pay attention to what makes us feel good. We act from integrity. We notice our drives, our fancies, and our whims. We decide to value that which we enjoy; and we act, and envision, and refine.

We definitely choose to set goals, even if we are not sure if they are the perfect ones. We take steps toward their realization. We wait for no one's approval to leap.

What is really the purpose of our individual lives? Whatever purpose we succeed in putting into them*. We design our life when we choose our purpose and live it largely.

So go ahead, choose a purpose, and design yourself a mighty life.

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