Living a fulfilling life is possible only if you make your daily minimalist practices a passion
Live your passion - We never had that option in our life, because simply there were no options to even explore our passion. We had very limited choices and we never complained even - just grow and do the best with whatever options available. Slowly responsibilities increased, and the thought of exploring our own passion was put behind the scene, as building our next generation was having a higher priority. There are very few privileged people, who still could do both (living their own passion and supporting their kids to live their passion as well) - so I don't blame anyone or anything for that. In this process, we have come to an age where living a healthy life has become challenging and is the most important thing now than anything else, to be able to support our kids to live their passion. And a healthy life is possible only by living a fulfilling life - by setting some daily minimalist practices that is achievable. So let me explain some daily minimalist practices of minimalism and it's benefits that helps me to live towards a fulfilling life. This post is in response to the KISS Prompt of this week - a compelling prompt that would be applicable to everyone.
I have made it a rule to dedicate at least a hour daily for self, for some form of exercise - unless there are very high priorities coming up. "रोज़ाना एक घंटे खुद के लिए" A hour daily for self - I have spread this to many friends and now many are following this, even though we are not living nearby. So this is my new passion and highest priority of the day - I feel incomplete, if I don't do it - and I even feel the impact. My appetite remains low on those days when I take off unwillingly (due to other priorities). From a weight of 108 kg to below 80 kg is a long journey, but after reaching here, that feeling of a light body brings in the memories of our young times, inspiring to do more. There is one down side of changing my wardrobes consistently ( I now have almost four sizes) , but that's the fun part of it.
Know this flower ? Parijata or Coral jasmine or Night-flowering Jasmine or the tree of sadness gives only goodness to others - while the flower gives divine fragrance, it's leaves are used for medicinal purposes. It's called the "tree of sadness" or "tree of sorrow" because the plant blooms only in the night and flowers fade quickly, falling off during early morning (because of a curse as per our mythology), giving their best.
Feel your surroundings and adjust to any place to spend this one hour blissfully. Often we think, we need a better place like gym or a big filed or a stadium, to do physical exercise and that becomes an hindrance. Slowly that hindrance takes over killing our willingness, so don't allow that to happen, instead adjust to any place. You might have seen me at many places - whenever I go to my native, I enjoy football, cricket, running, in those grounds. In our society, I even ran on the very small park located on the front, making it a mark as well. At that time, I was having back pain, and doctor advised to run on soil, instead of hard surface. But slowly, I realized, the back pain is not because of that, it's because of consistent long sitting hours for job and I took courage to deal with it, do some specific exercises for that, which has made me feel better, even though its still there. But I run on hard surface now - fear makes everything worse, and so did it on me as well, we have to win over that.
Another most important factor for living a fulfilling life is food and Sattvic diet or simple diet promotes peaceful mental state as per our Hindu mythology. And early morning is the best time to get some fresh vegetables - I wish, I could grow my own vegetables, which is only on the plan for now. So mostly a vegan and simple diet has been our choice of late.
These guys live a healthier life than us, they don't have very high aspirations - living a minimalist life is what makes their life blissful. And they have a bigger heart than people with lots of money - the fulfilling life they live probably gives them that edge.
And to make the entire day fulfilling, and get up recharged, we need a nice sleep - controlling my thoughts and divine thoughts has made it better, but its still not best yet. Hopefully, it is not far - anxieties from several responsibilities are hard to relieve, but not impossible I believe.
So these are my minimalist practices of minimalism that makes my day fulfilling. It sounds easy, but in reality, it's very difficult, to make it happen consistently for a long period and make it a habit. Now that it has become a habit, I don't want to give up them at all.
What about You ? Does your passion change over time ?
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There's nothing as wonderful as dedicating some time to our well-being, eating healthy, doing some exercises, and making time for rest; this helps to relax our bodies and minds and also rejuvenate us.
Unfortunately, our busy schedule does not allow us enough time, but we have to take control.
Yea, you are right. No matter how busy we get, we must make out time for rest. The body needs to be well for us to go about about our busy schedules
I think what fascinates me about your blog, besides the constructive, family-based happiness you exude, is both how different and the same our worlds are.
I think our generation is gifted and see that evidence from you too. We grew up with boomer parents driving work ethic into us, “ nobody cares, work harder”. While not optimal, it did help us develop some toughness and happiness while being productive. The current generation struggles with information overload and the pendulum swinging, potentially too far, towards self care. But we are here too with the work ethic and the awareness of minimalism and self care, in moderation. That is a good mix.
Celebrating your balance and lifestyle from Canada 🇨🇦 my friend.
Ours is a unique generation.
Hello dear friend @sanjeevm how are you?
I loved your post about how to achieve a full life, it's great that you dedicated an hour to yourself, having our own space to do what we want is great, you do well to dedicate yourself to exercise.
Healthy eating is a very important point for people to achieve a full life.
Thank you very much dear friend for sharing this experience.
And we have to create that.
These daily minimalist practices can make profound changes that will do us a lot of good. The best thing is to dedicate time to ourselves, as you say, even if it is an hour a day, but having that space of time is great.
A hour at the minimum, at least after forties.
at least an hour but if we can extend it a little longer I think it would be better for us
As I will enter 40s this year, I have decided to make it a thumb rule: time for yourself - health, both physical and mental.
In 2024, I followed this rule religiously and that led me to about 1587 kilometers of walk time.
Brought great clarity.
That's great.
Thanks for your reply 🥶🥶
Each of us should have a regular practice for wellness that keeps us healthy as well as our mind.
Hello Sanjeevm ji
You are right, turning passion into profession can be achieved only by a few. Limited options in life and urgency to become a man drag us behind.
As you suggested, we can at least find ourself a few hours to follow it.👍
We can think about our passion at 60 :) But to reach there, a hour daily is a must.
I love street vendors, in the past there were only them and no shopping centers.
And they are quite affordable because they don't have any capex for which these shopping centers charge.
I could never get one full hour a day for myself 😢 with a little kid and 8 hours of work it's impossible sadly... But it seems you buy vegetables from the local farmer or I'm wrong? That's the best choice, I do this, go to the farmer and buy directly from him, no supermarket
Impossible is I m possible, it's just a mind set. Even I was thinking the same, but once you realize the importance, that would be the first priority.
You have really done a great job. It is possible to lose weight if you are patient, determined and willing. The bad thing is that old clothes do not fit anymore. We have to buy new clothes, but if you find a good tailor, he can find a solution for this.
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It's always good to put away anxiety and stress for our own mentally and physically well-being.
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Investing 1 or 2 hours for yourself every day makes you forget the busyness of the day and you can take more care of your body. Happiness has a big impact on life, we must be happy. It is also good for health. You are right that low-income people are very happy and very generous. They come forward to help others and sometimes even risk their lives. I respect them. They are actually the real players in life, their hard work day and night is the foundation of the world. Coral jasmine flower is beautiful to look at and smells very sweet. I also like it very much. You have highlighted a real life hero in your post today, thank you very much for that
Dedicating one hour fully for yourself is really good
A lot of us are addicted to work that we don’t even have thirty minutes to ourself
very good outlook on life.. make the best of what you have. i am also a minimalist. 💪😉👊
So many beautiful moments. You also captured the white flowers lying in the road which is lovely. Have a great time.
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I’m currently living a minimalist life. I’ve stated since the beginning of last year and I’ve benefited so well from it