Smart Living: A Deep Look Into Living Life to the Fullest
Are you into smart living?
Living life to the fullest is all about smart living. It is about making the wisest choices possible to constantly move forward and not backwards in life.
Of course, I believe the seven key characteristics of super-charged living define the areas where the best in life can be found, but can we dig even deeper to learn more about experiencing every good thing that life has to offer? I think so!
Do you want to dive in with me and discover the Smart Living Rules that will take us higher and further in life than we’ve ever been? That’s exactly where I’m going and I invite you to come along!
12 Smart Living Rules: An In-depth Series of Powerful Articles
I’m launching an in-depth series of articles to cover smart living. Over the next several weeks, I will publish what I consider to be the essential rules for living life to the fullest.
I borrowed the idea for this series from Trent at The Simple Dollar. I recently ran across his 14 Money Rules and it inspired me to define my own Smart Living Rules. I hope Trent doesn’t mind, but I just couldn’t pass on such a fantastic idea!
I feel strongly that these articles will provide powerful guidance on the essentials for truly getting the most from life. They will help us to focus like a laser on the incredible quest for for a full and rewarding life.
Here is an overview of the 12 Smart Living Rules:
- Smart Living Rule 1 – Take Full Responsibility For Your Life
- Smart Living Rule 2 – Strive For Excellence But Not Perfection
- Smart Living Rule 3 – Be Positive, Optimistic and Enthusiastic
- Smart Living Rule 4 – Focus Your Thoughts and Actions
- Smart Living Rule 5 – Make Your Life Count for Something
- Smart Living Rule 6 – Get the Most Out of Your Money
- Smart Living Rule 7 – Pursue Good Opportunities Fearlessly
- Smart Living Rule 8 – Never Stop Learning and Growing
- Smart Living Rule 9 – Be a Role Model Like It or Not
- Smart Living Rule 10 – Make Healthy Living a Priority
- Smart Living Rule 11 – Travel, Explore and Try New Things
- Smart Living Rule 12 – Love Others and Let Yourself Be Loved
I am super excited about this series! I think it will be some of the most significant writing that I have done to date on this site.
Why the Smart Living Rules are so important to me
One of the driving forces for me personally in seeking to live life to its fullest is this well-used quote from the book Walden.
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
~ Henry David Thoreau
I want to do everything possible to avoid going to the grave with the song still in me and to lead as many people as possible in the same positive direction.
I truly believe that these Smart Living Rules have the power to drastically change our lives for the better.
They zero in on the essence of great living. Making these 12 Rules a priority in your life will lift you out of the doldrums. They will help you define a unique and personal course to success and happiness.
In Walden, Thoreau stated the following about his purposes for taking time to examine life more deeply.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
~ Henry David Thoreau
This is the same reason that I’m writing this series on the Smart Living Rules. I do not want to get to the end of my life and discover that I have not lived! How about you?
You are cordially invited to join me as I venture into the woods!
No, I won’t literally be going into the woods to learn the essential facts of life, but I can assure you that my quest is no less passionate. Also, my journey here will have at least one other thing in common with Thoreau. I will use words to share what I learn along the way with you.
I hope you will join me over the next several weeks as I go headlong into this adventure.
There are several ways that you can keep up with this powerful series. Here are a few ways that I’d like to invite you to accompany me:
- Subscribe via RSS to get regular updates for free or use the form directly below this article to receive the Rules as they are published right in your Inbox!
- Bookmark this article or add it to your browser favorites so you can check back regularly. I will update the list of Smart Living Rules above making them links as I publish the articles.
- Post this page to your choice of FaceBook, del.icio.us, Digg or Reddit so you can remember to check back weekly.
Also, please share the news about this great series with others so they too can benefit from it and add their thoughts to the conversation.
I’d love to hear your reaction to my announcement of the Smart Living Rules. Leave me a comment and let me know how this strikes you. Thanks!
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These are EXCELLENT rules. I’m really excited to read more on the series, especially this one: Smart Living Rule 3 – Be Positive, Optimistic and Enthusiastic.
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