Super-Charged Living: Creating Significance and Joy in Life

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Is your life full of all the joy and significance you desire?  For most, the answer is no. 

Why is this?  There are a few that seem to be living with a deep sense of contentment.  What makes their lives different?  What are they doing to achieve such satisfaction?

These are the questions that I ponder regularly and intend to answer as I write this blog.  I named this site My Super-Charged Life, but I certainly haven’t arrived there yet.  It is a journey that I am on, not necessarily a destination.

What is super-charged living?  What does it mean?

Mary from Simply Forties recently wrote a guest post for me a few weeks ago.  In the opening paragraph, she mentioned that she didn’t know what “My Super-Charged Life” really meant to me. 

Frankly, I was a little shocked when I first read her statement.  Have I done such a poor job of communicating my purpose?  Apparently so!

It was then that I started thinking about writing this post.  I’m glad that Mary brought this to my attention.  It gives me a chance to address it and to reflect and refine the intent that guides my writing.

As I read my about page, I realize that over the last year, my goal for this blog has evolved, matured and clarified.  In fact, I think I’ll make some updates to the about page pretty soon.  In the meantime, let me dive into explaining some of my thoughts about Super-Charged Living.

Original intent of creating significance and joy still holds true

I still feel confident that my original narrative that I wrote over a year ago about Super-Charged Living is still valid.  In it, I emphasized what I believe are some of the key characteristics of a super-charged life. 

I wrote about things like excellence, continual learning, adventure and financial wisdom.  The rest of the key characteristics coincide with the categories I use to classify my articles on this site.

However, over the last year, I’ve come to realize the reason that I believe in striving towards these key characteristics is because they lead to creating significance and joy.  In other words, they make my life meaningful and fun.

I think this has always been part of my intent, but maybe I hadn’t quite grasped it before.  There are many things I’m still learning myself about Super-Charged Living.

Things to avoid when seeking significance and joy in life

Beyond having a clearer picture of what embodies Super-Charged Living, I also have arrived at some conclusions about what it is not.  What I mean to say is that some things may seem to characterize a Super-Charged Life, in reality do not.

I have realized that some who stumble upon my site might confuse Super-Charged Living with a jet set lifestyle.  They might think that I aspire to something that could be seen on The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

This is simply not true.  Super-Charged Living is NOT about:

• being overly selfish
• making rash, illogical decisions
• being completely and utterly irresponsible
• pretending to be someone you’re not
• or undisciplined consumerism

We all display some of these behaviors from time-to-time, but none of these will lead to a life of significance or joy.  In fact, they lead in completely the opposite direction.  Fame and riches are fine, but they are not central to what I’m striving for.

The journey toward Super-Charged Living continues!

Obviously, I have learned some things and grown over the past year.  It is amazing how this blog has been such a great teacher.  Yes, I learn from it probably even more than you do!

Of course, it hasn’t been just the exercise of reflecting and writing that has helped me learn more about significance and joy.  The greatest lessons have come from you, my readers.

You are a vast source of encouragement, insight and intelligence.  I truly value your willingness to join me in my journey.  I hope that along the way we can both find greater meaning and happiness in living! 

I hope we can find the keys to living a Super-Charged Life.  Thanks for indulging me as I took the time to make this clearer!

Are there any questions I can answer for you about Super-Charged Living?

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