I used to like freedom, like really 100% freedom. To me enjoying life should be having the freedom to do whatever I want. I don’t like people to ask me where I’m going, what I’m doing or why am I doing this or that. I get really pissed off when people asked me these questions.
Enjoying life to me used to be that I can travel around the world, do whatever I want, buy whatever I want, to eat whatever I want without worrying about how much money I’m left with or how much I have to save for my next salary in order to cover the excess spending this month.
But now my definition of enjoying life is.. Being able to spend time with my loved ones. I used to want to graduate fast because I can start earning more money. But now I want to graduate fast so I will have more time to do things with him. I can plan surprises for him, I can cook and bake or WE can do that together. We can do stupid things together, plan things together, and go for hiking trips together. Even if money is not enough, as long as we are together fighting this, I will still be happy because we are enjoying the process together.
Of course I still want to travel, of course I still want to eat good food and do fun things, but who to do these stuffs with is the question that I have been thinking for the past few months.
If you’re too comfortable in life, you tend to take things for granted. You don’t know how to appreciate the simplest and smallest things that happened.
If you are always travelling, you will not experience the excitement of saving money and waiting for the day to book the flight tickets to somewhere that you have always wanted to go.
If you’re always spending on expensive items, you will not understand how people had to save that kind of money to buy a slightly expensive gift for you.
If your meals are always at restaurants and hotels, then you will not know how it feels like to eat a simple meal at the coffeeshop with your loved ones. And you will not get excited if you’re going for a date at an expensive restaurant next month with your special someone.
I was typing this and I asked him what his definition of enjoying life is and I’m very happy with the answer. :)
I am happy with my choice now and I have never been so sure of something, technically I’m enjoying every minute of my life now, so what about you? I am looking forward to October/November because then life would change and my mindset would have to change too. Well.. no one is ever actually ready to do anything, there is almost no such thing as ready. There is only now.
People go through shit and grow from there, one day you will be able to understand that the simplest things are actually the most satisfying and happy ones.
