How to Make Your Life Better

Are you in a rut spiritually, physically or emotionally? Maybe your life is feeling a bit hollow; lacking something you can't define? There are so many things we can do to make life better.

I've put together a couple dozen ways to improve your physical, emotional and spiritual life. Everything from sleeping on a Tempurpedic mattress to attending a non-secular retreat to reading a good book. Take a look... I bet you will find some that work well for you.

Things You'll Need

• A desire to live better, in ways you can bring about yourself.

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Instructions

• 1

  MAKE YOUR physical LIFE BETTER

  - get better sleep (light darkening shades, white music if you need it, and a tempurpedic mattress if you can swing it)
  - exercise most days of the week in ways that you can learn to enjoy
  - eat properly most of the time and get help to do so if you need it
  - learn how to meditate or do yoga
  - get massages from a licensed massage therapist
  - learn deep breathing and practice it often
  - trim down and hire a coach or nutritionist if you have to
  - feed your brain (soduku, crosswords, Nintendo zenses, on-line puzzles)
  - be affectionate with your partner, friends, parents, pets
  - see your doctors regularly, take your medications religiously
  - have an active and healthy sex life

• 2

  MAKE YOUR emotional and intellectual LIFE BETTER

  - mentor a child
  - befriend a senior or a group of seniors at an assisted living facility
  - engage with your family often
  - keep friends close and nurture them
  - foster a dog or cat, it might save their life
  - live green
  - give back to your community through volunteer work or scouts or adopt a road
  - take classes, learn to do new things, develop new hobbies or interests
  - read the book "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman
  - read for enjoyment, even if it's been ?? since you finished a good book

• 3

  MAKE YOUR spiritual life BETTER

  - create the circumstances of your life by living with intention
  - take proactive steps to ground yourself and be centered in how you live
  - develop your talents and special gifts
  - determine whether you are accountable to someone or something for your life
  - rebuild the faith you may have left behind
  - if you practice Christianity, examine your habits of prayer, spiritual reading, church, fellowship, retreats and renewal