5 Rules For An Easy Life
I was told the other day I lack life experience.
At 43 years old, married for 17, father of two awesome sons, pretty successful self-employed business owner, and having previously spent 17 years in a profession that forced me to come face to face with murder, rape, torture, and multiple threats to my life, I do wonder at what point I’ll be considered experienced enough to have skin in the game?
Anyway, for what it’s worth, here are 5 Rules For An Easy Life I’d like to share with you, that I feel help make the day-to-day go a little smoother.
Don’t spend more than you earn.
We live in an age of instant gratification where we can have everything we want at the click of a button, with the payment deferred to a later date. YOLO bitches, I’ll worry about paying that off later.
I came from a background where we had very little. It was a bit of a hand to mouth existence growing up for my parents. I’m thankful for this because it taught me to be careful with money. Anything I wanted, I had to save and sacrifice for.
I always make a point of saving some money each month. This gets invested into ISAs, back into the business, or on furthering my professional education to keep me at the top of my game as a coach. I never waste money on bullshit to impress other people, and I don’t drink my money.
Don’t eat more than you spend.
Similar to above, if you don’t move much, you don’t need to eat much. This is all about energy balance. People get overweight and out of shape because the balance moves too much in the wrong direction. They live largely sedentary lives, and consume far too much energy rich foods for what little they spend via physical activity.
If you are a secret fat bastard like me, you will HAVE TO fall in love with training. Then you get to eat more.Don’t marry crazy.
This will f**k up your life big time! If your partner is mental, you will have a difficult time keeping your life simple. I probably don’t need to elaborate too much on this one.
If tempted to go ‘over the side’ with the hot young crazy girl at work, don’t.Don’t hang out with losers, don’t let losers hang out with you.
The more successful you become in life, the more essential it becomes to distance yourself from those who will either weigh you down by hanging on your coat tails, or derail your progress by trying to keep you stuck at their level.
Different scares people, and scared people do crazy shit.
The moment you start to stand out as ‘different’ you become a target. It then becomes a requirement that you surround yourself with a different type of acquaintance who is on a similar path. Anyone else just won’t get it and will eventually cause you issues.
Trust your gut.
I can’t tell you how many times my gut instinct has predicted the future. The few times I chose not to listen, it always came back to bite me in the ass.
At first you will have to train yourself to trust your instincts. Eventually your instincts learn to trust you!
How many of these are you currently living by?
GmfL