How do you live life to the fullest?

[Deebo]

I feel like I'm wasting my life day after day since I've noticed I do the same thing. Sure I exercise and eat clean and hang with friends every now and then but when I get home I pretty much get stuck on the computer. Sites like Youtube, Tumblr, facebook, and twitter just shave so many hours off of my day and I don't even realize it till its like 7pm. Some people i know said go outside more and I go outside for a long walk and come back and I'm like "well it was refreshing but i dont really think I'm living the most I could be". What are some ways or tips and as a matter of fact what do you do. I'm just asking cause I realized I pretty much wasted most of last year and I dont wanna do that anymore.

[grey_worms]

write about it, score your day, and plan for the next...

[lilcutecupcake]

Well it sounds like you lack an ulterior goal. lol You need to find something to work towards. School and exercise and eating are nice and all, but its really all just stuff that you have to do. You have to find something that you like to do as well.

As for what you could do, there's tons of stuff. Take your pick. You could try to learn to draw, cook, a new language maybe, learn a new instrument, learn to program, even. A lot of resources are right under your nose, too. The internet is a great resource, and you can learn pretty much anything under the sun, provided you put in the time and do your research.

And if you don't really have any goals that interest you, ask your friends what they are learning and have interest in and consider joining them. While you may not initially have much interest in a certain pursuit, having a "partner in crime" so to speak can make learning anything a lot more fun.

And if you spend too much time on the internet, I really suggest just finding a goal and then working on it on your computer instead of spending time on social media and the like looking at pictures. xD It may seem really difficult to do, but you'll get used to it faster than you might anticipate. Find productive ways to use the internet on your downtime; I happen to think the best way to do so is to work on accumulating a skill. I know, sounds like New Years Resolutions all over again, but even the best of us gets trapped in lapses of lost productivity.

[SRB101]

I think most of us know what a "productive" live is. We just need to find those best examples, and emulate them.

[Aimee]

Nobody can be fulfilled without being content first. Contentment isn't a feeling either. It's a state of mind and an overall belief that life is truly being lived the way YOU deserve to have it lived. I'd first save my money. Maybe opening a bank account this considering you don't have one yet will help keep you more accountable. I know it does for me. When a person saves their money for something they've really been wanting to do it becomes more than just another life event or thing done on the check list. It gives the feel of accomplishment and it's so much more enjoyed. Start picturing what you may want to do or where you may want to go then make a list in a notebook or journal on what you'll do once you there etc. Also though keep in mind that life isn't always a vacation so here in the actual present I'd say that you should try volunteering at any place or event that you like. When you see those literal results from something that you yourself did your whole perception will change and before you know it you'll not even be aware of what you should or shouldn't be doing because you'll feel so fulfilled. You might want to call friend's or just that one especially close friend that you trust to share your progress with. It kind of get's boring just keeping life to yourself. Plus you'll bring more to the conversation when your attitude focuses on good things. Anyone regardless of how successful they are can become the most saddest person. It's not a matter of how much you do but how much you enjoy it. This can only be done with a new perceptive. It's not hard to make that transition either. You've already done the first step and that's to have a desire to want to change. So many people just don't care or have worse given up. Thankfully you're not one of them. Believe that you have the ability to do this and more importantly have that same desire to keep on keeping on. You'll be fine and before you know it you'll bypass being fine to being fulfilled.

[Calvin]

travel

[Patrick_version2b]

YouTube, Tumblr, facebook, and twitter - I barely make it to Yahoo, you are way ahead of me in excitement department

But seriously, tips as per your request: those walks through tree-lined neighborhood streets, paying attention to birds chirping, and such, have merit - I do that, and it does many things for me on many levels. But, evidently, that is a suggestion, which may be of as much use as an advice my acquaintance received to "get cats, they will brighten up your life", so she got 3 cats, and never stopped complaining about scratches, and misplaced poop, etc... Point of the "cat advice" came from a cat-lover to a cat-hater, meaning, what enriches one's life may not quite translate to another's - case in point : the nature walks, which in my case would have added to my fulfillment, while in yours there is still something off....

But, my reply is not about nature or cats, I used those only as an illustration that no matter what I may propose, try not to fixate upon the details involved, rather, extract the general framework involved and add the custom particulars that would suit your lifestyle.

"Living life to its fullest", a verbose dissertation by Pat, from Canada.

I went through much misery, always seeking something that would fulfill. Nothing, as advertised in the media, fulfilled. But, yeah, those pensive walks through tree-lined neighborhood streets, was an addition. Finding other positive interests, more additions. The routines of daily life, such as work or grocery shopping or Yahoo-surfing, a proper context is taking care of that - what I mean, imagine for a moment from my perspective of life, my "journey", as I like to describe it, "is beating a path through a thick forbidding jungle, full of terrifying pitfalls, and even more amazing lost cities of gold". Point of which is this - there are my routines in life, "the beating a path", there are reversals of fortunes "the pitfalls", and there are spectacular moments of appreciation upon....

As far as I discovered, life involves monotonous routines, but life is not monotony - monotony applies to things like securing for the basics in life - but life is not about monotony, it is an adventure, and requires adventurous spirit to reconcile and merge the necessary monotony with the breathtaking awe and wonder the adventure is ultimately about.

Okay, in short, I won't suggest you read a book to up your life, or see this or that movie to gain fulfillment, I might suggest whipping up meals from scratch as I do because I enjoy handling food, but I won't any of that. Instead, I would suggest, and this might be a kind of meaningless cliche, but, find and travel your authentic path in life. The path is not about how it may measure up to some other standards, it is about you being you. You may interact with same people, but from a new vantage point. You may engage in same routines, but no longer being defined or limited by them.

How do I live life to its fullest? I live it intensely on a level which drives many to insanity, I live with zest and abandon like it is eternal and my own, I live it responsibly as if asked to give account for it tonight to a higher power, I live it period... - monotony is a minor component in this equation. And that is how I live my life to the fullest - within my means, within my limits, maintaining a healthy perspective, exploring the endless possibilities-and of course the enjoyable pensive strolls through tree-lined neighborhood streets. -Pat

[Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

Whatever you do, give it your all. When you study, give it 100%. When you play, give it 100%. When you work, or rest, or meditate, or sleep, or pray, or eat or bathe, or whatever you do, give it 100% effort. Give the people in your life 100% effort too. Whoever you're with at any given moment, whether the cashier across the sales counter, or your friend, spouse, parent, teacher, employer, coworker or stranger on the street, treat them like they are the most important person in your life, because at the time you are with them, they are.