Are You Surviving?

Dhvani Khanwalkar

Are you on the island with The Swiss Family Robinson and your only goal is to eat and just pass the day and repeat the cycle? Chances are that if you are reading this, you probably aren’t, THEN WHY THE HECK ARE YOU SURVIVING? Use this blog as a wake-up call. So many of us are just on survival mode; this means that you are not enjoying your life and just waiting for the day to be finished. What you need to do is that you have to stop thinking of yourself as just an ordinary person on this planet and really shift into the Main character energy. I want you to conquer the ship of life like a legendary pirate.

Okay, so to explain it to you better, let me share an anecdote with you. Like usual, every day before school, I used to kind of whisper to myself, “just get done with the day”. I never hated school but never liked it very much. My only goal was to get good grades and I pretty much achieved it every time (not bragging). BUT one day, my mom suggested that I should be more positive about school because I have to go every day anyways, so I should at least enjoy it, right? All things came into perspective and from that day onwards I just tried to stay more positive about school, and guess what? Now I actually love going to school! In a way, I tricked myself into thinking that the things I do are fun. I thought of myself as the main character and that a movie is going on. This not only made me realise how beautiful life is but also helped me understand the value of time; all the time I wasted being sad and thinking of my life as boring. This just proves how easily we can manipulate ourselves.

From now on, I want you to enjoy life. There’s not a step-by-step formula to this because you have the responsibility to make your life beautiful. You can simply start by being kind to yourself. Trust me, you will be way happier. Put some energy while talking to the people you love and care about, romanticize your life without the need of any partner. You are the only one who has the key to your happy place. Yes, people can try to make you happy but unless you don’t allow it to make you happy, it simply won’t.

So, stop just surviving. Conquer your life like you own it; which you do. Walk down the street with confidence rushing up your spine, keeping your head straight, living in the moment; don’t cling to the past or worry about the future, just simply Enjoy Life.