Taking Responsibility for our Life

Most of us have been bought up to behave in a certain socially acceptable and normal way, and we simply stick to the script and 'fit' ourselves in a certain mold, living a stereotyped life.

We need to take responsibility for creating a life that makes sense for us, as we are the authors of our own lives.

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Forget "Balance." The Secret to Happiness is Alignment.

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CrossFit Beginner's Guide: 8 Things to Know Before Starting! | Nerd Fitness

This guide will tell you everything you've ever wanted to know about CrossFit, but were too afraid to ask (Including "Is CrossFit good for losing weight?"). If you've ever questioned why people run around parking lots with sandbags, you're in the right place.

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CrossFit definition

It's a training philosophy that coaches people of all shapes and sizes to improve their physical well-being and cardiovascular fitness through varied and challenging workouts.

Each day, t...

Scalable based on your skill

Every day there is a particular workout prescribed that is completely scalable based on your skill. For example, if the workout calls for barbell squats with 135 pounds but you can only do squats with the bar (45 pounds), then that’s where you’ll start.

CrossFit is perfect for...

Beginners to weight training: If you have never weight trained before, CrossFit is a great place for you to start, provided you have a great coach.
People looking for support and community: Every CrossFit gym has a really tight-knit community feel to it.
Fitness fanatics: The general protocol is 3 days on, 1 day off, but many CrossFitters end up at the gym more frequently.
Masochists: You’ll often be in situations where you use all your effort to finish a workout and continue to push yourself beyond.
Former athletes: You get to compete with people in your class and go online to see how you did against the world’s elite CrossFit athletes.

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The Secret to Happiness Is 10 Specific Behaviors

Happiness is the purpose of life. Despite this, only one in three Americans say they're very happy. Several years ago in an interview with Conan O'Brien, Louis C. K. tells of flying on a newly equipped Wi-Fi airplane. He was amazed by the new technology. Until, during the flight, the Wi-Fi went down.

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10 Behaviors for Happiness

Let go of the need for specific outcomes
Define your own success and happiness
Fully commit to the things that make you happ...

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The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It's Usefulness - Darius Foroux

For the longest time, I believed that there's only one purpose of life: And that is to be happy. Right? Why else go through all the pain and hardship? It's to achieve happiness in some way. And I'm not the only person who believed that.

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Happiness can’t be a goal in itself. Therefore, it’s not something that’s achievable.

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” - Ralph Waldo Emerso...

“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness is merely a byproduct of usefulness. You don’t have to change the world or anything. Just make it a little bit better than you were born. When you do little useful things every day, it adds ...

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