About

Hello! I’m Daphne.

I left the corporate rat-race eight years ago and never looked back. I wanted control over my life, doing work that I enjoyed, spending time with the people I love. I wanted to wake up happy and go to bed ready to die in my sleep because I’d lived a day worth living.

This blog was born when a friend challenged me to help others achieve a similar lifestyle, so that they too could love their lives.

In my experience, there are only a few things we need to do if we want to love our life:

How you can have a life you love

No one has all the answers, and I’m not trying to prescribe anything to anybody. I certainly don’t pretend to be perfect, and a lot of what I write is what I’m still in the process of trying to do myself.

It takes a few years to turn a life around, so patience and a willingness to stick with the process are essential. It took me about 5 years to get from a point where I didn’t like my life very much to loving every single day. You may get there faster, just don’t expect things to change overnight.

I’ll share what I know of the process in twice-weekly posts that cover:

  • Practical life skills such as managing money
  • Approaches to building good relationships
  • Finding meaning in work
  • Personal development and spiritual growth

What I’m working on now

Two chance incidents helped to point me in the direction I want to go now. The first is a phrase I once heard which stuck in my mind: “A week from now, I will be a better person than I am today.” I thought that was a beautiful way to describe a beautiful way to live.

The second incident provided seven specific areas I could work on to become a better person. I was browsing some roadside carts selling gift items while waiting for a friend, when my eye caught a little plaque that gripped my heart instantly. These were the words on it:

Think Deeply
Speak Gently
Love Much
Laugh A Lot
Work Hard
Give Freely
Be Kind

Those seven little phrases sum up my philosophy for living well. You may also enjoy another poem that inspired me to live in a certain way:

Dance Like Nobody’s Watching
Dream Like You Will Live Forever
Live Like You’ll Die Tomorrow
Love Like It’s Never Going To Hurt

What you can do now

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Thank you for visiting. I wish you a wonderful life.