Harnessing Modern Abundance
to Design Our Lives
“Don’t expect a great life you didn’t plan for. Live life by design, not by default.” — Mindy Hughes
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
Lifestyle is the rhythm of our daily living—composed of intangible factors like personal values, attitudes, interests, and psychological outlooks, combined with tangible factors such as demographic characteristics, daily behaviors, and the physical environment, including location and available resources. It encompasses an individual’s or a group’s way of living, including their day-to-day activities, diet, work, leisure, and overall behavioral patterns, often reflecting their cultural background. Every generation has vastly more options than the one before it.
What makes our era remarkable is that our options have exponentially evolved through extraordinary advancements—Internet and AI, digital learning and global communities, mobile devices and wearables, mobility and robotics, even precision medicine and camera pills—all of which have positively widened lifestyle options and personalizations, giving us unprecedented ability to design the life trajectories we envision.
Harnessing Modern Abundance to Design Our Lives
“Don’t expect a great life you didn’t plan for. Live life by design, not by default.”
— Mindy Hughes
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
Lifestyle is the rhythm of our daily living—composed of intangible factors like personal values, attitudes, interests, and psychological outlooks, combined with tangible factors such as demographic characteristics, daily behaviors, and the physical environment, including location and available resources. It encompasses an individual’s or a group’s way of living, including their day-to-day activities, diet, work, leisure, and overall behavioral patterns, often reflecting their cultural background. Every generation has vastly more options than the one before it.
What makes our era remarkable is that our options have exponentially evolved through extraordinary advancements—Internet and AI, digital learning and global communities, mobile devices and wearables, mobility and robotics, even precision medicine and camera pills—all of which have positively widened lifestyle options and personalizations, giving us unprecedented ability to design the life trajectories we envision.
Unbound entirely by geography and circumstance, in the 21st century people have increased their relocation ratios to accommodate their chosen lifestyle. Some lean into the pace of urban living, while others seek rural stillness; some find identity in minimalist simplicity, while others embrace creative bohemian rhythms, nomadic exploration, or the rootedness of neo-homesteading and intentional communities. The best parts about this are that you can create your own mix and continuously redesign your life in alignment with what matters most—a design that reflects your values, supports your well-being, and feels authentic and aligned with your purpose.
In addition to living in unprecedented modernized times, the awareness of future-focused trajectory-thinking paired with present-action orientation poses two guiding questions:
A single mind shift, a single new skill, or a single upgraded habit can shift your trajectory entirely that you will one day look back on and be thrilled this was an intricate part of your lifestyle. And with the resources within reach today, long-term impact has never been easier, faster, or more personal.
Every generation has shaped life with the tools of their time. What makes ours unique is the modern abundance of resources that vastly expand our options for designing lifestyles. The small shifts we consciously initiate today set the trajectory of our journey in alignment with what matters most—and the best part is that we can choose again and again, continually shaping both our present and our future.
Author: Coach Camy
Publisher: Global Consicous LivingSM | 8/1/2024
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