August 2020 - Page 2 of 4 - The Future Mindset

What Living Without Purpose Really Feels Like

Spending 5 days With No Purpose

Why I’m doing it

I’m an avid believer of a morning routine and living a life of purpose and I know that it can bring you great happiness and productivity in life. I’ve been on both sides of living with and without purpose and they are two different lives you will lead.

A lack of purpose has led to low self-esteem, unhappiness and just lethargic amongst other negative emotions. Whereas having a purpose boost my self-esteem, happiness and energy levels. It’s a consistent effort that I have been practising for a while now and it has a positive impact on my life.

What led me to this challenge is to see whether these habits I’ve created are habits for life or a continuing work in progress. So the challenge is to go 5 days without doing anything of purpose. This will be anything I would normally do that would help me with this habit.

What’s My Normal Day Consist Of

My normal day is waking up at 6.30 am every day. Starting with my brain and body workouts which consists of Yoga, writing, and reading a self-development book etc. Then I get to work on my business which can last up until 4 pm with lunch in-between. Then family time up until the children go to bed. Followed by reviewing and planning for the next day before unwinding with entertainment.

What my next 5 days consist of NO!

Regulated wake ups

Morning routine

Workouts

Working on my business

Reviewing or planning

My Findings

The first day I started it wasn’t too bad. I and my son caught up on our Star Wars journey which was epic. As the days went on though I could see a change in my emotions. I became more grumpy, snappy and restlessness pursed me that I should be doing something else. At the end of the 5 days. I felt back to square one and a lot of doubt and negative talk started to seep through the cracks. My head felt fried of all the entertainment at home I was watching and social media I was accessing.

Overall I was shocked at how quickly I fell back into old emotional habits. It was so easy to feel this way and to do nothing with my day. My family noticed a complete change in my outlook and mood throughout the experience. I know myself in the past I can be my own worst enemy. This is why I changed my life by living with purpose and having habits built in to facilitate my happiness.

After the 5 days were over it was now time to get straight back to a normal routine. Just like an athlete coming back from injury this was tougher than I was expecting. My brain did not want to immediately push out of its comfort zone. It tried every trick in the book to keep me there. With effort after about 3 days, I was starting to feel like my best self again.

This challenge showed me how valuable it is to form the right habits in your life. Also how many people on this planet are lost and unhappy with how their life is turning out.

Why Living A Life Of Purpose Is Important

That’s why living a life of purpose should be your main agenda to keeping yourself positive and happy. Humans are not meant to sit around and do nothing. We are meant to adapt and change to our surroundings. We don’t have to hunt or grow our food any more which was our purpose in life for so long in our history of being a human. Now we have found a new purpose that only you will know what that is for you. Whatever it is this will lead you to a life that is fulfilled. A life not passing time to get through the day. What’s the point of living to do nothing with your life.

5 Valuable Ways Breathing Benefits Your Life

By Adam Smith

The Power Of Breathing

5 valuable ways breathing can benefit your life — Photo by Le Minh Phuong on Unsplash

Breathing is essential to life for all humans. Something so crucial to our survival you would think we would talk about it more. Until I came across the well known Wim Hoff I never gave it much thought. Maybe it’s because our breathing is self-regulated and we don’t have to think about it at all unless we are in danger of not breathing. Of course, breathing keeps us alive but it also has so many positive qualities for our body and mind. We have to talk about this topic a lot more until we all see the benefits of breathwork In our life which has led me to write 5 valuable ways breathing benefits your life.

There have been countless studies on breath work from Harvard medical school to Wim Hoff himself who isn’t a doctor but can back up all of his claims on breath work through scientifically-backed research. There is so much research out there on breathwork it’s a no brainier that it works.

How It’s Benefited Me

Since I have started breathwork as a morning routine and using it as part of my Yoga exercises. It has helped me tremendously. I can’t say if it has helped me health-wise but definitely for mental control of the things I do. I can last longer in holding positions I never thought possible for that length of time. The biggest takeaway is the calmness it has brought to my life. I feel way more present and less stressful and from it have become a better dad and husband at home.

Below I have put together the 5 Valuable Ways Breathing Benefits Your Life so you can understand why taking up breathwork should be part of your daily routine. I hope this helps you with your self-improvement journey

Why You Should Do It?

Improve Your Health

From research, these are just some of the benefits you can find when deep breathing can be beneficial for your health. We all want to live a healthy life and simple breathing techniques can help you achieve that goal.

Lower your heart rate
Improve digestion
Lower your blood pressure
Improve diabetic symptoms
Stimulates lymphatic system
it detoxifies the body
Reduce depression
Better manage chronic pain
Reduces Inflammation
Natural Painkiller
Reduce stress levels in your body
Better regulate your body’s reaction to stress and fatigue
Reduce the possibility of burnout for caregivers

If you are suffering from any of these above now is the time to invest in breathing work.

Keeps You In Control

Whenever I do Yoga or my exercise routine. Breathwork has pushed me on to new levels of growth. For me, it boosts willpower to carry on and stay in control of my mind and body when I’m in some uncomfortable holding positions in Yoga and helps push me on when I’m feeling extremely tired doing HITT cardio. Whenever you’re doing any form of exercise make sure breathwork is part of it.

Keeps You Calm Under Pressure

Breathwork is an amazing tool for bringing oxygen back to the brain when you’re under pressure or you have lost control of your emotions. It’s a tool that’s been amazingly used on our 7-year-old son. Now he’s dealing with all kinds of different emotions and breathing has allowed him to come back to centre within seconds. For me as an adult whenever I get stressed out on a deadline or when it gets a bit overwhelming. Breathing takes all of this away and brings me back to a clear mind.

Helps With Relaxation

All meditation has breath work within it and the reason is. It calms the mind into a relaxation state where you feel one with yourself. It’s the closest thing you can get to being asleep but awake at the same time. If life is getting out of control take an x amount of time throughout your day and practice deep breathing work. You will feel the relaxation benefits from it immediately.

Keep You Present In The Moment

When life feels out of control breathing can help bring you back to the present. At that moment you can forget about the past and future and just focus on what’s happening around you. This has been proven to elevate stress and anxiety in people. It’s also a great way to focus on what’s is important and that’s the here and now of your life. The part you can control and breathwork help you do that.

In my life, I lived in the past and future and ultimately I was unhappy because of it. When I focussed on breath work and staying present I became happier and in-turn my pains of the past evaporated. My future inturn improved because of the focusing on the present and has gave me great clarity on help to move into it with positivity.

Final Thoughts

If we can make this mainstream and teach it to all children not only will they have a tool to keep themselves in control but also dealing with the stresses of adulthood. I reckon we would all make better decisions and deal with life’s difficulties and setbacks a lot better. As well as seeing amazing health benefits from it too. I recommend Wim Hoff if you are going to start and is easily accessible on YouTube to get started. I hope you have been inspired to give it ago. Have an open mind, research it and you will be thanking yourself you have taken breathing work up I have no doubt.

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STAY SAFE, STAY HAPPY