Are You Living Well?

If you find yourself struggling because of excessively high standards, it’s time to learn how to lower them. Without this adjustment, you may remain trapped in a life weighed down by overwhelming burdens. The first step in lowering standards is to review your personal principles, and the second step is to practice lowering your expectations. The world doesn’t change just because you aren’t living up to high standards. Through this experience, you can free yourself from the pressure of perfection and expand a more relaxed self.

Everyone wants to live well, so we try to set higher standards. Sometimes, those standards are excessively high. In truth, the standards themselves might not be as important as the act of setting them. The secret to living well might start with setting standards that aren’t too high. Are you living well now?

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