{"id":496,"date":"2014-03-20T10:03:17","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T14:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2014-03-31T18:52:44","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T22:52:44","slug":"design-your-own-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":"DESIGN YOUR OWN LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Time-Out-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-497\" alt=\"Time Out jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Time-Out-jpg-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Time-Out-jpg-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Time-Out-jpg-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of us avoid the task of life planning because we feel that it is\u00a0 not in our control, that our environment has more control over us than we have over it. Or we feel that it may involve risks, risks that could lead to disappointment or failure. Or we&#8217;d rather not ask the tough questions because we don\u2019t welcome a forced analysis of our lives.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, this is\u00a0a\u00a0difficult process. But unfortunately, if we don\u2019t plan to live our own life, then somebody else or our external environment will do it for us. We should ask ourselves if our life is something we want to give up so easily. We must revere the sanctity of our life and vigorously protect the right to plan our future as we choose.<\/p>\n<p>Life is not a dress rehearsal. It will go on, with or without us. We do have the choice to make it as meaningful and as purposeful as we choose it to be. Planning our lives and then living our lives according to that plan\u00a0should not be an option. We really have no other choice if we want to realize the life that we deserve and expect.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s take\u00a0some time to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496&amp;share=facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" id=\"sharing-facebook-496\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496&amp;share=twitter\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" id=\"sharing-twitter-496\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496&amp;share=linkedin\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" id=\"sharing-linkedin-496\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496&amp;share=pinterest\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-stumbleupon\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-stumbleupon sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496&amp;share=stumbleupon\" title=\"Click to share on StumbleUpon\"><span>StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496&amp;share=google-plus-1\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\" id=\"sharing-google-496\"><span>Google<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=496&amp;share=email\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-64841909-496-69e0048cb5726' data-src='\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=64841909&amp;post_id=496&amp;origin=ourlifepurpose.com&amp;obj_id=64841909-496-69e0048cb5726' data-name='like-post-frame-64841909-496-69e0048cb5726'><h3 class='sd-title'>Like this:<\/h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height:55px'><span class='button'><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading...<\/span><\/div><span class='sd-text-color'><\/span><a class='sd-link-color'><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us avoid the task of life planning because we feel that it is\u00a0 not in our control, that our environment has more control over us than we have over it. 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