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Single’s Valentine’s Day: Write Yourself a Love Letter

I have plenty of ideas on how to celebrate Valentine’s Day for singles. Apart from giving ourselves flowers, chocolates, and a fancy dinner, I’d suggest writing a poem or a love letter for ourselves. 

Happiness Is Not (And Should Not Be) A Life’s Purpose

Whenever I hear or read people’s obsession with happiness, that their life’s purpose is to be happy, I’d almost instantly go ‘ugh’. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t hate happiness. Happiness is important, but it’s not the endgame. The endgame should always be to realise our full potential, where happiness serves as a gauge of how close we are to realising our full potential. 

How to Discover Your Life’s Purpose: Questions to Ask about Yourself

Life, to some (or perhaps many?) people, is meaningless. They think everybody is going to die anyway, so why bother with it. There’s no purpose, they say. Some people brag about not wanting money and fame, and are excessively proud of their slow life. They think they’re hip and cool for being able to detach from the materialistic world by not having any aspirations. Slow life is good. But simply staring at the grass and clouds with no aspiration to develop and improve your talents, and then bragging about your so-called happy life, is not hip and cool. You’re wasting your potential. Here are some questions to ask about yourself to discover your life’s purpose.