Live Aligned. Feel Alive.

Expectations ➡️ Denial ➡️ Disappointment

Such is the story of our life.

All our lives we’re taught to be something big, do something great. It starts way back. You need to score the best in school. Choose the best careers. Make the most money. Everything’s got to be something grand. It’s never about being who you are, being true to yourself even if that means settling for less.

As years pile up, reality reveals itself. What we thought would be something groundbreaking just turns out to be the never-ending grind of life.

Denial and then disappointment kicks in! 

All that this chain of expectation, denial and disappointment has really done is increase our suffering.

Anxiety related mental health problems have never been this high. Existential dilemmas are a big challenge in the new age.

Seeking validation from the outside world has become an important measure of success. “What will people think” is a barrier most of us struggle to break all our lives.

We need to break this barrier and start expressing ourselves.

Instead of confirming to society's templates for life, ask yourself this!

What are your top 5 values that you absolutely cannot compromise on.

It could be your ideas about family, work, achievement etc. Everyone's value system is different.

This exercise would require you to take a pause and think deeper about your life.

What do you stand for? What is it that defines you? What motivates you? These are the type of questions that will help you explore your core values.

The whole point is to ask ourselves if we are living a life aligned with those values?

A life of authenticity and integrity demands us to live up to our value system.

We all go through phases when we feel hollow, when we feel discontent. That's when you know you need to get back to basics and re-evaluate your life choices.

A life of contentment isn’t about winning, it’s about living a life in line with our values.