Let’s move on to the next topic, although I don’t know what it will be.
By the way, now I am trying to reconstruct my life based on my recent logic. Today, I will talk about it.
An announcement: Starting Twitter again
First, an announcement. I have started X (formerly Twitter) again. My account is here (@ayaemonnakamura on X: jumps outside this blog).
You can contact me through it.
Although I still have not decided how to use it, I made it for now. Perhaps I will not set specific goals for it for a while.
This is because I have started to rebuild my life.
How to reconstruct our lives
Sometimes, we want to reconstruct our lives. We want to stop stressful activities and habits. Then, we wish to start a new life with fun.
However, we sometimes don’t know how to make it happen. Although we want to show our unique individuality, we cannot imagine concrete goals.
In such a case, my experience might help you. I have recently begun to refresh my life. I am trying it based on the logic I created over the past months.
Today, I will introduce my strategy for happiness.
Two styles for happiness
There would be two styles for happiness, as follows:
- Visualizing ideal goals: This approach is easy to motivate us, but also easy to upset the balance. This is for those with high empathy who already know how to use their individuality.
- Balancing our lives: This approach easily satisfies us in a small area but is difficult to motivate us. This is for those with logical sense who want to change the current situation and don’t know how to use their individuality.
This time, I intentionally adopted the latter for the first time in my life. This is because I cannot imagine my ideal state now.
Honestly speaking, I know neither what I want specifically nor what might improve my life. Although I want to be happy, it is ambiguous. I want to change something, but I don’t know what to do now.
Why I let go of visualization
Many spiritual advisers would deny such a state and recommend visualizing my dream. However, it seems ineffective for me now.
Imagine this situation: We are surrounded by mountains. We cannot see other areas. We don’t know enough about the world. We want to embark on a journey to encounter the unknown.
In such a situation, setting a goal is pointless. It is meaningless to try to imagine something unimaginable.
Logically speaking, in this situation, all we can do is prepare moderately for the unknown and make decisions based on our moods. It includes waiting or departing.
That is why I chose the latter. I started developing my life toward an unknown future by balancing my life.
Applying minimalism in production
I applied the way of minimalism in production introduced in an earlier article (this article).
It is a way to create a new future by balancing one’s life. A well-balanced state is the most productive state. We rely on such an inner state instead of pursuing outer goals. That is why it works well when we don’t know enough about ourselves and the world.
For now, I am just heading in the direction where the sun rises. It looks warm and comfortable. Although I don’t know the destination and the future, that causes no problem.
My three essentials for happiness
Minimalism in production is the concept of developing our lives while fulfilling ourselves from small beginnings.
In my case, my production is my happiness.
To create it, I narrowed it down into three essentials. Three is a moderate number to make a strategy. They are as follows:
- Empathy: This is what heats me up emotionally. Preparing for the future, emotional activities, filling life with joy, etc.
- Logic: This is what cools me down logically. Considering causality, following curiosity, choosing rationality, etc.
- Chaos: This is what makes me grow up. This is an aspect that empathy and logic cannot express. Mysteries, inexplicable things, conceptual matters, unclear values, etc.
My problem and countermeasures
The moment I divided my happiness into these three elements, I figured out what I needed to do.
I had spent too many resources on empathy and almost nothing toward chaos. Chaos becomes a source of healthy empathy and logic. In other words, my life has been too orderly.
That caused my imbalance. It was ironic that order caused disorder.
I have started to incorporate chaotic aspects into my life. One of them is beginning X (Twitter) again. The reason I had quit it was that it disturbed my empathy. However, I can use it for chaos now.
That is why I don’t intend to use it for specific goals for a while.
Adding chaos to my life
Chaotic things make my life better. I don’t have to evaluate whether they are good or bad.
This approach doesn’t motivate me as much as empathy. However, it doesn’t even tire me. Although it is a small amount of energy, it is enough to improve my life little by little.
My logical sense tells me that there is no need to rush. If we rationally think about our lives, we can understand that they are contradictory. In other words, there is no problem moving forward without a clear understanding.
Now I am trying to verify my logic through my life like that.
Conclusion
That is my current strategy for happiness.
I have recently begun to reconstruct my life. I am trying it based on the logic I created over the past months.
This might help you develop your life.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
