Now I am reconstructing my life based on the new logic I created over the past months. I have experienced interesting phenomena that told me the essence of rebuilding my life these days. Today, I will talk about it.
How to reconstruct our lives
Sometimes, we want to reconstruct our lives. Many unexpected troubles exhaust us.
We should have originally wanted to create happiness. However, it turned out differently. Our lives don’t satisfy us. We might want to ask, “Why is this happening?”
It is the same as making our products. Although we start creating based on good ideas, there are times when it gets confusing. We become unsure of what we originally wanted to do.
Starting from scratch
It is sometimes easier to start from scratch and create anew. Although we cannot recover the time and effort we lose, it allows us to eliminate unnecessary things in our lives.
That is why we want to rebuild our lives.
However, we sometimes don’t know how to make it happen.
One effective solution would be recognizing reality correctly. This perspective might allow us to change our lives. Today, I will explain it through my experience.
Misunderstandings of reality
We can rebuild our lives through recognizing reality correctly.
In other words, we often misunderstand reality.
Examples would make it easier to understand, so let’s look at my case.
One example is my failure on Twitter, as explained in the previous article (this article). Although I thought I would increase my followers, there was no impact at all in reality.
Yesterday, I had a similar experience but the opposite of that failure: unexpected success.
My misunderstanding of increasing food costs
I had wanted to reduce my food costs. However, at the same time, I wished to increase dietary fiber in my meals to make my gut healthier. My experience of constipation after moving told me the necessity.
However, it means increasing food costs. I have to buy more vegetables.
Although I hesitated, rational thinking made me determined to do so. I decided to increase my food expenses and buy more vegetables.
That made me focus on affordable vegetables. I realized there are many edible wild plants around this area. I moved here in the midst of winter, so I didn’t know how abundant wild plants would become in spring.
In addition, I have found some stores that have started selling okara, the remnant of soybeans after extracting soy milk. It is extremely cheap, nutritious, and abundant with dietary fiber.
As a result, unexpectedly, my food costs went down. I got healthier. I was totally satisfied. My prediction was off again.
Reality changes
Those experiences told me that reality changes. We have to be aware of it.
I believed using Twitter would make me more socially successful. However, the situation changed.
Although it might have worked well 5 or 10 years ago, I noticed that it is ineffective now. Its efficiency changes significantly whether it is in a period of increasing or decreasing user numbers. I underestimated it.
I also thought increasing vegetable consumption would strain my household budget. However, my environment has changed. I moved to the countryside this winter. The winter was gone, and the spring has come. The nearby grocery stores started to stock affordable foods more recently.
Everything changes. To be precise, many things have already changed. We have to doubt our preconditions.
They made me aware of my ignorance about reality.
Trying something again
The awareness of ignorance teaches us several important things, as follows:
- We need to try something again that we have not chosen for a long time.
- We need to stop using things if we doubt them, even if they are the ones we have relied on the most for a long time.
We may have learned and given up in the past that it doesn’t work. However, it doesn’t mean it will not work now. We have to try them again.
Similarly, we may have acquired and relied on things that work well. However, it doesn’t ensure they will work for our new lives. They can be our shackles if we stick to them.
Proceeding with curiosity
Although they look like a tough process, they give us curiosity. We can try it again. We can stop it. This permission often motivates us in terms of curiosity.
For example, in my case, I stopped being a minimalist. Although it was one of the styles I had relied on the most, I began to increase things and intentionally create chaotic areas in my home.
This is due to my doubt. To rebuild my life, I decided to stop relying on it for a while.
I am also trying to remember what I had given up on in the distant past.
“What did I give up first in my life?”
I feel like this question would help me remember what is important to me.
Conclusion
That would be the meaning of rebuilding our lives. We have to correct our misunderstandings.
To make it happen, we might need to try something again and stop using reliable things.
This perspective might allow us to rebuild our lives.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
