Today, I see that having my own life begins inside of me. It is not just a function of what I do, but the attitude with which I move through my day. Having my own life is about checking in with myself to see how I’m doing. It’s wearing a sweater if I’m cold and taking a break if I’m tired. It’s making sure that I’m having enough fun in my life, paying attention to what I enjoy doing and doing more of what I like and finding ways of reducing what doesn’t feel good. Having a life is letting myself have my own unique likes and dislikes, and acting on them in constructive ways. It is not organizing my life so that it is good enough for everyone else, forgetting that it needs to be good enough for me as well. I occupy the center of my own life.

                                       I am with myself on the inside

 Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants, does not live for the sake of living without knowing how to live: but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value to his own life.

Luigi Pirandello