One Can Have a Good Life During Financially Bad Times too

By Sean Flynn

With the economy crumbling the world over and recession hitting every industry most people are feeling frustrated and thinking that a good life may never happen again. Here again it is just the way we engineer our minds to take what is happening around us. If we cope with whatever is going wrong we can work at enjoying our lives and making it a good life again.

One way of changing things around for oneself is to stop focusing on the negative side of life and looking at all the positive things we are surrounded by. This itself will give you a feeling that you have a good life and you will stop feeling that you are in a financially difficult situation.

Going to work in individual vehicles is an expensive way of doing it with the price of fuel escalating, why not try and walk part of the distance and give yourself the exercise you need and join in a pool car system the rest of the way to save on fuel. Travelling with good friends and colleagues would be a good life and you would be saving money too.

Saving on fuel and walking to nearby shops and other places instead of driving down would help in saving money and loosing those extra kilos too. This means you are on your way to a slimmer you as well as better health. Money saved and better health is indeed a good life too.

When the economy is bad and finances are low all you have to do is to cut back on spending so that you reduce your own stress by trying to cope with the expenses. This will make you feel better and less insecure and will automatically give you a feeling that you do have a good life even now.

A lot of latent skills lay hidden in people because they were to busy to work on them. Now with more time on hands these skills are polished up and could become a new way of earning money. A good life is something which keeps people happy and content and money is not the only way to happiness. True it is necessary but not in unlimited amounts.

Learning to find happiness and appreciate human values is something which a lot of us need to do. Retirement is an age when most people will have to depend on friends and family for entertainment. When you loose a job and have to fend for yourself in other ways remember that this is just a lesson which you have to learn ahead of time for the future. A little kindness extended to the old who have had it all at one time and are now in the twilight years of their life will definitely give you some happiness and make them feel that they have a good life too.

If the recession is going to continue for a while one has to make positive plans for a better life ahead and not sit back and wonder how to manage on the meager earnings. Think of all the resources you have and jointly try and change your life style. A good life is something which one has to work towards as it does not just happen.

What you earn and how much you spend is what matters. If you earn less then try to spend less and stay within the stipulated budget. When things improve financially then you will be able to make do with a lot less and have a real good life. Always save up a nest egg for a rainy day and you will find that you will always have a good life. - 29971

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