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3 Things You Must Understand About Your Life to Find Meaning

Thomas Oppong
Personal Growth
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6 min readOct 25, 2023

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What we want from life evolves.

Your desires and priorities shift. It’s a bit like trying to hit a constantly moving bullseye. Your aspirations shift because you’re learning, experiencing, and discovering new parts of yourself.

What you wanted in your 20s might be different from what you desire in your 30s or beyond. But who you are, deep down, remains the same.

I’ve always wanted to become a “time billionaire” — spending time on things that truly matter to me.

That meant taking complete control of my life, making a living from what I created and building a career trajectory without permission. It also meant “freeing my time” from conventional expectations.

Or better still, spending, investing and using “TIME” without justification on meaningful experiences and projects that make me come alive.

Freedom was the ultimate goal. It was a risky move ten years ago. I turned down a lucrative marketing job to do what I truly wanted.

But I’m glad I took that bold step to define what I wanted for myself earlier in my professional life.

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Personal Growth
Personal Growth

Published in Personal Growth

Practical wisdom for life drawn from philosophy, psychology, spirituality and personal experiences.

Thomas Oppong
Thomas Oppong

Written by Thomas Oppong

The wisdom of great minds. My essays cross between psychology, philosophy and self-improvement.

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