Stop Waiting For Life To Happen. Here’s 6 Principles That Can Shape Your Future

Jonas Ressem
Published in
7 min readJul 24, 2018

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“It is not death that we should fear, but we should fear not beginning to live “— Marcus Aurelius

How much of your life have you already been waiting?

Hours? Days? Months?

Could it possibly be more?

And more importantly, what exactly have you been waiting for?

The right opportunity?

The moment when it feels right?

A signal from the universe?

Well, as someone who’s been waiting on those things, I can tell you they’re not coming.

And that’s a good thing.

It means you can actively start to pursue, whatever it is that you desire.

“Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect!”— Aryn Kyle

In my adolescence years, I was constantly waiting for good things to happen to me.

I was waiting for a better future, but I was afraid to take any action into my own hands. And so, I ended up wasting a lot of time — frozen in the fear.

As I’ve slowly grown older, however, I’ve realized that life is far too precious…

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Jonas Ressem
The Startup

From Norway. Building onliving.life. Exploring life through psychology, philosophy and entrepreneurship. Come explore with me: http://eepurl.com/dAtfdv