The consciousness of children, as a rule, is pure and not stamped with the stereotypes of everyday life. So what do children say about the most important thing in a person's life? ..

The fact that children consider the most important in life is told in one very interesting parable...

Once a father from a wealthy family decided to take his little son to a small village, or rather to a farm, so that he himself, with his own eyes, could see and realize how poor people can be.

Arriving at the farm, they spent the whole day there visiting a very poor family, and in the evening they decided to stay and spend the night with them.

Returning home, the father decided to find out from his son about his impressions of what he saw:
- Tell me, how did you like the trip?
- It was just incredible, dad!
- Yes, I agree with you, it's just incredible how poor people can be - the father continued the conversation - and what conclusions did you draw from what you saw?

The son replied:
- You know, dad, I saw that we have a dog in the house, and they already have four dogs.
We have a large swimming pool in the middle of the garden, and they have a whole bay with no end in sight.
We light our garden with lamps, and the moon and stars shine on them.
We have a patio in the backyard, and they have a whole skyline.

After this answer, the son's wealthy father was simply speechless.

And the son continued:
- I thank you very much, dad, for showing me how much richer these people are compared to us.

There are three treasures on Earth:
food, water and kind words.
Fools consider stones as jewels.
Vedic sage Chanakya Pandit

And indeed, the most important thing in life- this is the love of relatives and friends, healthy food, fresh air and water, which gives a good mood, happiness and destiny, which directly depends on a positive attitude towards life.

And what is most interesting, it is impossible to buy all of the above. Money can only buy any imaginary material goods, even stock them up for the future, but they are not able to give inspiration and desire to live on, because they cannot warm the soul. And if your soul is not filled with care and love, then your life is empty and lonely.

“We artificially induce happiness with the help of external things, but it does not give us true contentment and freedom from our burdens. This is a very petty happiness, unreliable and fleeting.

I do not mean to say that in order to find happiness, we must abandon friends and possessions. Instead, we need to abandon the distorted perception of things and unrealistic expectations about what they can give us.
Santier Khadro

The great sage Socrates, seeing many beautiful things in the market, exclaimed: “How many beautiful things that I don’t need at all!” He perfectly understood the true nature of relationships and the source of true happiness, where money plays only a minor role.

Socrates also remarked: “Sweet food, rich clothes, every luxury - you call happiness. And I think that not wanting any of this is the greatest bliss, and in order to get closer to this highest happiness, one must accustom oneself to need a little. Things are what we should use to give happiness to others. In this regard, the m / f “Love for things”, which tells about a life in which people love and care not about each other, but only about things, for the sake of which they are ready to use other people, is very bright ...

How often in our lives have we been able to understand another person and then forgive them? Probably a lot of times. And here it’s not about the comedic character of a security guard from a popular show. The ability to forgive is one of the main components of the human psyche. First of all, you need to learn to forgive yourself. Since it can be very difficult to understand and forgive other people, having learned to forgive and criticize ourselves less, we will be able to understand and forgive others in the future. People who don't make mistakes just don't exist. We all live in this world to learn, but there is no learning without mistakes. The main thing is that you don't need to focus on it. Mistakes made are past mistakes that cannot be changed. So why think about what you can't fix? You must try to understand the other person. Why did he make an irreparable mistake. Get into his position. Ask yourself: “What would I do in this case?”. Perhaps understanding his act will help to forgive him faster.

2. Respect the choice of a loved one

Sometimes it hurts to watch how your loved ones are unhappy. Immediately there is a desire to help, to give practical, in your opinion, advice. And in response - a wall of silence. And this makes it even worse for you, because no one pays attention to your sincere desire to help. However, this is not necessary. You can not amuse your vanity, and teach others how to live. Even if you are one hundred percent right, this is just your opinion and understanding of life. Every person has the right to live the way he wants. And if he chose to live the way he lives, you must respect this choice.

3. Admit your guilt

To admit one's guilt is not just to say something to a loved one to make him shine with joy. Verbal confessions of one's guilt alone are not enough to correct one's mistake. In order for there to be no difficulties in the future in human relations, analyzing one's own guilt and expressing it in front of the person to whom you did bad is not enough. Only great aspirations towards better mutual understanding and friendliness, awareness of the mistake made and efforts not to make it again in the future, can be fully considered an admission of guilt.

4. Do not develop a conflict because every quarrel alienates people from each other

If you have a quarrel with your loved one, you need to avoid it, because every quarrel only alienates people from each other. There are several basic rules, adhering to which, you can not develop brewing conflicts:

• First you just need to cool down. It is advisable to simply leave the room under any pretext, and be in solitude. Recall your wonderful vacation in Odessa. If this is any problem that needs to be solved, put it off until the next day. Having rested and calmed down with a clearer mind, you can return to solving the problem.
• Under no circumstances should you be offended and God forbid to go to abuse. This will not solve the problem, but only aggravate the situation.

You should never allow other people to solve internal problems with a loved one. And most importantly, violence must be avoided.

5. Do not insult a loved one

As mentioned above, in no case should you offend a loved one. After all, insult destroys respect. Without respect, love turns into an ordinary physical desire. And a loved one ceases to be a loved one, turning simply into a favorite toy, an object of physical satisfaction.

How much does a person need to live? Today we will discuss - What is the necessary minimum that a person needs, and also whether a person needs so much for life.

When you are young or still a child - you take a piece of paper to write down what you want as a gift for a birthday or a holiday, or you just dream of fulfilling the essential - you think that now you will write a couple of points and that’s it, decide on the goal, separate the important from the secondary. But the list is starting to go beyond the bounds of paper, it is already called dozens of urgently needed things, gifts. And then a swarm of thoughts in my head, about surprises, about the future. You didn't?

Here we go to the store, we are already adults, we are going to buy 2-3 products, and we leave (if we have money) with a full cart of all sorts of nonsense. And then many, huddled by the head at the end of a month, a week, calculate everything wasted in vain and fall, to put it mildly, into surprise and bewilderment. After all, it was possible to buy something worthwhile instead of all these trinkets and cakes, from which the shelves are replenished with emptiness and the sides grow.

No one has yet starved to death from not eating three packs of chips or five brownies for dinner. But just the same, eating a large amount of unhealthy food provokes the development of obesity, atherosclerosis, which increases the risk of strokes and heart attacks.

If you exclude a little harmful from life, at the end of the year you can save up for something sensible, and someone, probably, will even be able to buy a car (after all, there are different ways to eat chips).

And it’s not so important: to store food in an expensive refrigerator or in something simpler - after all, the difference is mainly in the bells and whistles and only sometimes in quality. And, if you think about it, living space is not a cage to limit yourself to its constrained expanses and put all your efforts into acquiring a corner 2 by 2, when there are kilometers of vast Russia outside the window. You can take a backpack with the most necessary things and go on a journey of conquering the unknown, searching for yourself, revelations, but you should first get at least a 2 by 2 corner, because you will have to return somewhere one day.

It is difficult to determine the very boundary of what is necessary. Where's she? When there is what to eat, where to live? Or when it is already good, but there is still no corruption with unnecessary rubbish of wealth? Let's try to figure it out.

Let's start with the material side. Figures, facts, salaries, products. Living wage and minimum wage.

“Across the Russian Federation as a whole and in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, the subsistence minimum is determined quarterly on the basis of the consumer basket and data from the federal executive body on statistics on the level of consumer prices for food, non-food products and services and expenses on mandatory payments and fees.

The subsistence minimum per capita and for the main socio-demographic groups of the population as a whole in the Russian Federation is established by the Government of the Russian Federation, in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation - in the manner established by the laws of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The subsistence minimum is set separately per capita, for the able-bodied population, for pensioners, for children.

for the I quarter of 2014 (Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 06/26/2014 N 586)

• per capita - 7688 rubles.

• for the able-bodied population - 8283 rubles.

• for pensioners - 6308 rubles.

• for children — 7452 rubles.

According to Rosstat, the subsistence minimum for the able-bodied population in the II quarter of 2012 was 6913 rubles.

The subsistence minimum for the III quarter of 2013 in Russia as a whole is set as follows:

per capita - 7,429 rubles;

for the able-bodied population - 8,014 rubles;

for pensioners - 6,097 rubles;

for children - 7,105 rubles.

On January 1, 2013, a law came into force in Russia defining a new minimum wage (minimum wage): from now on, the minimum wage will be 5,205 rubles (about 110 euros). The growth rate amounted to almost 13 percent, which exceeds the official inflation rate, which, at the end of 2012, reached about 7 percent.

From January 1, 2014, the minimum wage in Russia is 5,554 rubles. Thus, its size has increased from last year's value by 349 rubles. (Wikipedia)

With this money you can live at the very least or normally, of course, if you do not rent housing and you have your own living space, if there are no other obligatory important and large expenses.

That is, in 2014 the average living wage in Russia was 7,688 rubles per capita. Here it is worth considering that in different regions of Russia the numbers differ. For example, in 2015:

“In 2015, the minimum living wage will reach 8,200 rubles in Russia as a whole, which is 5.2% more than in 2014. Taking into account regional peculiarities (consumer price level and wages), the highest minimum income is set in Moscow and St. Petersburg (13.9 and 8.9 thousand rubles for the able-bodied population and 8.5 and 6.3 thousand rubles for pensioners) , and the lowest minimum income is in the northwestern regions and regions of the North Caucasus ”(information from the site bs-life.ru)

What is the consumer basket in Russia? A set of basic foodstuffs, a living wage is calculated taking into account their cost.

“On March 31, 2006, Federal Law No. 44-FZ “On the consumer basket as a whole in the Russian Federation” was adopted. It became invalid due to the adoption of Federal Law No. 227-FZ of December 3, 2012, which established the following consumer basket:

Food

Consumption volume (average per person per year)

In general, based on the amount of 8 thousand rubles a month, it turns out that you can quite buy 118 kg of fruit per year, 44 kg of meat, etc. for your child. In fact, it is quite a feasible action, if you try, it takes at least 4-5 thousand per month to feed one representative of the younger generation. But 3,000 remains for the rest of the needs of the child ... And this is very little. Taking into account one adult (plus 7-8 thousand) - the cost of living for two people (one adult, another child) - 15-16 thousand, two parents - 23-24 thousand rubles. That is, if there is one breadwinner in the family, he must earn at least this amount (if we also keep in mind such “expensive” regions as Moscow and St. Petersburg, then the numbers are multiplied by 1.5-2 times). Each new family member (newborn) implies an automatic salary increase of 8 thousand. And if you don’t have your own living space (and people rent housing), then at least 60-80 thousand for expensive regions and a little less for more loyal places in Russia. And this, in general, is a minimum by Russian standards.

Everyone whose average per capita income does not fit into the subsistence level is considered poor.

Very often one can observe a picture when a limited amount of finance makes a person save and acquire only what is necessary and important, and this greatly tempers everyone. And as soon as income becomes a little more, then an impressive part goes to nonsense. We've been told many times that planning is a good thing for most areas of life, but we really listen to advice when the going gets tough. If you make up a diet, purchase products according to the list, think through all the moves in advance, you spend many times less effort and material resources than when everything is decided in a fuss, and often not what you need is bought at all. A few kilograms of meat put in the freezer in advance will successfully replace the harmful sausage that you want to buy for those who have nothing in the refrigerator. Tomorrow the sausage will run out, and you will need to buy something similar to it, and at the end of the month it turns out that half of the salary was spent on products that do not carry any benefit.

We seem to have figured out food and housing, let's talk about things and junk.

Things

Thoughts (from the forum.guns.ru forum):

“Recently, I got an apartment after the death of the old people, so I took junk out of this apartment with BAGS into the trash, which they apparently saved up all their lives. And the most amazing thing is that there is nothing of value! Once I went to my parents' house, I look - there are also a bunch of some things, everything is crammed with things. Of course, things are new, they cannot be compared with the junk of grandparents, but the meaning is the same.

Nomadic life, rented apartments.

Previously, everything fit in a backpack and a large bag - and it was comfortable.

Then the weapon appeared and began to acquire a bunch of its own property ...

And by and large - to be the whole, but the documents are not superfluous.

More contacts of comrades-acquaintances and a pack of money.

The rest is live.

It's just stupid to buy a pot a second time for half a hundred bucks just because you're too lazy to drag it. But this is in a calm environment. And in which case - you can cook in a beer can.

Things should be treated simply - they are just things ... «

A person is really used to acquiring a lot of unnecessary additions and extensions in his life. And even if in youth many people are light and carefree, then over the years, “dragging everything into your hole”, storing all old and supposedly expensive items, souvenirs becomes a lifestyle. “What if it comes in handy?” .. “The closet can be removed to the balcony, first moving the piano standing there .. maybe the grandchildren will buy a summer house, but there is no furniture - they will take everything away” ... etc.

Parting with junk is difficult - not only for older people, but also for conservative young people.

Minimum sanitary and medical standards of living

“According to the results of the UN World Summit on Social Development (Copenhagen, 1995), absolute poverty is defined as “conditions where the simplest human needs are not available, including food, drinkable water, sanitary facilities, treatment, shelter, education and information. This is determined not only by income, but also by access to services.”

David Gordon's article "Indicators of Poverty and Hunger", written for the UN, describes these criteria in more detail.

Food: Body mass index of at least 16.

Water: Must not come exclusively from rivers and ponds, and must be a 15-minute walk (one way).

Bathroom: At home or nearby.

Treatment: Should be available to pregnant women and the seriously ill.

Shelter: No more than 4 people in one room. Ground floor is not allowed.

Education: Opportunity to learn to read.

Information: Any means of communication: radio, television, telephone, Internet.

Services: He does not define this point.

It is believed that a person who does not meet two of these indicators lives in absolute poverty.

The generally accepted international living wage for a long time was $ 1 per day. In 2008, the World Bank adjusted this figure to $1.25 based on 2005 purchasing power parity data” (Wikipedia).

Ecuador. Aime family from Tingo. Weekly food expenses: $31.55

Chad. The Abubakar family from Breijing settlement. Food expenses per week: $1.23

The living wage, for example, in some regions of countries such as India, Africa is 1-1.3 dollars per capita per week (!!!). So we are rich compared to them. They often live in barracks with fragile floors or no floor at all... And those below the poverty line go to water sources several kilometers every day to bring a small bed of water. And we have water in the tap, and the floor is not earthen, but the heart is not in place, because there are no Prada shoes.

The famous Maslow pyramid shows that without satisfying the lower needs (that is, the need for security, hunger, cold, etc.) - a person will not be able to think about something more global, but having had enough and warming up, he begins to want power, communication, material benefits.

And here it can already become clearer who is who: “Give a man power and you will know who he is” (Napoleon Bonaparte)

Although, that poverty, that excesses of material, or imperious privileges - can equally push a person to crimes, vile things.

You need to live somewhere and you need to eat something, but do not forget the well-known aphorism: "Eat to live, don't live to eat."

Psychological and spiritual aspects of the necessary minimum for life

Depression causes changes at the level of biochemical processes: a person falls into a vicious circle. In the Bible, this state is simply indicated: "a despondent spirit dries up the bones."

There is no life without obstacles, troubles, sorrows, troubles, difficulties, worries (someone has grief), illnesses, pain, fear. In principle, a person is not a butterfly, therefore he cannot live, all the time carelessly fluttering over the horizons. But the perception of all the troubles with particular pain produces a "short circuit" at the level of the soul, which is reflected in the physical body, and causes a new round of depression. Of course, not everything is so simple, you can’t just stand up like a robot and go forward without emotions if the wounds are deep, but, as many people know, the severity of the injury is half the battle in the matter of recovery, the speed and pace of healing also matter. And all doctors will say that even with regard to illnesses, physical wounds, rehabilitation, recovery in patients with a positive mood, optimists, “non-whiners” is much faster.

Therefore, the first condition for a comfortable existence, when viewed from different points of view, is a positive attitude and a desire to live.. If there is a desire to live - that a backpack, in which everything a person has now, that a house with three floors - will be perceived equally win-win. “Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.” (Lao Tzu)

If you are with a backpack on your back, but know how to fish, then you will always survive, but if the lottery fell out, then the prize will soon disappear without a trace.

Undoubtedly, a golden mean is needed, but the mountains of money, with the internal emptiness of their owner, will not bring the desired happiness. There is, in addition to a positive attitude as the main condition for earthly comfort, also a spiritual component, or, better to say, a divine one. What it is for everyone - he decides for himself. But, as the practice of many generations proves, lack of spirituality is a bad companion of life.

“Man does not live by bread alone…” as the saying goes.

A person who lives spiritually is saturated with less. This is the principle of the life of ascetics, and Buddhist monks, and Christians. The material has never sated a person completely. However, just psychological nourishment is not enough, a person by nature has a spiritual root.

“Give a man what he needs and he will want comfort. Provide him with amenities - he will strive for luxury. Shower him with luxury - he will begin to sigh in exquisiteness. Let him get the gourmet and he will crave follies. Give him whatever he wants, and he will complain that he was deceived and that he did not get what he wanted at all ”(Ernest Hemingway)

Oversaturation with life is a dangerous thing. Part of the suicide is from oversaturation with life and pleasure.

According to WHO, one of the causes of 4-5 million suicides committed annually in 1.4% of cases is satiety with life. That is, every year 50-70 thousand people end their lives because they had everything, but nothing pleased them.

“Scientists have noticed that suicide rates increase when society stops fighting for survival and “takes a break” or reaches a more or less stable financial situation. From which we can conclude that "excessive thoughts" and a lot of free time do not lead to self-creation. If we take Maslow's pyramid as a basis, then it turns out that without satisfying the "lower" needs, a person does not care about the "higher". And when he is full, dressed, shod, safe - this is where the search for the meaning of life can begin.

However, not everything is so simple, there is no salvation in “locking” a person in the wild conditions of asceticism, thirst and the need to achieve only the lowest needs. His search for himself, the possibility of realization, "self-digging", the call to the eternal, longing for happiness, hatred of loneliness, disappointment in everything perishable - only proof that he is not an animal, and that the earthly atmosphere is not able to fill his spiritual vacuum.

Nevertheless, constant work saves a person from a lot of risks: the risks of depression arising from idleness, loss of health due to lack of aspirations, etc. Labor, any - both work and deeds in the form of caring for someone - discipline, ennoble. The fact that among suicides there is a large percentage of non-working citizens proves that cockroaches start up in the head from idleness. However, there are situations when, despite the best efforts on the part of a person, financial life does not improve or a job is not found, but they occur less often than situations when a person thinks that he cannot find a job, or does not want to look for one.

(From the site Droplak.ru, article "Suicides. What makes them take the last step?")

Many of you have probably heard the expression “a purse without a bottom”. Wealth will not satiate either the body or the soul. The more there is (and there is no other filling), the more you want. That poverty, that glut are bad, a middle ground is needed.

“Two things I ask of You, do not refuse me before I die: remove vanity and falsehood from me, do not give me poverty and riches, feed me with my daily bread, so that, having had my fill, I would not deny You and say: “Who Lord? and so that, impoverished, he would not steal and use the name of my God in vain "(Bible. Old Testament. Proverbs of Solomon).

The Bible also says that it is better to take care of the soul: “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in and do not steal” (Bible. New Testament) ."Treasure" - naturally, in this case - not bags of money.

A person comes into this world with nothing, and no matter how much he wants to take something, he will leave with nothing.

“Dream as if you will live forever. Live as if you are going to die tomorrow” (the authorship of the phrase is attributed to several people)

Taking phrases out of context: life as if you die tomorrow - means not only the ease of perception of being and a small backpack with things on your shoulders, but also peace with yourself, repentance for sins, readiness to appear in the Other World.

And although many understand that 90% of everything that is visible and valuable to us is tinsel, we are all attached to expensive things. No one will prefer (having finances and opportunities) a Mercedes Zhiguli. The clothes of famous luxury brands are the essence of ordinary things, but a little better, more stylish, served under the sauce of luxury, prestige - fill the mind and heart more than any wise quotes. We often buy show-offs, not things.

In general, a person actually needs a little. But planning is a good thing. And if someone has the opportunity to buy products of expensive brands - this does not mean that he is stuck and soulless (although this is not excluded) - it simply means that he has the opportunity. The main thing is not to forget about the psychological and spiritual aspects of the necessary minimum of life, without which there will be no happiness with tons of masterpieces from world designers and dozens of houses on Rublyovka.

culture

Some people become heroes of gossip columns and news releases, thanks to luxury, excesses, etc., but the young American Andrew Hyde became famous not at all for this reason. On the contrary, he does not observe excesses in anything. The American has nothing ... except 15 things that are also of little value. They are simply necessary for normal life. An American minimalist lives with just 15 items.

Main field of activity

If you think that Andrew is homeless or a beggar, you are deeply mistaken. With housing and work, the American is in perfect order. The thing is, Hyde is a so-called tech tycoon. He is engaged in consulting in one of the large American companies and concurrently is the founder of the international movement for the development of new web projects "Startup Weekend". Hyde successfully organizes various conferences and events dedicated to the search for new ideas in the field of high technology, in the field of art and design.

The young American lives in 2 houses: he is constantly "torn" between work in New York and Silicon Valley. Hyde has no permanent residence. If the active Andrew has at least some free time, he prefers to spend it on travel, while he takes only 15 of the most necessary things with him.

It is they, according to the American, that are necessary for the life of a modern person. All other items are excesses that should be excluded from daily use.

Essential items for survival

The young innovator says he has always liked minimalism in everything. Andrew was also attracted to the idea of ​​using a minimum of things in everyday life. A couple of years ago, he decided to see if he could get by with just a hundred household items. And it looks like he's had a great life using a limited amount of stuff.

After some time, Hyde decided to go even further. He sold all his possessions, including wardrobe, appliances and dishes. The American left himself only 15 of the most necessary, in his opinion, things:

1. Backpack with a total capacity of 30 kg

4. T-shirt

5. Lightweight shorts

6. Towel

7. Warm jacket

8. A set of toiletries, including a razor and soap

9. Sunglasses

10. Wallet

11. MacBook Air computer

13. Long sleeve shirt

14. Jeans

15. Sneakers

Surely, each of you noted that this list does not include socks and underwear. Hyde has enough of these little things in store. The American left himself a minimum of clothing. According to him, now he does not need to waste time thinking about what to wear to work, what to wear to a party, and what to wear for a walk. Waking up every morning, he simply takes out of the closet that shirt or T-shirt that he did not wear yesterday. Having no choice makes life easier. The American was convinced of this from his own experience.

Minimum of things

However, according to Hyde, it was very difficult and problematic to reduce his property to a minimum. As Andrew himself recalls, he began to cut his wardrobe gradually. First he took two shirts, one pair of jeans and one pair of shorts. He also brought one pair of sandals, sunglasses, and, of course, underwear.

An iPad and a camera also became mandatory items that the American took with him. In the list of necessary things, he added a backpack, some toiletries, a towel. Andrew also needed some small items such as a pen, connector cable and iPad chargers.

After all the things were packed into a backpack, an enterprising American went on a trip to try to live with this set of things. As a result, during a trip that lasted almost 5 weeks, the experimental traveler needed even fewer things than he took with him.

Modern man wants everything at once. These days, the average woman alone has about 20 pairs of shoes, a wardrobe of hundreds of outfits. And some people live all alone in huge mansions. The young rich man Andrew Hyde, by his example, demonstrates to society that you can get by with little, and it is not at all necessary to have millions in order to be happy.

What we strive for determines all our actions and influences work, hobbies, relationships with people and our whole approach to life. This desire pervades everything we do. It fills our life with meaning and helps us move on when we face difficulties.

If you're confused and can't figure out what you really want out of life, ask yourself:

• What do I want to achieve?
• What inspires me?
• What makes me get up in the morning?
• What would I like to see more in my life?
• What would I like to see less of in my life?

The answers to these questions will help you understand what matters most to you. Let them be the guiding light on your path. Respond to them again from time to time to see if anything has changed.

2. Time

Everyone has jobs and responsibilities. But whether we have enough time or not, often depends on the choice we have made. After all, every time we say “yes” to one thing, we actually refuse something else. Unfortunately, we say yes too often.

Time is a limited resource. And while we can't get back the time we've already spent, we can more consciously choose what to spend it on in the future.

Do not try to occupy every free minute with something. Make time for the things and people that really matter to you.

Of course, it's not always that easy. Someone works at several jobs, someone raises children or cares for sick relatives. In such situations, it is especially difficult to find free time. Even if we manage to snatch a minute, we feel guilty about wasting this time on ourselves. In addition, often there is simply no energy left, so in our free time we decide to sleep or watch TV.

In this case, you need to try to find at least a little time for yourself and yours. Let it be only half an hour or even five minutes a day.

You can still try to somehow change the current situation. For example, look for an opportunity to work closer to home, reconsider your approach to finances, seek help from loved ones or specialists.

3. Health

We often do not think about our health until some problems appear. We neglect our workouts and then wonder why we have such a hard time climbing stairs. We eat whatever, and then we wonder where the extra weight came from. We don’t care about our mental health, and then we can’t understand why we are stressed all the time.

Remember the following:

• We are not designed to sit at the computer all day, so try to move more. Combine any kind of activity - walking, exercising in the gym, yoga.
• can be simple and enjoyable. Eat more vegetables and fruits, and take meat as a side dish. Don't force yourself to give up a product completely. Food should bring pleasure, not be a punishment.
• Be kind to yourself and be sure to relax. Movement, proper nutrition and rest will help you feel better and experience less stress.

4. Relationships

We are obsessed with being busy all the time, which is why many people don’t have time for relationships. Maybe it's time to slow down a bit and rethink your approach to life.

After all, it is friends, family and close people who make our life rich and fulfilling. Don't forget about it. Try to find time to strengthen relationships with loved ones and pay more attention to them.