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How I am Building a Soft Life That I Cherish Every Second; How You Can Customize Your Life Too

Renuka Gavrani
7 min readNov 5, 2022

Do you remember what you wanted to be before the world told you what you should be?

In the past two years, I have achieved everything that I used to just dream of. I found my passion, monetized it and now I make money doing the things that I love. And I cannot be more grateful for what I have.

Yet even after having everything, I used to feel jealous of others who are living quite an amazing life on Instagram. Their lifestyle, clothes, boyfriend, vacation spots, room, barbie doll face, and everything just started attracting my attention. Result?

Even though my professional life was skyrocketing, I was not so happy. Why? Because I bought a dream that was never mine and when the dream couldn’t come true, I felt hurt.

The reason why I am telling you this is because it happens to all of us. We see something in the external world (something that everyone has or adores) and we build a desire to have the same thing as well, be it someone’s facial expression or their cute boyfriend.

However, what my observation made me realize is that “when we are not living our dreams, someone else’s life becomes our dreamlife”

“When we ignore our inner voice, everyone else’s voice

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Renuka Gavrani
Renuka Gavrani

Written by Renuka Gavrani

I talk about slow & Intentional living - taking you closer to a happy life. I am a published author of the book 'The Art of Being Alone': https://a.co/d/531JIFq

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