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How I Turned My Life Into a Sweet Little Story that I Love to Savor Everyday; How You Can Too

Renuka Gavrani
7 min readNov 16, 2023

Life can be a sweet love affair if you are loyal to your values

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Just like a relationship cannot work if two people involved have hidden side interests, similarly, life cannot work if what you say ‘you want’ is different from ‘what you work for.’

Now, you must be thinking, ‘Renuka, I am not stupid, why would I want one thing but work for another?’

And you are right. You are not stupid but you are living on autopilot mode where your daily life is a byproduct of what the world has recommended you to do.

For example: Let’s say you look at those videos of cottage living and secretly wish to live a slow life as well. You want to wake up with a relaxed mind and go to work with a sense of purpose.

However, the same world has imprinted this idea in your mind that if you are living in some place like America and doing a normal job that you don’t love then slow living is not possible for you. They want you to believe in slow living but only if you leave everything behind and shift to some old village in Italy or France.

Since that is not possible either, you wake up every day with a mind full of unfulfilled desires, even more disconnection with your current life, and…

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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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