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It’s Not About *Changing* Your Life; It’s About Building a Satisfactory Life

Renuka Gavrani
6 min readAug 7, 2023

There is pressure all around us for *changing our lives*

From YouTubers to writers to random social media influencers — they all are on a mission to first create a FEAR in your mind that what you have is not enough, what you are doing is not enough by showcasing how they have achieved a lot more in their life at the same age and look at you ughh!

And when you accept this narrative, they create a desire in your mind to ‘CHANGING YOUR LIFE.’

How can you change your life? Simple by following the techniques they are giving to you. And you happily accept those techniques as a way to ‘change your life.’

Honestly, I am so sick and tired of this concept of ‘change your life’ that it irritates me to death.

The Need to Change Your Life:

You need to take a second and understand this whole clever marketing around ‘changing your life.’

Firstly, let me clear one thing — there is nothing wrong with working on yourself and upgrading your life. In fact, I have talked a lot about how you can make your life better, right? So, it’s common to want a better version of something that you already have. That’s human nature. We get something and then we look out for…

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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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