I have never thought of marriage as the most important milestone to reach in my life. I think we all evolve with the process of growth and reaching certain milestones. It could still be an opinion thing because what is important to me may not be important to another person. Yet no kidding, we all have our milestones which when we get to redefines us and pushes us to a higher ground. So here are some milestones away that could be away from the conventional.
Realizing what your life should be centered around
You passion and purpose in life should be one of the most important milestones in life. Marriage or work doesn’t have anything to realizing what your self-actualization should be about. Many people sort of dabble into so many activities at once, music, writing, architecture, sports. Yet you should be sure about what passion you really care about and you excel at.
Ending a relationship with a close friend
We all go through difficult and stiff periods with our friends. I have broken up with friends and discovered my friendships with them again. When you end a relationship with a friend you understand yourself better. You understand if you have been the right or wrong person in a relationship. Such helps you put perspectives together.
Buying your first home
Leaving your parent’s home and getting into your own apartment is a great milestone. However improving on that and buying your own home proves that you have worked hard and saved for something that will seal your sense of security. Besides you also have an asset that you can be proud of.
Going back to school to get your masters
Whether it was necessary or not for you, you just wanted to have a sense of accomplishment in getting more degrees to your cabinet. You trudge harder even when others have thrown in the towel and settled for a Bachelor’s degree. Such takes courage and resilience. And that proves you are worth something. This is another important milestone you can reach has nothing to do with marriage or work.
Taking a terrifying risk
Try and do something out of the ordinary or what many would never have expected you to do. You can’t continue sitting behind the mask all the time. I hope to climb the Mount Kilimanjaro or Mount Everest sometime. Why don’t you try something that may be termed as a risk but will expose you even to your own fears?
Giving money to a cause
Doing some philanthropy when you do not have surplus money yet takes courage. You see the need in your environment or in your life and you make that positive contribution because you want to better their situation shows that you have evolved and grown into becoming a positive person. This is another milestone we could all reach in our lives.
Reaching the deepest hole of our pain
When you hit rock bottom and meet with disappointment, frustration and despair you discover yourself in a way you never thought you could. You achieve fulfillment during this period because you can identify what really should be focal in your life. You know your true companions and you adjust your world to a picture that can set you free. This important milestone can be a platform for you to become successful in no time.
Going back in time to visit your past
It could be your fears, your disappointments or regrets, sometimes taking a walk or a journey into the past strengthen and reignite us. I visited my high school once, and it made me realize how far I have come since I departed that school. You could need to journey to the past in different ways, sometimes it could be through pleasurable moments of listening to an old song. There is always a way to reconnect with the past and this could be an important milestone for anyone of us.
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