How to Help Life Suck Less

Scrolling through Reddit this week, I came across a post on r/ask simply titled, “Does Life Suck? Why / why not?“

People gave all variety of answers, from long pep talks to short, sullen statements to philosophical meanderings.

It got me thinking about how both are inherently true, life has lovely aspects and awful aspects, and we are all going to get a mix.

The real question is how to make life suck less.
It’s different for each of us, but here are some of my personal tried and true ways . . .

My Personal Techniques to Help Life Suck Less:

Art
– Turn off mindless TV one night and put on that weird, artsy film that your quirky friend told you about.

– Go to a museum, a play, a dance performance, or a gallery.

– Learn an instrument. I found the Ukelele to really help me through a depression.

– Learn an esoteric art with a Tarot Reading Lesson.

– Draw, paint, sculpt, cook. Pick one and stick to it long enough to see improvement.

– Dance everyday. Even just one song.

Explore with Curiosity

– Try new things. Go to the local international market and buy something you never ate before.

– Travel abroad. Travel locally. Find a festival you never went to before. Get away from the mundane familiar and see new places.

– Dive inward to the unknown. Use Intuition Coaching to develop a sense of how to listen to the voices guiding you away from the suckiness.

– Volunteer with refugees to help them practice English and learn about why life sucked enough for them to move here.

– Find a picture book from a realm unknown to you in time, culture, or mindset and spend time pondering how people live different lives.

Love

– Let go of love being about romance or partnership. Love anyone or anything with joy (and healthy boundaries).

– Volunteer to help other’s lives suck less. Choose something that you actually like to do so it does not add to the suck.

– Love yourself enough to be gentle when you have a sucky day, week, month or year. Experience messages of self-compassion in a personal tarot reading.

– Find a friend you love and make plans together. Meet new friends through going out and doing activities you love with a local meetup group.

This is a short list for a long subject. I welcome you to reach out and share what your own techniques are to help life suck less.

Live Well,

Jenna Lynne Roberts

Present Path Tarot

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