Living the Best Life Ever!
As I’ve thought about where to take this site, I keep coming back to this desire to create some sort of “useful website.” Sure, this is a website about “me”, but since seeing others such as Steve Pavlina create successful sites with their name attached to them that actually have useful content, I’ve come to realize that this is the direction I want to go in.
Sure, I want to promote my current and upcoming work…but personally, I would not want to visit a site that’s all about the site owner. How fun is that?!
Personal Development?
I kept thinking, “how do I make this site more useful and make sense at the same time? What central focus and topic can I work around that will actually provide people with something useful as well as entertaining?”
I’ve been a student of self-help, self-growth, and personal development for quite a few years. Going raw has certainly been a part of that, but terms like “personal development” just seem, well, bland to me.
What is “personal development” anyway? Why better onself? Why not just sit on the couch, eat, drink, watch TV and enjoy watching the world go by?
Perhaps terms like “self-help” have brought images to others of boring psychologists blathering on and on about thinking positive that has left much to be desired.
We need something more…sexy. Something with true passion and intelligence. Something that doesn’t insult our intelligence, but rather aims to stimulate us into being not only the best we can be, but seeing how far we can go.
The question is…HOW GOOD CAN LIFE GET?
The answer is: LET’S FIND OUT
The Best Day Ever.
I’ve always been a longtime fan of David Wolfe’s tagline “The Best Day Ever!” for a long time. I’ve often used that in my own life to see what kind of results I could get for a certain day.
While it does conjure some certain feelings, I’m left with…”so what?”
I want more than just the best day ever…I want the best life ever! In every way!
Why else are we here? Is it not pure insanity to be put on this Earth and not strive to live the absolute best (and even better than best) life you could ever possibly live, in every way?
THAT is what I’m talking about!
There is something with some FIRE in it!
So that’s what I want to do here at JSOhlander.com. I’m going to use my life as an illustration and guinea pig to help others live the best life they can possibly live. It is a crime for us to settle for anything less.
Where Does This Take This Site?
While I do have some ideas about where to go from here on out, I’m not entirely sure where I will end up or how it will change as I go along.
Here is what you have to look forward to by visiting here (so far):
- Life Experiments – Similar to Steve Pavlina’s 30 Day Trials, I’m going to be conducting several Life Experiments on myself using specific ideas and techniques I come across or come up with myself. These can last anywhere from 24 hours to 365 days. Lots of ideas here.
- Extreme Living – How far can one’s personal growth and enjoyment of life go? I want to see how good life can possibly get. And then push it further. And then see if I can take it even further…
- Articles on Living the Best Life Ever – Once I’ve come to some conclusions, I’ll share what I’ve learned in bullet-point or similar format so you can take something helpful with you and try it out in your own life.
~ JS
Other places to find me
JS Music on MySpace.
Come see me on Facebook.
Interesting, I will keep an eye on this,