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13 Things that will change your life

August 11, 2025May 23, 2025 by The Ideal Myth

We all want to live a better life. But true transformation doesn’t happen overnight.

It happens through small shifts, powerful decisions, and consistent action. Whether you’re feeling stuck, lost, or simply ready to evolve, there are certain truths and practices that, once embraced, have the power to completely change your life.

And the best part? These changes are available to anyone—no matter where you are, who you’ve been, or what you’ve been through.

Here are 13 things that will change your life if you let them.

1. Taking Full Responsibility for Your Life

The day you stop blaming others and take full ownership of your life is the day everything changes.

Why it matters:

Responsibility puts you back in the driver’s seat. It empowers you to create change instead of waiting for it.

Action step:

Start every day with the mindset: “No one is coming to save me. It’s on me now.”

2. Prioritising Your Mental and Physical Health

Your mind and body are your foundation. When you take care of them, every part of your life improves.

Why it matters:

You can’t pour from an empty cup. Health gives you the energy, clarity, and resilience to pursue your goals.

Action step:

Move daily. Eat clean. Meditate. Sleep well. Treat your body with respect.

3. Letting Go of What No Longer Serves You

This includes habits, beliefs, relationships, and even versions of yourself that no longer align with who you want to be.

Why it matters:

You can’t grow if you’re weighed down by the past. Letting go creates space for what’s meant for you.

Action step:

Identify one thing holding you back. Release it with intention.

4. Embracing Discomfort

Growth is uncomfortable. The sooner you accept that, the faster you evolve.

Why it matters:

Avoiding discomfort keeps you stuck. Leaning into it pushes you forward.

Action step:

Start doing one thing every week that scares you a little. That’s where your power is.

5. Creating a Morning Routine

The first hour of your day sets the tone for the rest. Own your mornings and you’ll own your life.

Why it matters:

Structure creates clarity. A purposeful morning keeps you grounded and focused.

Action step:

Include 3 things in your morning: silence (meditation/journaling), movement, and planning.

6. Reading Every Day

Books open doors. They challenge you, teach you, and inspire you. 15 minutes a day adds up to transformation.

Why it matters:

Reading expands your mind, deepens your thinking, and introduces you to new ways of living.

Action step:

Commit to 10-15 pages daily. Start with a book that speaks to the version of you you’re trying to become.

7. Practising Gratitude

Gratitude rewires your brain. It shifts your focus from lack to abundance, from stress to peace.

Why it matters:

When you appreciate what you have, you attract more of what you want.

Action step:

Write down 3 things you’re grateful for every night. Feel them deeply.

8. Learning to Say “No”

Every “yes” you give out of guilt or fear is a “no” to yourself. Strong boundaries create a strong life.

Why it matters:

Saying “no” protects your time, energy, and peace. It allows you to focus on what truly matters.

Action step:

Pause before agreeing to anything. Ask yourself: Does this align with my goals or drain my energy?

9. Surrounding Yourself With the Right People

You are the average of the people you spend the most time with. Choose wisely.

Why it matters:

Your environment either fuels your growth or feeds your limitations.

Action step:

Audit your circle. Spend more time with those who challenge, inspire, and support you.

10. Learning to Forgive

Forgiveness is freedom, not for the other person, but for yourself. Holding onto resentment keeps you trapped in the past.

Why it matters:

You can’t move forward if you’re still dragging pain behind you.

Action step:

Write a letter (you don’t have to send it) to someone you need to forgive. Release the weight.

11. Believing in Yourself—Even When No One Else Does

Self-belief is the foundation of every great achievement. It has to start with you.

Why it matters:

If you don’t believe in your dreams, why should anyone else?

Action step:

Affirm your strengths. Speak to yourself like someone you deeply believe in.

12. Taking Action Before You Feel Ready

Perfection is a lie. Waiting until you feel “ready” keeps you stuck in preparation mode.

Why it matters:

Clarity comes from action, not overthinking. Confidence grows by doing.

Action step:

Pick one goal and take the first messy step today. Learn and adjust as you go.

13. Defining What Success Means to You

Many people chase a version of success they never questioned. True transformation begins when you live your truth.

Why it matters:

Living someone else’s dream is the fastest path to regret. Define success on your terms.

Action step:

Write your personal definition of success. Let that guide your choices.

Change Doesn’t Happen All At Once – But It Does Happen

Transformation isn’t about flipping a switch. It’s about choosing, again and again, to take one step closer to the life you were meant to live.

Start with one of these 13 changes. Master it. Let it ripple into the rest of your life. Then pick another. Over time, you’ll look back and realise – you’re not the same person you were. And that’s the goal.

Change doesn’t ask for perfection. It only asks for commitment.

21 Times When Quitting is Good

August 11, 2025October 26, 2021 by The Ideal Myth

Quitting is often served as something negative or an act of failure. There are times when it is not bad, times when it is the right thing to do and we can say that it is okay to quit. We have listed 21 times when quitting is good and it is a brave thing to quit.

1. Excuses

It is rightly said that we can either make excuses or we can make changes and results. It is a brave thing to quit making excuses and focus on getting results.

2. Taken for granted- one side relationship

There is nothing wrong with it if you wish to call it off.

Few relationships are just creating unhappiness and discontent for you. The relationship where you are investing everything and neither your efforts are appreciated and nor your concerns are respected. It’s nothing wrong with discarding those people from your life who doesn’t care about your existence.

Rather than caring and wasting time on the people who don’t care about your existence, there is always someone who cares about you. Quit the relationships that take you for granted.

A friend who cares, a partner who understands you.

3. A no-growth job

When you have an alternative from a no-growth job, you can switch off or quit the no-growth job. You should quit even when the new job requires you to get out of your comfort zone but offers you opportunities.

4. Wrong destination

Sometimes we are doing things just because someone suggested it as the right thing to do. Inside we know that it is not something we want and not even sure of. There is no harm in quitting the journey of an unfamiliar destination.

5. Stop show-offs- quit doing things to show off

One thing that has no meaning is to show off and try to impress people through your materialistic possessions. A content person never feels the need to show off. It only shows your insecurity and craving for attention.

6. Too much social media

I won’t say that you should quit social media and just do without it. It’s completely okay to use social media but at a point where it hampers your productivity, your work, personal life and professional life then you are supposed to make a call. You need to quit too much social media.

7. Unsolicited advice seriously

We all know that people are quite judgmental and have all the suggestions when it comes to giving it to someone else’s life. People advise you to lose weight, gain weight, get married, you can’t do business and you must…, it’s too late for you…

If you have faith in yourself and the things, you’re doing then you don’t have to heed the pieces of advice seriously. It is okay to quit taking the advice seriously.

8. Explain yourself

We often explain to people about our life, our choices, our decisions and all just to get approval from them. Deep inside we know the fact that even if we get the approval of the people, it doesn’t matter much. Sometimes in getting the approval of everyone, we failed to do what we want to do. In getting unanimity of people, we get lost in between. Thus, we should quit explaining to everyone and just for our own sake.

9. Unhealthy lifestyle- gambling on health

Mostly when people are at a young age, health is one of the least things that bother them. One of the things in their mindset is that we won’t be affected. We don’t realize it until we saw someone actually suffering from health issues and that too because they chose a poor and unhealthy lifestyle. We should quit gambling with our life by adopting a healthy lifestyle.

10. Running on the short-term race

It is good to live in the present but it is quite essential to do things that will benefit in long term. Moreover, It is not just about career only. It is also about relationships, health, financial planning, and. If it is not giving you long term benefits and satisfaction, you should quit.

11. Expectations

We expect from people, our loved ones and when the expectations are not met, we felt hurt. Its nothing wrong with having expectations but it shouldn’t affect you. If people fail to live to our expectations, we shouldn’t complain or feel offended. The reason is if you feel offended or even when you complain about it, things wouldn’t change. We must always have realistic expectations from people who would keep it. You should quit having expectations from every next person in your life.

12. Always available

When you are always available, you are either taken for granted or your importance becomes less. It is strange but a very true fact. Moreover, staying available for the people who just think of you when in need should be a completely foolish thing. Though sometimes we are just trying to be available all the time to show sincerity in the relationship it is not appreciated always. So, one should quit being always available at the cost of their self-respect.

13. Waiting for everyone’s approval

There is a point in everyone’s life that it becomes difficult for us to explain things to people. We look for approval from people and get lost in proving ourselves to them. It is sometimes not necessary that you can make everyone happy at the cost of your desires. So, it is better to quit proving people of your existence.

14. complaints

We have issues and complaints with people, friends, family and in relationships too. We can’t change everyone else’s behavior and their

15. Procrastinating

The time you waste procrastinating is the time you spent doing things you don’t like. One thing that needs to be quit right now is procrastinating if you wish to change things or circumstances in your life.

16. Being victim

The things that happen to us are the choices, actions and decisions of our own. We can’t blame others. There are moments when things do not turn up as we expected even after making sincere efforts. So, it doesn’t mean that we have to blame others and ourselves for feeling victimised. You have to quit feeling a victim all the time.

17. False Expectations

With few things and with few people, we know that we are keeping a false expectation and there is no meaning in keeping hope. It is better to quit expecting where you know that it is not worth enough.

18. Fear of failure

Between Dreams and success, there is a journey that goes through efforts, failures, motivation, disappointments, fear, doubts, and many things. It’s not always easy but it’s worth it. Fear of failure shouldn’t come in between beginning the journey. Even if you fail, you should attempt.

19. Don’t be so hard

Trying to fit in everywhere, making an effort to make everyone happy, looking for approval, and trying to become someone they want you to be. It is okay. It still won’t be enough. Just be yourself. Don’t sacrifice yourself just to become someone you won’t feel happy about.

20. Being ungrateful

Sometimes we care less about the people who really care and be there at every need. We fail to acknowledge their worth in our life. Be grateful instead.

21. Being selfish

We shouldn’t be so self-centered that we become unkind and do not give heed to the feelings of people around us. There’s no cost to being kind and we do can afford a simple act of kindness.

13 Myths We Should Stop Believing and Start Living

August 11, 2025October 19, 2021 by The Ideal Myth

In proving a point, we have stopped living. Below is the list of 13 myths we should stop believing and start living.

1. We have all the time

Procrastination is a thing we all are aware of. The time we waste in not doing things we want adds one day to the life we don’t want. We know the fact that every day we are losing one day to reach where we want to. Instead of living with regrets, we should spend our life doing things we desire, with the people who matter, on things that make us content.

2. The perfect retirement plan

Yes, most of us think like that and if not about retirement plans, we always wait for perfect plans for even small trips. We all know the one fact that life is uncertain. The pandemic has made us more aware of this fact.

3. Money is a priority and not family

We know the very fact that money can’t buy us everything. Money can get fulfil your needs, buy you luxury and comfort. Happiness is somewhere beyond money. With the family, children, your spouse, father, mother. You can have enough money all your life but you can’t have them all your life.

4. It’s late to learn something

Now, who decides the ideal time to learn something or do something. Learning is a lifelong process and we learn every day many things that we even don’t realize. No matter if what you learning is not important to others. If it is important to you, go ahead. People waste so much time and do not care. So, if you have any strong interest and desire to learn, don’t think twice.

5. It’s late to mend your relationship

We fight and we reconcile. Sometimes we don’t reconcile because we have put up so much ego, we don’t apologize, we don’t want to be the first one to talk. Even sometimes we wish to talk or feel to end this, our ego doesn’t allow us. We all might have one relationship that has become sour but deep inside, we don’t want it that way. In all this, at both ends, the difference stays. This can happen in friendships, relationships, and even in a family. We all assume things but we don’t take a step to mend things. Sometimes we never know that the other person wishes to mend things. Also, there is no need to live with the burden, you should always try and at least from your side to mend your relationships.

6. Your past won’t let you move ahead

There is no one who is free from committing mistakes, failures, guilt, sorrow, loss of loved ones, and other hardships. We all have felt the feeling at some similar or some different situations. It seems difficult but not impossible to move ahead. We can always and everyone can always move ahead with life. You don’t have to take the burden all your life. Life is too short to carry the burden of the past and there are endless things to experience.

7. You are dependent on some one…

Everything goes on…and people accommodate even with the loss and absence of the person who once seems irreplaceable at one point in time. Sometimes we have to be selfish for our inner desire and wishes. We have to focus on the things we want.

8. There is something Ideal

The Ideal myth is something that stops many of us from achieving things we desire, things we love and we want. We all wait for things to get ideal and perfect which pauses our chances of getting success. There’s no harm in failure, no harm in imperfect plans but there is the harm in living the ideal myth.

9. You’re too busy with everything

It’s a myth that we are too busy, the truth is we always have time for things and people that we consider important. It is sometimes an excuse as well that we don’t have time. No one can be too busy to live is as simple as that. If things are really important to us we definitely can have time.

10. You have to be rich first

There is not enough money and not even for a billionaire. The want for more never ends. We think that we have to be rich to be happy but we have to be content with whatever we have to live. You cant skip living in a quest to become rich first. Instead you can earn more, live more, enjoy more, and all throughout your journey. You have to be content and start living.

11. Complaints

Everyone has a bucket of things that make you sad, people who make you feel not good enough, situations that make you helpless. We all have complaints about life, people and things but do we have to live in it or we should move ahead. You can live withholding complaints in your head.

12. Social Media is an integral part of life

Social media has become an important part of our life and we felt handicapped when we are not connected. A slower internet connection or a social networking website down makes us impatient, restless and irritate us. Can you remember the time or place where you didn’t felt the need to check your social media feeds without someone forcing you to do so? It happens less but it actually makes you happy and it makes you realize that social media is just a part of life and there is much more to life.

13. Approval of people

You don’t have to seek approval from others for your life. It’s a myth that you have to take the approval of everyone for your choices. If you are content, confident, and happy with your life choices then start living without expecting anyone’s approval.