5 Ways to a More Satisfying Life

Written By Corey Emory

Do you want to know the reason why you are unhappy and dissatisfied with your life?

Frederick Buechner says, 

“The original, shimmering self gets buried so deep that most of us end up hardly living out of it at all. Instead we live out all the other selves, which we are constantly putting on and taking off like coats and hats against the world’s weather.”

The majority of our unhappiness and dissatisfaction in life is directly related to us not actually knowing who we are - the true inner workings of our thoughts and feelings. 

Our true selves get lost because we live life from a position of who other people think we are and/or want us to be, instead of taking time to discover what we believe and how our beliefs influence how we respond to life.

Here are 5 ways to find your original, shimmering self:

May you cultivate an original, shimmering life filled with confidence, courage, and joy!

 
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Corey Emory

Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Corey Emory lived in Montana, Oregon, Colorado, and Sri Lanka before settling in a small California beach town. His work has appeared in ZYZZYVA, VietNow Magazine, LitMag, Windhover Journal, and other literary publications.

As a writer, Emory credits the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Flannery O’Connor, and Sylvia Plath as influences, as well as Joan Didion, J. D. Salinger, S. E. Hinton, and Bret Easton Ellis.

Married since 2001, Emory shares his home with his wife and cats.

https://www.coreyemory.com
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