We’re
creating a guide to help people live better lives, and we’re accepting
submissions of short personal stories, relevant experiences, and life
lessons to accompany the groundbreaking statistics that will be shared
in this book, tentatively titled 360 Living.
As
a gift of appreciation, we will also offer you an electronic copy of
the book and life improvement exercises when released on Amazon.
Format
Write
your story in any format, from a couple of paragraphs up to 2 pages
describing the context, your story and how it impacted your life or the
lives of others. Include your preferred form of recognition to be
published in the acknowledgement section and next to your submission, if
selected. We can publish full name, first name or an alias (your email
will remain confidential in any case). Please note submissions may be
modified for inclusion in the book, but you’ll have the ability to
review all changes.
How to participate
Pick
any of the 14 themes or prompts below (or choose another theme about
living a good and happy life, and we’ll see if it can be included), then
email your short personal story to
explorelearngrow@gmail.com.We can publish with your full name, first name or an alias (your email will remain confidential in any cases).
Selection criteria
Submissions
will be selected based on relevance, ability to draw in and engage the
readers, and portrayal of valuable and/or actionable lessons. Your story
doesn’t have to be jaw-dropping, it just needs to have a clear lesson
and a connection to living a better life. Simplicity can be stunning
when done right.
Everyone has important stories to tell, and I’m excited to hear yours and share it in this book!
14 themes to choose from...
1. Resolutions and commitment
Keeping or not keeping our annual or general resolutions, tips and tricks, lessons learned.
2. Nutrition Story about nutrition and weight loss
What worked, what did not, key take-aways, sharing life lessons.
3. Appreciation & gratitude
Personal experiences about how expressing gratitude changed our relationships and resulted in a better life.
4. Physical fitness
A
personal transformation, story about goals, what works for you,
favorite activities, how you incorporate fitness into life, general
feelings about fitness, impact of fitness and activity on other areas of
life (lack of sleep, stress level, energy level, physical appearance).
5. Lifelong learning and mastery
A
story about developing new expertise, lifelong learning, retraining,
re-skilling, taking on a new job, becoming an expert and enjoying it.
6. Cultural best practices and “bad habits”
Personal
observations and lessons learned of the cultural differences related to
happiness, how they affect us, how we cope with them - or not. Funny
anecdotes and true stories.
7. Life vision
How
do we hold to our life vision as child? What happens to it as we grow
up? Do we invent a new vision, stick to the original one, find our true
way later in life?
8. Giving time, money or resources to good causes
Exemplary behavior of donating either money or time, and the results it had on society, the local community, and even yourself.
9. Spending time on our passionsWhat
are your true passions? How much time do you spend for it (every week
in average)? Could it be more? Why not? What do you learn from your
passions for the rest of your life? What impact does it have on your
life?
10. Chasing dollars, an illusion of happiness through wealth
How
does money influence your life, in a good way, or a bad way? Did your
life suffer from the lack of resources? Did you find out that more money
is not always more happiness?
11. Vacation and time off
How
do you spend your time off? What effect does it have on your work or
life? How many vacation days do you typically lose? What are the
consequences? Were you able to change it? What have you learned from it?
12. Remarkable achievements and personal recognition
What
makes you proud? Why? How hard was it to get there? What is your #1
recommendation to a 10-year old facing the challenges of building
his/her own life?
13. Life-work balance
Do
you spend way too much at work, or bring it home with you? How does it
affect your life? What did/can you do about it (new job, lower your work
time, new position)?
14. Stress
How
do you cope with stress? Do you have a secret recipe you would like to
share? How did you find the right balance in your life?
