I created The Fearless Hustle to help motivate people to drive their own life journey to be healthy, wealthy, happy, and all-around fit within their entire life. And it is a constant journey to bettering ourselves in ways beyond what we thought we could be. I know this to be true.

Most people aren’t doing this though, and it drives me crazy!

Sure, to some extent, if you ask 100 people are they trying to find ways to better themselves 99 will probably say yes (you always have that one). But if you dug into the 99, maybe 3 would actually be doing something worthwhile in their life.

That is because most people only look at a single entity. Their weight, or their finances, or their relationships, or their mental health, or their social health, or their physical health, and focus on improving that one thing. Instead – we should be looking at the full package: YOUR LIFE.

You see – you can’t be single-minded and think you will have a successful life. Sure – there are probably bigger problem areas that you need to focus on with others, but they all connect somehow. They all are part of the complete package, and you cannot try to buy the pieces a la carte.

Let’s look at this live working example of this, from the case study I know best: ME.

Everything Connects

I got serious about my life’s journey when I had my first son, Mason, back in 2014. Instantly my life and mindset changed, and I realized I needed to be more than what I was giving. And that is in multiple areas.

And don’t get me wrong. I was doing OK before him. I had OK money. OK health. OK relationship. OK mental health. Everything was OK. And that was the biggest problem I saw.

At first, I started looking at just one piece to the puzzle: My fitness. I thought if I could get in shape and lose some weight, that will get me to where I need to be. Being an avid runner, I started logging some long hours on the pavement. Lost a few pounds, but still experienced quite a bit of stress at work and at home, with a new baby and trying to adjust to that somehow.

So I called an audible and started focusing on relaxing more, being more present in the moment. And that worked great for my anxiety, but I gained the weight back. Plus – I realized that my relationship with my wife wasn’t the same, although we did just get a new roommate, I needed to focus on that. So my attention went there, and that got better, but other areas didn’t. I started to notice if I focused too much on one, something else suffered.

But I knew if I tried to do everything at once, I would get burnt out – it was just too much to try to do. So what was the answer?

LIFE.

MY LIFE.

That was the answer for me. I quickly realized that I was trying to do too much because that is what I thought I was supposed to be. I was supposed to be the best dad, the best husband, the best employee, have the best health, take the best trips, have the best money – and although that is the goal – I was putting that as the end result. I was trying to look at a single aspect of my life, and do that the best. When the answer is to live the best life for you.

Life was the answer.

So I spend the next few days writing my best life. What was it really that I wanted to do, be, have, see, experience in the world today? Do I really care about being the richest man in Babylon, or having the largest house, or having the best relationship with my wife? Or was I more interested in providing for my family, having a solid roof over my families head with a backyard they can run around in, and having a relationship that works for me, regardless of outside opinion?

The answer was the latter. I needed to develop a life for me, that would be the best life for me, not for the world. Not for Facebook. Not for Instagram. Not for my parents. Not even for my wife or kids. For me.

This exercise of writing out what is really important to me basically formed a life manifesto for me – a document that says my beliefs, loves, and my roadmap to a good life.

The Full Package

I suggest you do the same. Spend some time writing out your ideal life – and leave nothing out. We all are different. We all have dreams and beliefs and wants and needs and your manifesto should look completed different from mine, as it should.

This exercise is hard. We are so ingrained to see something on social media and want that life. Or listen to the propaganda in the world on getting married, have kids, get a job, get a mortgage, survive 40 years, retire at 65, and go gently in the goodnight.

I say do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. (OK – I didn’t say that. Dylan Thomas did. But I believe it!)

Do you. Do your life. Do what makes you happy. Do what sets your soul on fire. Do what will be the pitter-patter of good faith, love, and happiness into your heart. But do the full package. Don’t think small, don’t sell yourself short. Look at all aspects of your life – your ideal health, wealth, happiness, home, love life, relationships, jobs, everything – and write it down.

Can you do this overnight? Probably not – but everyone journey is different. If you are anything like me (Which you are human so you are), you probably have years and years and years of mental blocks to remove, climb over, and/or tear down. But this is where your life manifesto can come into play. This document is your path – your journey – your roadmap to get to where you need to go. When you write down your ideal life, day, dreams, everything into this document, and read it regularly, your life will start moving in the direction of your dreams.

So go forth, and write your manifesto for your life – and start embarking on that journey.