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A one-stop shop where you can find The Framework and all the information that you need to Practice Eudaimonic Well-being in order to live a healthy, happy, and fulfilled life.
The Framework to Practice Eudaimonic Well-being is further below. View the various site pages for more information about Practice Eudaimonic Well-being as well as for an in-depth look at each of the areas of The Framework. These explain how each area is important to your overall well-being. Do contact us with any questions that you may have as well as with any feedback and your thoughts about what makes you feel fulfilled.
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The Framework to Practice Eudaimonic Well-being
The 15 daily steps that you need in order to live your best life:
Affirmations
Daily positive meditation
Exercise
Stress release, strength
Fresh Air
Get outside into nature
Learn
Progress, Grow
Prepare
Get a head-start on tomorrow
Tidy and Clean
Tidy house, tidy mind
Food
Sustain and Nourish
Life Admin
Stay on top of things
Create
Independence, Self-expression
Socialise
Laugh
Applying The Framework to Practice Eudaimonic Well-being
- in 3 simple steps
The guidelines, for the purpose of applying The Framework, are below (click each toggle for more information):
Minimum daily recommended time:
The minimum daily recommended amount of time to spend on each area of The Framework is surprisingly just 5 minutes. The three exceptions to this are specifically Work, which is 70 minutes per day, Exercise, which is 25 minutes, and Sleep, which is 7 hours (for adults).
During each activity:
Firstly, it is important that you try to give attention to all areas of The Framework, each day whenever you can, to reach, and maintain, an overall sense of fulfilment. But secondly, and most importantly, while you are completing each area of The Framework you must give yourself fully to the activity and be present during that time. It is important that you are not simply paying lip service to the activity but that you value the time spent on it, knowing that it is nourishing you and helping your expansion.
Listening to your internal dialogue:
Finally, after completing the daily minimum recommended amount of time for a particular area, if you are feeling it (we call this Flow), and you have the time, do continue – but stop as soon as the activity becomes a chore. For instance, when you become aware that your internal dialogue has turned negative (you catch yourself thinking, for example: “I hate this”, “I can’t wait for this to be over”, “Why is it always me doing this”, etc), draw the activity to a natural close and then move on to the next area of The Framework.
Weaving The Framework into your daily life:
Take advantage of or create opportunities throughout the day that allow you to spend at least the minimum recommended amount of time on each of the daily areas of The Framework as you go.
For example, perhaps you could walk rather than drive, when travelling short distances, to tick off Exercise (it would also be kinder to the environment, as well as to your pocket, too); or perhaps you could invite colleagues to eat lunch with you rather than eat at your device, to tick off Socialise.
Two birds, one stone:
We love activities that hit more than one area of The Framework at the same time, for example:
- Outdoor walk = Exercise & Fresh Air
- Outdoor walk with a friend = Exercise & Fresh Air & Socialise
- Gardening = Exercise & Fresh Air & Tidy and Clean
- Expand on gardening by listening to Affirmations or a Talk while you garden, to hit four areas of the Framework simultaneously
Progression:
As you become familiar with The Framework, accordingly you will find yourself making better choices, and creating more opportunities, each day, as you progress confidently with purpose.
Life happens and that’s OK:
Above all, do not stress if you do not hit every area of The Framework every day. As you Practice Eudaimonic Well-being, life happens and completing The Framework in full every day will not always be possible. That’s OK.
Celebrate what you have achieved:
Be kind to yourself. Celebrate all of the things that you have managed to achieve today and think about how you can hit each area of The Framework tomorrow, prioritising the areas that you missed today, (which incidentally will complete the daily Prepare area of The Framework).
The Framework is a guide
As you go through your day, tune in to anything that you find yourself visualising that you would like to do. Assuming it doesn’t go against our guiding rules, go for it, even if it doesn’t appear to hit any areas of The Framework. Life is for living and The Framework is just that – a framework to help guide you to make good choices and to keep you moving forwards as you explore who you are, what you want to achieve in life and discover what truly fulfils you.
Over time, you will notice that as you work towards achieving your goals, new goals will present themselves creating the conditions for continuous personal growth and as your list of achievements grow, so too will your sense of fulfilment.
Enjoy it!
There is only one of you – you are unique. The Framework provides your foundation for self-discovery and continuous life-long growth. Enjoy the journey!
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Why it is important to Practice Eudaimonic Well-being
Eudaimonia is the highest good that humans can strive towards in life. It is not something that you achieve and then move on. Eudaimonia is a life well-lived. A WHOLE life well-lived. Whether you achieved eudaimonia can only really be determined at the end of your life. Did you:
- Live by your values?
- Reach your full potential with the time that you had?
- Live well and do well?
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As eudaimonia is the ultimate purpose of life, and not a means to an end, it requires daily practice, to keep on the Eudaimonic path, to keep pushing yourself forwards and to keep pushing the boundaries in all that you do. You realise your Eudaimonia, or human flourishing, through your habits and actions, not through your feelings and emotions. Doing the activities of The Framework to Practice Eudaimonic Well-being, coupled with our guiding rules and values set out on the About page, provides you with the structure to help you form and keep the habits and actions needed. Eudaimonic activities bring meaning and purpose to your life, giving you a greater sense of fulfilment over time.
Flourish
Happily, feelings and emotions are by-products as you Practice Eudaimonic Well-being; as they are also your guide to knowing when you are on the right track, or when you might need to choose a different path. By taking part in Eudaimonic activities each day, you will flourish and over time will experience deep feelings of happiness, elevation, satisfaction, contentment, confidence, calmness, and connectedness, all of which enrich your daily life. You can find more detail about how each of the fifteen areas of The Framework contribute to your overall sense of well-being and fulfilment on the other menu pages of this site.
From time to time, you may go through a period that feels dark, difficult, or uncertain, due to external factors outside of your control. The Framework to Practice Eudaimonic Well-being provides you with focus and purpose during those times and keeps you pushing forwards. You will get through those times and with continued daily practice, in line with your values, you will get to the other side with strength, confidence, and fulfilment.
There is only one you
You are unique – there is no one else like you, and you have a unique set of potentials. As you progress through life, and Practice Eudaimonic Well-being, you will discover your own unique set of potentials. By finding ways of applying your unique set of potentials for the benefit of others you will experience feelings of purpose and meaning. By furthering yourself every day you will push the boundaries in your field providing you with a sense of fulfilment and, with a little luck, success. And as you progress, new potentials and opportunities will present themselves, offering you the scope for continuous development and further self-discovery.
Seize every opportunity offered to you, follow every interest, and try everything at least once, so long as they align with our guiding rules and values, and your own additional values. As you try new things, you discover more about what you like and dislike, what is profoundly important to you, meet like-minded people, and find new ways to share what you have to offer.
Be able to meet your basic needs
To do well in life, it is important to make sure that you can meet your basic needs, as well as those of your children. It is difficult to flourish if you are cold or hungry, or full of worry about how to keep a roof over your heads. Doing the areas of The Framework each day, with an initial focus on self-sustainability, will help you to meet your basic needs over time. For example, living well by looking after yourself, getting enough Sleep, eating good Food, getting Exercise, and taking time out to Socialise will keep you strong. Listening to Talks and taking time to Learn more in relation to your field and Prepare for each day makes you desirable to employers, thereby improving your salary prospects. Keeping on top of your Life Admin helps you to minimise your expenses.
Save
In addition to meeting your basic needs, to achieve self-sustainability, you should also aim to save enough to be able to meet your essential outgoings for a year if you had no income. The key word here is “essential”. The outgoings that you could not cancel if you had to.
Make purposeful choices
Make good, and where necessary humble, choices each day to help you achieve self-sustainability and remember: the best things in life are free. Could you live with your family or friends so that you could save more? Could you make Food to take to Work rather than buying out? Do you need a gym membership to get Exercise, or could you go for a run in the Fresh Air at the park? Could you invest in training that would increase your earning potential at Work once completed? Are there benefits that you could claim?
The options available and answers will not be the same for everybody. You may live with your parents and not have any essential expenses. You may have inherited family wealth that has you covered for life. Expenses that other people may deem as non-essential; you may consider to be essential. Whatever your personal situation, your aim is to generate enough income to cover your basic needs throughout the year and to save a years’ worth of essential outgoings.
Keep moving forwards
For certain people gaining self-sustainability will be a life-long journey, due to their own unique circumstances and time available. If this is you, that’s OK. The important thing is to make choices in line with your values, and to keep pushing forwards, undertaking the activities of The Framework each day to maximise your feelings of well-being as you go.
It is, however, important not to get caught-up in greed, or with superficial or materialistic things.
Once you have enough, you should switch your focus, as you Practice Eudaimonic Well-being each day, from self-sustainability to self-realisation. These two things are not mutually exclusive, however. On your road to self-sustainability you may already have discovered much about yourself, but you should now have a solid foundation beneath you affording you the luxury of contemplation and exploration. You can always go back to your self-sustainability focus as and when required, and with confidence. Things tend to feel that much easier the second time around.
Your focus now as you follow The Framework each day should be on:
- personal growth,
- building your network of like-minded people and those who inspire you, and
- how you can share your unique set of potentials with the world for the benefit of others, in a self-sustaining way.
What is your next step?
As you Practice Eudaimonic Wellbeing each day, listen to your inner voice and let it guide you. What is your next step? Is there a sector that appeals to you, but that you have been unable to find Work in due to a lack of experience? Would a lower-level role or even an internship help you to gain valuable experience? Are there skills that you want to develop? Being a Volunteer, in the right role, is a rewarding way to develop skills. Do you have a business idea but have not had the time or the means to progress it? Now might be the time to take the leap and Create it. Is there a part of the world that you want to explore to Learn more about the culture? You could request to take a sabbatical.
Go for it!
If you have an inkling that you would be good at something – try it. If it doesn’t work out, take all the positive learnings from the experience, and then move on. Remember, you have not failed until you give up and stop trying. Finding your niche can take time, as well as trial and error. Practice Eudaimonic Well-being each day and keep going. Trust that each step is one step closer to changing the world for the better, in a way that only you can.
Whatever direction your unique set of potentials takes you in, the daily focus of the activities in The Framework will promote your well-being, in so many ways, as you go. Enjoy the journey as you Practice Eudaimonic Well-being.
QUESTIONS ABOUT PRACTICE EUDAIMONIC WELL-BEING?
Whether you are curious about The Framework, any of the areas, or even press, we are here to answer any questions.