Life is a series of peaks and valleys, ups and downs.
And, believe it or not, it really does go by pretty fast.
So it’s important to try to enjoy our time here as much as possible!
People on AskReddit offered their opinions about what everyone should experience in life.
Take a look and see what they had to say.
1. Up in the sky.
“Stargazing out in the countryside where there’s no light pollution.
On a clear night, it’s beautiful.
2. Makes the world go ’round.
“Everyone should feel love.
Genuine, undying, unconditional love from the same person you love the same way. Its the most amazing thing in the world.
I truly feel like a lot of the world’s problems stem from people not being loved.”
3. Solitary.
“Being alone for at least 3 days straight.
It lets you indulge in your hobbies.”
4. Lesson learned.
“Hunger.
It’s too easy to dismiss hunger in others if you’ve not experienced it yourself.”
5. A new world.
“Realizing that you were wrong about some deeply held belief.
I’ve learned to love when that happens. A whole new world opens up when you let go of a belief system that’s no longer working. You learn so much and develop yourself.
Listen to your conscience. Deep down you always know when you’re full of s**t.
I’ve heard Jordan Peterson say things like “always be stepping away from your previous self”, “don’t become a parody of yourself”.
I think it’s good to go through phases and cycles in your life. Explore the extremes of one set of beliefs for a while, then when you’ve exhausted that, explore the opposite belief system. Explore some hardcore David Goggins belief system, then by next year be on to reflecting on the traumas of your past and developing more compassion for yourself. You need both the yin and the yang, or your personality becomes stale or directionless.
You don’t need to identify with a set of beliefs to explore them. A belief system will never be able to represent the complexities of a human’s personality, but you can explore them to develop different aspects of your personality.”
6. Important.
“Everyone should work a customer service job for other humans for at least 6 months.
This will teach some people how to be good customers.”
7. See the world.
“Traveling to a different country.
Get a different perspective on life from people who aren’t raised the way you were. The hive mind mentality of small towns in my country are what keep social progress from being made.
I know a guy who lives across the street from the house he grew up in (parents still live there) and never plans to leave the neighborhood. He’s missing so much.”
8. No more ego.
“Ego d**th.
From my experience, the ego is the collection of what our mind thinks It is, both conscious and unconscious. “A mother”, “a weak man”, “a respectable church member”, “a s**t”, “a piece of s**t”, “a loser”, “the best human being ever”, etc. These ideas set a blueprint of how we act, feel and think. We act accordingly to what we think we are.
An ego d**th is the abandonment of those restraints, realizing we are or could be so much more. It’s a very freeing experience. The ego reforms, but in a much healthier and deliberate form.”
9. The high seas.
“Scuba diving in the middle of the sea.
The minute you dive in you feel like grain of sand.
You can really feel how tiny your existence is.”
10. True friends.
“Having a non-romantic friend that you can absolutely rely on and be yourself with. One that has your back, can call you out and always only wants the best for you.
True friends like that are actually hard to come by and are worth their weight in gold.”
11. Love it!
“The love of a dog.
Because a dog is one of the few things in life that is exactly what it seems.”
12. Hit the road.
“A long road trip with friends.
It’s a bonding experience being in a little metal box with a group of friends for hours at a time trying to get somewhere together.
You’ll drive each other crazy, you’ll make each other laugh, it’s truly a wonderful experience that I think everyone should have.”
13. Out on your own.
“Living alone.
When no one is there to support you or help you, I think it can unlock most of your potential.
You can also learn best survival methods in this society.”
14. Have some fun!
“Dancing, with zero inhibitions.
Sometimes its the perfect amount of alcohol/drugs to get you in that space, or being alone, or finding that magical dance partner who makes everyone else disappear, or just the perfect song that drowns everything else out.
A good cathartic dance can cure a lot.”
Now we want to hear from you.
What do you think everyone should experience in their lives?
Talk to us in the comments and let us know!
