3 Essential Philosophical Questions to Ask Yourself

3 Essential Philosophical Questions to Ask Yourself

Specifically, because our time here among the living is by default limited, we should examine our lives every now and then, question our current progress (if we're making any), and see for ourselves through contemplation, whether or not our limited time here is being wasted or is being well invested.

In fact, what drove me to become a philosopher was to increase my productivity as a writer, which turned out to be a good decision in retrospect.

Anyway, here are the questions. Feel free to memorize them and set aside time once in a while to ask yourselves these questions and check if you're making progress towards whatever one or more ambitions you've vowed to accomplish.

1. Do I really need this/these?

· Take away everything you don’t need, and there will be less unnecessary suffocation.

· Some of your possessions could be used by people who actually need them but are deprived of them.

· Experience is there for knowledge and development. If you know something without experiencing it, and contemplating on it has contributed to your growth as a person, then experiencing it can be discarded.

· Wanting something you don’t have can create unnecessary frustration. Even if you may attain it, the frustration can potentially stay and be directed to the next thing you lack. It is a cycle of waste, and waste isn’t needed.

· Learn to balance your wants and needs. In that way, the fulfillment of needs can bring much satisfaction and serenity.

· If you are to decide to discard one or more objects from your life, make sure to check if their discarding has really made any significant change in your lifestyle, beyond their visual disappearance.

2. Am I currently a productive individual?

· To create something is to embody yourself in it. When you produce something of your own, it can "extend" your life after your death. It can stay for centuries and be consumed by others for their own development in the journeys of the living.

· All people have talents, and talents are there to be used. When they are not used, they lose some of their potential, like a plant that hasn't been watered for a long time. You don’t have to use all your talents, and using one or two is enough to develop them for your growth.

· Being productive can lead to a satisfying and meaningful life. Humans need to be doing things, to keep themselves occupied, and when this need is deprived, harm comes forth, even if it is unseen at first. It grows like a virus.

· Your time in your biological existence can be used otherwise than for non-productivity. Be active and actualize for yourself how much you are able to do without feeling exhausted enough to rest.

· Even with all the potential and actualized productivity, rest should be embraced, for it can give one’s productivity additional quality.

· It can be at your workplace or during your leisure time. You are more than your work, just as you are more than your free time.

· Even basic jobs can be of the utmost significance to the functionality of the workplace. This is why even jobs with less luxury are equally, if not more, important than those that guarantee social admiration.

3. Can I stand the possibility of death?

· There are points in RPG games where, once you arrive at some area, you cannot return to the previous places in the game. These are points of no return.

Sometimes they are predicted, and sometimes they come as a surprise. Make sure you have done everything you felt or thought you needed to be doing, for death can arrive without caution, anywhere, anytime.

· Your time is temporary. You cannot live the same days for eternity. One day, your character in the environment where you are on a regular basis, may disappear from view.

Make sure you are aware of that, even if you are young, because no one is completely safe from death, not even the young.

· This question also applies to the deaths of others. Are you prepared for the death of those who are dear to you, whether they are older or younger?

Are you prepared for the possibility that one or more of them has a relative chance to permanently vanish from your life? Do you have a plan as to what to do afterwards, beyond your own rehabilitation?

I hope this article has been worthy and/or helpful to you and others. Thanks for reading!