I lied. Perfection does not exist. But searching for it and the effort to create it are part of the recipe for a perfect day.
How do you recognize though that a day is perfect? One of the problems of being human is that we will always wish for more, for something else than we already have and we will fail to show gratitude and to appreciate what we already achieved.
1. A perfect day starts with paying attention, with being aware. This is not just another day of your life, but a special one. Try to pour attention into the little rituals of the beginning of the day. 5-15 minutes of meditation or reflection will give a peaceful start to the day. Use this time to reflect upon the day that is going to start. Draw a raw plan for the day, establish targets to achieve as well as little pleasures to keep you energized.
2. A perfect day is a day in which you love. It doesn’t matter if you do not have a partner. He will come to your life if you are an individual that exudes force and balance. It can be love for yourself, love for existence with its paradoxes and its obstacles, love as a general attitude. Therefore love, anything, you have no excuse to not do it, no matter how deep you’ve been hurt in the past.
3. A perfect day is a day in which you smile. With or without reason. Don’t take yourself and others too seriously. You exaggerate the importance you give to other people’s opinions as well as the attention you give to your unpleasant moods. Self irony is a must.
4. A perfect day is a day in which you do something that you should have done a long time ago. For sure you have in your mind a list of things to do that you postpone for some time. Do one of those things and this way you’ll get rid of some of the guilt you carry with you.
5. A perfect day is a day in which you feel full of energy, of enthusiasm, in which your creative DNA forces you to action. For this you need a perfect night, without excesses, but of passion and tenderness.
6. A perfect day is a day in which you feel generous. For that, give something: a smile, a candy, an advice, a hug. To give is the best action you can take in order to feel rich.
7. A perfect day is a day in which you like yourself, no matter how you look like, no matter your social status or your career phase. You have to acknowledge your qualities and your achievements, regardless of how little they seem to be when comparing to others. In a perfect day you do not not compare yourself with others anyway, but only with what you can become.
8. A perfect day is a day in which you do something for your evolution – either by hitting the gym, or reading a few pages or learning something new – anything you do for your evolution has a positive impact.
9. A perfect day involves a bit of adrenaline as well. It may come from flirting, from planning a surprise for your partner, from doing something daring – the vibe of intensity will give you the feeling of aliveness and of passion.
10. A perfect day is a day in which you feel it’s a celebration day. I don’t know for what reason, for no reason at all or for everything. A day in which you stop from your rat race to happiness and you decide that here and now is a moment as good as any to feel an intense joy and fulfillment.
11. A perfect day is a day in which you share your joys or your sorrows. With someone close to you, with your journal or with your preferred divinity. It is a day in which you live a state of communion, of unity, either with a person, or with an activity or with spirituality. Is a day in which you don’t feel separated and isolated but an important and vibrant cell of existence.