What are your standards for living?

You’ve probably heard of a standard of living, which is defined as the degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community. But what about standards for living?

Are you required to have standards for living? Absolutely not. But I highly recommend you consider having some for yourself.

Your standards for living are rules that you define and implement for yourself. They are your own personal guidelines about what you will and will not expect from yourself.

Holding yourself to a particular standard is one way to improve your overall quality of life. Setting standards can help you make decisions and eliminate uncertainty.

For example, let’s say you set a standard for yourself regarding your health. You could decide on a particular weight, size of clothing, or even the amount of sleep you define as beneficial for your health. Once you determine your standard, then you have a tangible goal to hold yourself accountable to. It’s your own personal standard.

Now you might ask if you can deviate from your standard, and the answer is yes, but if you do it too often, then it’s no longer a standard.

When you hold yourself to a specific set of standards, you’ll encounter resistance mainly in the form of people around you saying that you’re being too hard on yourself and that you should live a little, and you’ll have to decide whether you’re living for them or yourself. It will not be an easy decision to make, but if you want to improve the quality of your life, then you might need to sacrifice a relationship or two.

So, learn to set standards for yourself. View them not as a constraint on your life but as a tool to decrease the number of decisions you need to make and a way to improve your quality of life.

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