live one's best life

Maximize personal fulfillment

To live one's best life is to pursue happiness and fulfillment on your own terms, embracing experiences and choices that bring personal satisfaction.

The phrase often implies rejecting others' expectations or judgment: She quit her corporate job to travel—just living her best life.

Sometimes used ironically for indulgent or questionable behavior: He's on his third martini, living his best life.

Related

dream big · bucket list · carpe diem · no regrets · gratitude · legacy · creativity · purpose · spirituality · resilience · values · mindfulness · relaxation · treat yourself · hobbies · authenticity · interconnectedness · optimism

Opposites
quality of existence

live one's best lifeexist

Have actual being

scrape by · languish · suffer · waste away · subsist

agency and intentionality

live one's best lifecoast

Land beside the ocean

settle · give up · stagnate · vegetate · tread water

authenticity and self-expression

live one's best lifelive a lie

Sustain habitual self-deception

sell out · deny oneself · settle · go through the motions · conform

Family

live, life, lives, living, livable, liveable, lively, liveliness, outlive

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Known to kids · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G