live my best life

Meaning

To enjoy oneself completely, free from worries, judgments, or external pressures, often while doing something indulgent, relaxing, or exciting. It is highly popular on social media to caption pictures of vacations, delicious food, or self-care moments.

Examples

• I spent the entire weekend reading by the pool, just living my best life.

  I spent the entire weekend reading by the pool, just living my best life.

• Look at that dog sleeping in the sun—he is truly living his best life.

  Look at that dog sleeping in the sun—he is truly living his best life.

• I quit my stressful job to travel the world, and now I'm living my best life.

  I quit my stressful job to travel the world, and now I'm living my best life.

• Eating pizza in bed while watching my favorite show is how I live my best life.

  Eating pizza in bed while watching my favorite show is how I live my best life.

• She doesn't care what anyone thinks; she's just out there living her best life.

  She doesn't care what anyone thinks; she's just out there living her best life.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I am living my better life since I moved.

  ✓ I am living my best life since I moved.

  This is a fixed idiom. You must always use the superlative 'best', never 'better' or 'good'.

• ✗ He is living my best life.

  ✓ He is living his best life.

  The possessive pronoun must change to match the subject of the sentence (my, his, her, their, etc.).

Related Expressions

Practice

• With a cold drink in hand and my feet in the sand, I was truly ___.

  💡 Enjoying myself completely without any worries.

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  living my best life

• She bought a camper van and is now traveling across the country, ___.

  💡 Make sure to match the possessive pronoun to 'she'.

  Show answer

  living her best life