living your (or its) best life is more conmon today
Yes, but how do you quantify best? High life simply means high, as in high society. Stupid whatever young people generation is these days. I blame them. Also influencers. Slang used to be slow and localized. Now it's global, and the stupidity sticks longer.
I think this is more about not taking drugs, and choosing life. Like Trainspotting's choosing not to choose life, and instead choose heroin, which is kind of a poor choice? Can't we not choose slogans, but still not let heroin take over our lives?
How the hell do we even get into these stupid conversations
Probably because I actually like them.
I have no idea what the Russian phrase even is, but I know translating from other languages, common phrases and idioms make no sense at all if you try to translate them. Also, what did Pax mean by relax? Take a break? Recreation? Having spent a good deal of time traveling myself, it is usually not that relaxing, and taking a holiday to recover from your holiday is often needed.