When we say something often, it starts to lose its meaning. We forget to think about it and we just say it or ignore it. I’ve often thought the saying “never say never” was stupid. Why can’t I say never? I know what the saying means. I just got annoyed by it. Now I think it is good advice. Because really you never know. I like to think that I know myself well enough to say “never” and mean it. But this year has taught me, you can never fully know when you say never that you will mean never forever. I don’t know what will happen in my life or what could happen. I could never have predicted where I am today. I’ve said there are many things that I would never do and would never happen, but I did and they have. It is ridiculous of me to…
A happier outlook is calling. Here are five things to consider when happiness is on the line. It’s time to answer the call. Remember you are the expert on your own life. You are the one responsible for your actions. You are also the one who gets to reap any benefits. That knowledge lets you off the hook to not listen to bad advice. Certain things work for certain people, and they might work for you or they might not. Either way, you don’t have to listen to everything you hear. You get to choose! Your friends care about you, that is why they give you advice. Be thankful you have friends that care. Listen to them. Be respectful. Then remember that you don’t have to apply what they say to your situation. See other people’s success as a good thing. It is far too easy to fall into envy…
Do you ever feel the pressure to do more, achieve more, be more? More often than not I feel this pressure in my life. I feel the pressure to make new year’s resolution. I feel the pressure to constantly be getting better at things. Most nagging is the pressure to be perfect. This year, I’m taking the pressure off. I don’t need to do something just because everyone else is doing it. Resolutions can be good, it’s wise to look at what you want to change, and think about what you want to accomplish. However, I’ve found that an all or nothing/extreme approach to change, doesn’t work out in the long run. Habits take a lot of time and effort to create and undo, and trying to do all the things all at once, doesn’t build new habits, it just crashes our already exhausted brains. It sets us up to fail in…