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How I Managed to Quit Overthinking
Overthinking honestly ruins you. It creates problems that didn't even exist in the first place. Over thinkers can make any situation worse, no matter how exciting/depressing it was before. It makes you more stressed, unpleasant, and also makes you question everything that happens in your life. It takes you away from the present moment and makes you worry about the future.
Rahi ShahPublished 6 years ago in Motivation3 High-performance Habits of Extraordinary People
Here are three habits of truly successful people that bring prosperity, wisdom, compassion, and productivity. Keeping a journal will change your life.
TLS SherpaPublished 6 years ago in MotivationPlans Are the Worst
Everything starts with an idea. Sometimes my ideas turn out to be wonderful, and sometimes they turn out to be complete failures. And sometimes, just making plans is the hard part.
Amanda DoylePublished 6 years ago in MotivationFor the Universe
It’s scary sometimes, especially in the moments that you think, “hold on, why again?” Because it’s almost as if everything that you have ever worked for, ever dreamed of, it’s all momentarily covered in a cloud of doubt, a fog made from fear and panic and whatever else. It’s never quite an easy answer to the question: “But why are we here? What are we doing? What is the point of all this?”
emPublished 6 years ago in MotivationThe Video Game Method
In my article Best Books of 2017 (According to Me), I mentioned that I had a New Year’s resolution from a few years ago to read more books. I also mentioned that it was a challenge. I couldn’t find motivation in the traditional sense. So, I had to take a step back and figure out what the problem was. I enjoyed reading books, enjoyed the process of reading books, but found I did not enjoy picking up a new book once the first was done. In fact, I found that I would much rather spend my free time playing video games or watching movies. Mindless fun, flashing lights, bright colors and loud noises took over. There were achievements to unlock, online games to play, underage children to argue with over the interweb. How could a boring ole book contend with that? But that got me thinking: How do I overcome that? Well, instead of rejecting the tawdry appeal of the video game, why not embrace it?
Jon DobbinPublished 6 years ago in Motivation'Chillin’, You?'
“Hey” “What’s up?” “Wyd?” *Insert emoji here* The basic conversation starters nowadays. As I get older, the probability of responding to any texts or messages consisting of those simple words is becoming slim to none. Where’s the depth? Now, I get that, depending on the person, those starters are usually and often effective. But what about what comes after? The basic “not much, wyd?” or “chillin', you?” The world these days is so warped with technology, but why? What’s so intriguing about an empty or dead-end conversation?
Jennah MorrisPublished 6 years ago in MotivationThree Amazing Resolutions to Ensure an Utterly Unproductive 2018!
Friends, many Canadians today suffer from success and the trials that come with achieving success… Therefore, in an effort to begin this brand new year on an unhelpful note, I offer these humble insights for the year to come. I have creatively titled today’s sermon, Three Amazing Resolutions That Will Help You Avoid Success in 2018.
Kelvin BueckertPublished 6 years ago in MotivationPay Yourself First
It's a parents job to help teach and grow their children, so that they are fully prepared for the real world. They spend 18 years sharing wisdom, life lessons, and knowledge on the inner workings of life. And if they are successful then the world gains a smart, mature, young adult to help shape it. Every life lesson is important. Every rule, strict or not, is important. Every word, thought, parenting strategy is important in a child's life. I'm sure there were some lessons that really stuck with you. And I don't mean the basic ones like "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say it all" or "make sure to always save your money".
Bryanna BurshnickPublished 6 years ago in MotivationThe Best Self-Help Books for Men to Read Right Now
Everyone needs a little boost of motivation and productivity in life—even men. There are times in life when a man suddenly becomes discouraged to go further in a career, relationship, and life overall. And this can occur from a few incidences or one major situation that completely halted him from having the energy to keep going. Everyone needs that push to continue, and some men definitely need to hear it.
George NekilanPublished 6 years ago in MotivationThe Meaning of Life
Life. What is the meaning of it? Isn’t that the greatest mystery known to mankind? If it’s not, please share all of your enlightening perspectives - because one can never truly know anything for certain. Perhaps the greatest mystery is what lies beyond our planet, our galaxy, our universe, but that's in a completely different realm of things. I mean right at this very second, with the billions of souls on Earth with different beliefs, morals, ways of life, and perspectives on why they think the sun continues to rise every morning and shed beautiful light upon our planet, plenty of people are perfectly content waking up and going about their routines, never venturing outside of their minds to wonder such things. I envy those people. There is a thirst for knowledge that is unquenchable, and always will be for me I think.
Jenna LynnPublished 6 years ago in Motivation- Top Story - January 2018
How to Deal with Loneliness
Let's be honest, humanity is a social species. We all thrive off each other, comedians tell us jokes, leaders protect us, and friends take care of us. Yet at times, maybe we feel like we don't have friends or maybe our friends are just not around. Maybe we can't find a date or something and that's okay. It's okay to be lonely. And I'm going to tell you how exactly you can be your own best friend.
Jacob HaroldPublished 6 years ago in Motivation Self-Love
This is by far one of my favourite subjects and yet I am still learning about it everyday. Despite being of an utter importance – it is a subject that is often overlooked and even more often misunderstood in our society. Self-love. I was familiar with the concept for years, yet it remained just that – a mental concept in my head with no idea on how to apply it in real life. And for some reason finding it out was not high on my priority list. Most likely because nobody told me just how important it is. It was a somehow mysterious thing, one that sounded vain and liberating at the same time and one that some people seemed to just magically have. It was almost like you had to be born with it in order to grasp it. Little did I know at the time – we were all born with it, it is our very essence and birthright. The problem is what happens after we are born – namely being shown and told we are not good enough. By our parents, by our teachers, by other kids and eventually by ourselves as we start to believe it. It has to be said that more often than not the message is not delivered on purpose and most of the time not in a direct manner either. It is more the case of us arriving to that conclusion just by living and observing the world around us. Every time we are told that we need to have good grades in school in order to be rewarded, every time we are compared to other children, every time we are punished for misbehaving – we learn that love comes with some conditions attached. And every time we fail to meet those conditions, we end up feeling not worthy of that love. The examples mentioned above are quite common and hence are something the majority of people can relate to. Then, there are those of us whose stories were far more traumatic and abusive and the consequences more pronounced, but the bottom line is that almost no one reaches adulthood without having had at least one experience that made them feel not good enough.
Eva SmittePublished 6 years ago in Motivation