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Happy New Year 2021
Hello Self! If your reading this, you have made it through the year 2020. Give yourself a big high five! Not an easy thing to do, you faced many challenges and managed to remain spiritually intact and emotionally whole. So let's be gentle as you set your intentions for the year 2021.
By Pamela Walsh-Holte6 years ago in Motivation
A Letter to 2022 Joe
Dear future me! So the year 2020 was full of drama and confusion; with COVID 19 throwing the country into chaos. There were lockdowns thrown around in various forms throughout the year, cutting off access to family and friends who you were so used to seeing. You had to deal with working from home, being away from people turning out to be harder than you initially expected.
By Joe Harris6 years ago in Motivation
The five minute workout
The motivation problem I've gotten people asking me over the years of what kind of workout they should do, and they all say they have the same problem, a lack of motivation. I believe I first heard the idea that motivation is an emotion from Jocko Willink, and I completely agree. Motivation is an emotion. There are times when motivation is high and times when it is low. Motivation is liquid. That is the case for all of us. If I only worked out when I felt like it, I would be weak and out of shape. Discipline is a far better attribute to strive for than motivation. Discipline will drive you to do something even when you don't feel like it.
By Ryan Cron6 years ago in Motivation
Understanding Self-Esteem
SELF-ESTEEM DEFINED It is interesting how sometimes a person you've never met can walk into a room and you can detect if they have high or low self-esteem; a timid voice, poor social skills, a lack of assertiveness, or the opposite, like an aggressive nature all point to signs of low self-esteem. But a head held high, a wide smile, a confident humble kind demeanor, these are all qualities of someone with high self-esteem. Everyone wants it but unfortunately, we cannot achieve it by snapping our fingers. Self-esteem is a complex concept, so let us start with the definition.
By T. S. Michaels6 years ago in Motivation
10 Quotes To Repel Those Trying To Change Or Manipulate Us
Each and every one of us have our own body, our own mind, our own heart, and obviously, our own life. We are in complete control of our attitude, our thoughts, our beliefs, our views, our mindset, our behaviors, our personality, and how we choose to live our life. It's funny though how others will do everything within their power and capability to try and change, control, and manipulate us to live our life to suit their own needs and agenda. The most disappointing aspect to this fact is that those who do try to change, control, and manipulate us, to suit their own needs and agenda, are quite often our own family, partner, friends, and other loved ones. It could be our parents trying to manipulate us to complete a university course, or enter into a career in which isn't our passion. It could be our partner asking us to change who we are, just to suit their needs and please them. It could be our friends emotionally blackmailing us, just so they can find their own enjoyment and satisfaction, by using us. Whatever the scenario, this manipulation and selfish attempt to control how we live our life, is real. If in any way, our decisions and actions inconvenience someone else, or if they wouldn't be decisions and actions that they would make personally, or if we don't have beliefs and opinions that they agree with, they will attempt to change and manipulate us to believe and do what they want. You will find that these people will go to extreme lengths to manipulate and control us, and the most common way to do so, is preying on emotion. They thrive on trying to make us feel guilty for our decisions and actions, perhaps threatening to abandon us, they withdraw their support for us, they even go as far as letting tears flow, so to make us feel bad and have us ultimately give in to their requests. This is classic emotional manipulation, and we need to be aware of it, because if we give in to pleasing others, and allow them to manipulate and control us, we are ultimately sacrificing our happiness and success for the future.
By David Stidston6 years ago in Motivation
Rapunzel and I
It's 12:53 am and I'm watching my nightly movie before I got to bed. This time it's Tangled. I remember when this movie came out. I watched it over and over again. Back then, Mother Gothel reminded me of my own mom. I didn't know why then. Now at 12:53 am, I had a revelation. Mother Gothel is my mother, she's overly protective and from an outsider's view they would think "Wow her mom is so good." The thing is, both Rapunzel and I realized the overprotectiveness was all just manipulation, so both of us would never find out about free will.
By Naveena S6 years ago in Motivation
A Case For Hope
Dear Me, I know that even the thought of making plans scares you now. The eyes that were full of dreams and hopes are too scared to do that now. All the dreams and hopes of great 2020 were crushed by the time March came around. Hopelessness gripped you and has not left you since.
By Metanoia 6 years ago in Motivation
