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2021, let good deeds be done!
As we ring in the new year, I (like many others I'm sure) are wondering if by ringing in a new year, we can ring in a new year completely unlike the weird and scary year that 2020 was. 2020 was surreal and completely different than any other that I have lived. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there were many strange and scary years that happened before my birth. But 2020 was different somehow. It felt like at any moment, things could come crashing down around you. And I don't know about you, but life sure felt like it came crashing down around me. From covid scares to quarantine, from losses to cars being broken into, from car accidents and brain injuries; life still goes on, even in 2020.
By Kaytlynn Rose6 years ago in Motivation
Alaska
I did not dare to walk alone at night. Not because I was worried a person would attack me, but because I didn’t want to startle an unseen bear. I would sit on the edge of a forty foot cliff overlooking Auke Bay and watch the setting sun fall behind the Chilkat mountains. Wild Alaska was what I expected. The effect it had on me, however, I never could have predicted. My main purpose in moving to the Last Frontier for five months was to earn money for school as a seasonal worker. I was so ignorant when I made the decision to go. I thought I hated it at first. When I got there, it rained everyday for three weeks. I was cold and miserable. My body felt heavy and too much to carry out of bed. I despised how the mountains were covered in clouds all the time. I loathed the cawing ravens. If I wasn’t working, I stayed home. When I was working, I begrudgingly drove my coach bus full of passengers that came to see beautiful Alaska. They were just as disappointed as I was. I truly thought nothing could be worse.
By Lia Shafer6 years ago in Motivation
Walking A Tightrope
When you feel like you are walking through life on a tightrope, every little movement seems so unsteady. Over what appears to be a deep, never ending, dark endless chasm below. You are stranded in the middle, knowing that behind you is the past and what lies before you is an uncertain future. The fear inside freezes you in time and sometimes makes you unable to move. Thoughts run through every inch of your body. You know you don’t ever want to move backwards, but there are moments you wouldn't mind living over again. Not the painful ones but the beautiful ones. Ahead of you can be just as scary as looking back. We want to be positive and see the light at the end of the tunnel but it seems like the light has been turned off due to lack of payment. With every gust of wind or unsteadiness on our part we risk falling. Falling off the tightrope and being washed away into the abyss below.
By Gail S.6 years ago in Motivation
A positive life
Let me start by saying, life can be pretty incredible if you let it. This is a sentence I never would have believed 10 years ago. The reason I say 10 years ago, is this is when it all began. I was given the book The Secret by Rhonda Bryne on CD. I would listen to this book every day on my way to work and any other time I was in the car. I listened to the CD set so often, I could almost quote the whole thing. I listened, but I did not hear.
By Elbe6 years ago in Motivation
How I Survived The Most Traumatic Year of My Life and Lived to Tell the Tale
You are strong. You are courageous. You are fearless. You are an inspiration. These are words I have heard time and time again throughout my life. I have never truly believed those words, however, until today.
By Tereson Dupuy6 years ago in Motivation
Dear 2020,
Dear 2020, The expectations and plans I had for you were filled with a lot of firsts and unknowns. Most of those so called plans were major changes to what I’ve known thus far, but probably for the first time ever since I’ve come into existence I was excited for that ginormous amount of change. That’s until the world came to a screeching halt because of COVID-19. I’m not going to lie, I was very excited at first to just simply get a break. I was overworked and exhausted in every way possible so, my outlook on the world shutting down looked more like a blessing in disguise than anything else. That is until, unemployment never came and I got bored. Then the anxiety disorder that I didn’t think I had, became assigned to me like a role in a play and every mental issue I neglected for years shortly came to the forefront. For the first time ever, I had no distractions or excuses. I actually had to live with my issues and enjoy my own company which needless to say I hated every second of it. It also made me wonder how I have any friends because that shit was not fun. I knew I needed help, but I excused it for being busy. Having to sit with myself everyday with nothing to do, nowhere to go, and nobody to see really forced me to work on the relationship I had with myself. It turns out the most important relationship in my life was the one I neglected the most. I had a lot of anger and trauma that needed to get handled properly and in a healthy manner, which meant that I actually had to take the first steps in getting help and not just say that I’m fucked up and go on with my day like I didn’t start a war with my closest loved ones. I said last year that I was going to make my mental health a priority and I’m happy to announce I finally did. It only took a pandemic for it to happen, but beggars can’t be choosers. So, I think the biggest lesson I’ve learned over this past year was being content in your own presence is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. 2020 has been a shit year for literally everybody, but I think it’s been a key year in everybody’s life regarding growth and change. It’s not the year anybody wanted, but it’s the year we needed. 2020 is exactly like 20/20 vision. This was the year of seeing everything for EXACTLY how it is. It was for seeing, that there is beauty in everything falling apart at the same time. We all survived the chaos not because it doesn’t throw us off or because it doesn’t hurt. We survived because we shift, we re-evaluate what’s important to us and what needs our attention. The “little” moments aren’t actually that little; they’re the things that have saved us, always mattered, and held weight despite us making it out like they’re just little things we happen to do everyday. 2020 has felt like a sledgehammer to the head a million times over, but it has actually been the best year of my life so far. It’s made me face challenge after challenge that I’ve learned to adapt and overcome. This year has forced me to grow exponentially whether it be emotionally or mentally. Definitely not physically because if you know me personally you know I haven’t grown since maybe my sophomore year of high school. This year has also brought back a true ride or die and has allowed me to make a few new ones who mean the absolute world to me. You know who you are…*clears throat* best bitches. So although this year has been horse shit for everybody in its own little way, nobody would be who they are in 2021 if it wasn’t for 2020.
By B6 years ago in Motivation
Dear 2021
Dear 2021, First of all, I think there is a lot that I and the rest of the world want to say to you. I think you already know that there are high expectations for you. I must confess that I have many questions and pray that 2021 will give me the answers. I have so many wishes left unfulfilled in 2020 that I hope you don't get too overwhelmed. Last year was anything but a bed of roses. We all hope that 2021 will be a wonderful year. The year that businesses can return to normal. Wanderers can travel again. I feel in 2021, and you will be the year where people will have a party to end all parties. I hope that you won't give me anymore more heartache this year.
By Chloe Gilholy6 years ago in Motivation
The virus that cured my sickness
"Ahhhhhh" I yawn and stretch as I wake up "ugh another day". My body emerges from the depths of my sheets, my feet touch my soft rug that lays on top of my wooden and very cold floor. No socks I hop to my bath mat, wash my face, brush my teeth, brush my hair the normal routine day after day. As I spit in the sink rinsing the last bit of toothpaste, I look up pause in the mirror, a faint whisper "today will be a good day" I laugh " fuck that you know that's a lie". I walk to my desk, I look down at my calendar may. 30th once again I laugh and say "fuck, when will this end". Distant voice appearing " Covid-19 has killed hundreds of Americans, a virus we still don't understand arriving from a foreign country, spreading globally, when will this end and when will lockdown end" "Phil, I think millions of Americans deserve that question yet what is our president doing to help fight this". Interrupting yelling at the tv my mother says " fuck that president he hasn't done shit but lock us in our homes" I agree but yet I don't agree if we stay inside we slow the spread if we leave the house hundreds die, everyday I contemplate what will happen I try to lead my day with hope but as more die and people begin to rebel against false justice being misinformed, knowing nothing else people get scared and panic that's when I loose hope, those are the days I loose hope. As night approaches I shed a tear not knowing the future.
By Astro Divine 6 years ago in Motivation
It’s Perfectly Fine Not to Have Big Goals This Year
This Year, Can I Stop and Smell the Roses? It’s been days that I'm racking up my mind on what goal to set and race to finish this year. I have been prepping to give the 12 week year a try and ambitiously envisioned to achieve a year’s goal in 3 months. That would give me four goals done instead of one.
By Olivia Marlene6 years ago in Motivation
These 16 Habits Of Mind Will Make You Smarter
What Are the Habits of Mind? “Habits of mind is a term used to refer to dispositions certain intelligent individuals utilize when faced with challenging problems or questions to which the answer is not readily known. As defined by Art Costa and Bena Kallick, there are 16 common habits of mind employed to troubleshoot and problem solve. These 16 habits of mind are: persistence; keeping impulsivity in check; listening with understanding and empathy; thinking flexibly; thinking about thinking; striving for accuracy; questioning and posing problems; applying past knowledge to new circumstances; thinking and communicating with clarity and precision; gathering data through all senses; creating, imagining and innovating; responding with wonderment and awe; taking responsible risks; finding humor; thinking interdependently, and remaining open to continuous learning.” — Tophat
By Terry Mansfield6 years ago in Motivation
Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart
About three months ago I joined the podcast trend. Only as a listener, for now… I started to follow a young Czech lady called Kristyna. She talks about mindful self-growth, health, interior design or financial education, and relationships. I came across one of her epizode called The Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart. (It was named after a famous Czech book from John Amos Comenius).
By Anna Paulová6 years ago in Motivation
