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goals for life.
Everyone has goals correct? You have life long goals, three year goals, fall goals, and summer goals. Well with summer ending, I thought what would be a better way then to see if I got my goals done. I had five goals for the summer, and I can guarentee I learned more from them then I thought I would in the beginning. So enjoy baring with me, because patience is the key and life is always moving. So keep moving with it, even when your goals are done because there could more ways to reach what you want. Life and goals are never ending, and always changing. Keep reaching for the stars, cause I Know even though summer is ending, none of my goals will ever end. Goals should always keep being the fuel that lights your fire. If you do not have continuous goals, then are you really striving to do better everyday? Let's take a look at my goals and see what I have accomplished, and what I am still working on. Still working on those goals as well? That is totally fine...... trust in the process, and reach the sky.
By That One Barista6 years ago in Motivation
listening to my heart.
I have about ten minutes until my supper is ready and I was told just to write. I have been feeling kind of down lately. I have been grieving, I have been feeling lonely, and I have been feeling like nothing makes sense. Confusion is my main emotion, and I can not get use to it. I love knowing why something happened, and what happened. I hate not knowing, and I hate when you know alittle but not the whole picture. Sometimes I wonder if we will ever get the answers we need. I Just do not know understand life sometimes.
By That One Barista6 years ago in Motivation
Not the introduction I intended...
I am uncertain as to why I decided on this platform, or any for that matter, to share my story. This past year, since I first conjured the words, I have had this urge to share with those outside of my immediate family. After all these years, I have no idea why I feel this way as I have never sensed this until now… Maybe it’s due to my fear of losing the chance to share my story the way I want to, or maybe it’s because I have a sneaking suspicion that if I finally open myself up and share my vulnerability with the world then I will be liberated from the duty of sole carrier. I am taking this chance to finally lift the weight of twelve years of internalisation off of my shoulders.
By TL6 years ago in Motivation
Just Like The Lotus
I always wanted a tattoo! So when I turned twenty-one, I decided to get one! Well, I wish someone would have warned me not to get one after having way too many drinks! It was my 21st birthday and my golden birthday at that! Me and ten friends went to celebrate and then after dinner I decided I was finally going to get my first tattoo! I walked in the tattoo shop and decided on the first picture I saw...a dolphin. Yes, a small blue dolphin! I never had an obsession for dolphins, much less swam with a dolphin, but for some crazy reason I was fixed on having one tattooed on my lower back! From the very next day until now, I have regretted that decision!
By Love•Lotus6 years ago in Motivation
Habits Maketh the Man (and Un-Maketh Him, Too)
It is so easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value of making small improvements on a daily basis. Too often, we convince ourselves that massive success requires massive action.- James Clear, Atomic Habits
By But What For6 years ago in Motivation
The Day I Left The Cult
I have a small tattoo of a swallow on my back. A bird tattooed on the back often symbolizes freedom. One could say it’s a bit cliché but the story behind my bird tattoo is anything but cliché. You see; I was raised in a cult since the age of three.
By Chris Stratton6 years ago in Motivation
The Diamond Wolf
So. When I was fifteen, I noticed my mother came home with something new. Strange and new... On her ankle was a little colourful tattoo. If I had to describe what it looked like, well the easiest way is to say it was a slutty frog... Strange I know. But what will forever be inked on to her aging ankle will be a green frog with bright red lipstick, black stripper stockings and curly blonde hair... Like i said. A strange tattoo. But then again my mother is a strange woman.
By Craig Topping6 years ago in Motivation
𝙲𝚘𝚙𝚢𝚌𝚊𝚝
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." It's all good in the hood when someone admires your style but there's nothing more irritating than a copycat. Indeed, "they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," but when it comes to someone infringing on your self-expression, it can feel more like slurred. Does self-esteem affects this habit? Usually, those who are doing this has low self-esteem “Celebrities get copied all the time, that’s one of the traits that makes them valuable,” said Dr. Robi Ludwig a nationally-recognized psychotherapist and author. At first, it's good to hear someone admires you, but how abt' it would come through some point copies how you act and speak? For a friend or colleague copying how you dressed up is something you can accept. Of course, being able to experience these red flags, you could relate. Imitating positive things from a person to attracts unsuspecting people from their heroism. To ensure that they mirror how you actually move including; motions and gestures. It was not noticeable if you're not aware of someone bearing a sense of individuality that you have. But, what exactly drives a person to copy you, even in this nice way?
By Emlyza Studio6 years ago in Motivation
Invert, Always Invert
All I want to know is where I’m going to die so I’ll never go there– Charlie Munger “Suppose I wanted to kill a lot of pilots – what would be the easy way to do it?” That might not be what you want to hear from the guy clearing your plane for take off, but if your fellow passengers are an elderly billionaire and some Cold War era Soviet engineers, they might rest easy knowing the right questions are being asked. That is because thinking about how to do the exact opposite of your goal is sometimes the best way to ensure you achieve it.
By But What For6 years ago in Motivation
Grabbing life by the walls
For 27 years I didn't have a body. When I was a tiny child I worked out that, despite my chromosomes vehemently disagreeing, I am male. But my small scared self couldn't quite process the disparity between my body and soul, let alone tell anyone. So I think my brain sort of detached itself as a survival mechanism. I floated aimlessly about with my mind lost to music, books, films and day dreams. You don't need a body to write and sing. I could be a floating mass of consciousness, my physical form serving as little more than a perfunctory vessel.
By Joe Williams6 years ago in Motivation
