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Taking Responsibility for your Joy
Happiness is an unachievable goal in many people’s brains. Regardless of what’s done, it remains just out of reach. More often than not, this is solely because you must take charge of your own happiness rather than letting some other factor control it. Rather than allowing your state of mind to be governed by an external factor, why not make the variables internal? Positive attributes like independence, self-acceptance, agency, fulfillment, self-care, and potential emerge from the desire to govern one’s own joy.
By Mikkie Mills6 years ago in Motivation
I Have A Confession
I have a confession: I feel like the biggest loser ever. And not like the show, The Biggest Loser where you win for losing the most weight after getting your ass beat by Jillian Michaels. Nope. Not like that. I genuinely feel like my life is the biggest joke ever, like, whatever God or cosmic entity is out there is just sitting back, laughing hard every time my life crumbles to pieces after believing I had it figured out. Hilarious. At some point, things are supposed to start falling into place, right? All the screw ups and disastrous situations end up making sense, right?
By Derek Evers6 years ago in Motivation
Life of an Introvert - Part I
In 2010 I had a breakdown. The details are for another day and another post, but suffice to say you will never find me on mental health medication again for as long as I live (as Jerry Seinfeld would say, “not that there’s anything wrong with it.”) I got out of the hospital May 25, 2010. I remember because it was my ex-husband’s birthday. He was more concerned about getting a cake than the fact that I was coming home. My mom drove me to a bakery and, if I may so myself, we bought a pretty bangin’ cake.
By CJ Morrell6 years ago in Motivation
And Introducing Myra Hotchkiss
I was a very shy girl. That never changed as I grew older. It doesn't seem fair, does it? We all want to be Roxie Hart or any actress on Glee, stunning looking and with several cups of overflowing talent. Well, the talent is there, but it's for a keyboard, not singing or acting. Ah, well, we make the best of the gifts we're given.
By Myra Hotchkiss6 years ago in Motivation
Your Loneliness is a Gift
Possibly one of the best pieces of advice I have ever been given regarding my time of loneliness came from one of my dear friends, a blunt and feisty romanian lady named Silvia. She is someone that has been like an adopted mother to me and she has never once held back when she knew that she needed to tell me something even if it wasn’t what I wanted to hear. Her valuable advice went something like this: “God has given you a gift. A chance to be alone and figure out what YOU want from life, what YOU enjoy doing. Find a hobby. Find 2 or 3 hobbies. Don’t let those moments of silence eat at you. Do something with it.”
By Miranda Rhea6 years ago in Motivation
4 ways On How To Get Motivated To Write Your Stories
You have days that you don't know what to write, or even motivate yourself to write. I have that sometimes too. Sometimes it is too bad, that I say to myself, "forget it", I'm not going to write anymore, today.
By Agnes Laurens6 years ago in Motivation
Learning How To Love Myself
The smile on my face at 50 is genuine, finally. For most of my life my smiles were fake because I had no sense of self worth. I thought I had to always smile because nobody cared enough to get to know the real me. Sometimes I didn't even know who the real me was. I was always somebody's wife, mother or employee. For the longest time I couldn't identify anything that made me truly happy except my children. Children being children often test boundaries. I was the softie and would mostly give in to what they wanted and my second husband (their step father) was always the one who put the hammer down and had very strict rules for the children. This would often cause us to fight, which led to him saying very mean things to me, which in turn made me feel worthless. I can't believe I gave him so much power!! I'm leaving out my childhood because it is not something I want to relive right now. I know where my core beliefs come from and have worked hard to challenge my negative thinking, and self doubts.
By Samantha Williams6 years ago in Motivation
Advancing In Life
When you are trying to advance in life, you are going to have many roadblocks. There are going to be lots of people who doubt you can make it, who think you are being delusional, and those doubts can affect your mindset and thus your motivation to succeed.
By Omz The Root6 years ago in Motivation
