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Late 20s
To quote the venerable Mr. Bueller “life moves pretty fast...” this may seem trite to some but to those of us on the verge of 30, it’s a warning. It’s a call to action and it’s a scary one. Especially if we haven’t quite figured it all out like Ferris Bueller had in highschool.
By Sean Mac6 years ago in Motivation
Below Rock Bottom!
It’s December 13, 2015. I’ve just woken up freezing cold and lying on top of an old bookcase in my makeshift shelter in a secluded field. I’m homeless. I have no money, no phone, and no transportation. I’ve lost everything in my life including my beautiful wife and 6 amazing children, my multi-million dollar business, all my income, close and dear friends, and my dream home.
By Jeremy Bowman6 years ago in Motivation
From Somewhere, in Limbo
We’ve all been finding new ways to fill our time, or at least finding ourselves filling time with tasks that never really needed doing. High on the agenda for me this week was sorting through the piles of old notebooks and half-filled journals that previous versions of me once thought they’d fill.
By Luke Downing6 years ago in Motivation
When the road becomes unclear.
It was the bleakest March I had ever experienced in all my 26 years. Everything was crumbling around me and I was suffocating, for I could not seem to catch a break. Nothing seemed to stick or pan out for me the way I wanted, needed, or expected it to, no matter how hard I tried or how persistent I was. Never have I felt so helpless and hopeless. Never was I on the verge of losing it, losing all hope than I was in that month. It was as if I was in a maze losing my bearings as I searched for a way out, only to hit dead end after dead end with no exit in sight. Which didn’t make any sense, given that I was following the rule of business, or what seemed like the rule of business. For it was told to me, almost on the regular in the many, many, many, interviews I had gone to. That rule being The Law of Averages, which I understood that law to mean the more opportunities I give myself the more chances I have at succeeding. I guess I was the exception to that rule, for it did not seem to apply to me no matter how many times I applied it to my job search.I had, for the longest time then been so set on my intention of finding another full-time job, a regular job, that I didn’t really give myself the break I guess to self-reflect and ask myself if what I was looking for is really what I liked, loved or, wanted to do. I hadn’t given myself the chance to ask if the industries or jobs I was applying to really interested me. I was just on a mission and had been since Mid-February to do what was indirectly implied and expected of me, find a 9-5 form of employment, and become a robot who lived a mundane, routine, life. And as soon as I came to that realization, as soon as I paused and began to ask myself these questions, it was like a huge boulder-like weight was lifted off my shoulders and I could breathe again.
By Susita H.6 years ago in Motivation
Lost in Lockdown
Well, this is not fun, not having a job but being bombarded with college work. Luckily, I am still being paid from my bar job, but I’m stuck inside doing, what feels like, endless typing. My college document is almost at 10,000 words, and I’m pretty sure that isn’t even halfway, I had 12 days until my deadline, and I am struggling being stuck inside because I have so much to do. If I were still working, I definitely would not finish this work in time. Whilst I do go outside, in the garden, or for walks, I miss actually being able to go out, I miss waking up knowing that I can go out for food without having to spend more time queueing than shopping. Whilst I am not a big drinker, I miss going to the pub to play pool and socialise with my friends/colleagues. As much as I hate waking up early, I miss seeing my friends in college, I miss my teachers, and I miss the class banter. This is my final year in college, it’s highly unlikely that I’ll get to experience the jokes in college again and see my teachers. As soon as this lockdown is over, I’ll have to get a full-time job to pay bills and so I’m not just sitting at home with no income.
By Joel Greene6 years ago in Motivation
Love yourself
I was today years old when I realised it’s time to start loving myself and not focusing on all the negative parts to myself and my body. I needed to start accepting me for who I am and not trying to change all the time. I realised at the end of the day you are who you are and no can can better that because no one else is you except for you! you’ve been given the body your living in for a reason so it’s time to start looking at that body in a positive way! You may think you’ve got flaws and negative aspects to yourself but that’s what makes you, you! I understand change is good but change for the better,don’t change because you hate yourself and want to create a new you, change because your happy with who you are and you just feel like changing it up a little. You can’t run away from who you are trust me I’ve learnt that the hard way! You must want to be the best version of yourself and no one can take that away from you because you are you !
By Erin Whitaker💗6 years ago in Motivation
How To Bounce Back From Failure With 1 Photo, 1 Podcast & 1 Instagram Account.. Top Story - April 2020.
It was almost 2:00 A.M. when I cried myself to sleep. I was in a hotel room in Orlando, Florida for a family vacation, tossing and turning restlessly. Two days prior, I had been laid off from my job for the first time. Prior to that, I worked tirelessly through a PIP (performance improvement plan) for a whole month to stay at a premier, highly selective agency in San Diego. After many sleepless nights, panic attacks and stress cries, they decided to let me go.
By Sutheshna Mani6 years ago in Motivation
I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere.
Okay here we go. I'm turning 20 this June and all the feelings started creeping in on me way too soon, the bad ones of course. Now I know i'm supposed to be thrilled and on my way planning out some cool ass life-changing party, be prepared to get drunk get laid typa thing but confusion somehow got the best of me. I'm stuck in between 19 and 20 as you can already tell, it feels STRESSFUL like you know shit's bout to go serious but you don't know where to start and how to deal with it, within this period you will come into realization that you have no choice but to be independent someday and in order to reach there you gotta start looking for jobs by working your ass off for uncertainty first. "You will get somewhere if you just keep trying" well sure okay cool yet the thing is life is way much crueler then you think, have you ever felt like no matter how hard you tried to escape the situation all the hard work you put in somehow just ended up in vain? It's like you starved yourself long enough til you're bout to die just for a decent dinner which turned out to be a disaster because the greens in your salad you ordered are withered, the chicken breast is overcooked and the caesar sauce is way too salty. You had a bad day thanks to the shitty salad and everything you want is to surrender and let go but can you? Deep down you know you're not gonna lose faith in this whole "salad-seeking adventure" bc you are not raised to be a coward and more over - you know you can't live without it and you most definitely are going to regret without trying, even tho the uncertainty of ever finding a decent and the right one is racking up like a god damn mountain before your eyes, there's just no room for giving up. This idea freaks me out, am I ever going to pull it? Will I even make it til the end? God only knows, if you're feeling the same way, i feel sorry to tell you this, i don't think i can help you bc i myself don't even have an answer yet, the only way i could make you feel less shitty is writing this down and letting you know that it's totally cool to go thru this chaotic phase, you are not alone as long as i'm still alive. Let's get back to the subject, there's a myth called "The curse of nine" in ancient Chinese culture, it basically indicates that you will encounter unusual bad luck whenever the last number of a certain time period you are in ends up with the number nine, which means you will be especially unlucky at 9, 19, 29, 39 so on so forth. It sounds crazy to me at first but as i grow older it kinda makes sense in a creepy way, 2019 has been the craziest year to me so far and the whole "19 situation" is even tougher then i could ever imagine, all kinds of feelings like fear, depression, euphoria suddenly hit in all at once and caught me off guard like a tsunami, the only thing i could do is to find my way out like Tom Hanks in "Cast Away" and forget about the rescue chopper that's never going to come if i don't want to starve to death and die alone for being stuck on the top of the building. The journey is not going to be easy, there's no guarantee that the tsunami will never hit again but i know deep down that once you conquer your fear and make it out alive, you will be stronger then you ever were, you will be prepared and you will feel the excitement flowing into your body from head to toe instead of fear the next time it hits.
By cringysam6 years ago in Motivation
Alright, let's do these three items.
I recently join the Vocal+ because I wanted to join the challenges, and I saw this challenge called "Love More" I have to pick three things, so it took me three days to narrow down my choices. Let me see, a photo, a social media account, and a video that brings me joy. Well, that's easy, you should get a cup of coffee first so that you can enjoy this story.
By stephanie borges6 years ago in Motivation
