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Everyday Ways to Give Back to the Community
Giving back to the community can be enriching for both the giver and the receiver. But before someone can “give back to their community” they have to decide what community they belong to. Many of us live in one location and work in another, and what we consider our “community” can vary from person to person.
By James Goydos, MD5 years ago in Motivation
Learning From the Past
Not every person esteems history or the past similarly. In the citation books on my shelves, for each statement that echoes "history is bunk" (from Henry Ford), I can track down a "the individuals who can't gain from history will undoubtedly rehash it" (from George Santayana).
By Charlotte Cartee5 years ago in Motivation
Writing for Noobs like me
The maddening changes happening all around us in the world in these unusual times have lots of people deeply thinking about what they are doing with their life, “what makes you happy?” “What are you passionate about?” and so on…. cliched they may be, but persistent none the less. Perhaps we are just too comfortable in the modern world when we are not spending as much time in the age-old sport of survival of the fittest. I am certainly no exception to this trend having wasted many hours on these types of thoughts. “Writer!” says that little voice in my head “Maybe you could be a writer!”. I should be going to sleep right now. Instead (and certainly not for the first time) I am searching the internet about how you can make money as a writer. It’s a real shame that “it would have to be a viable source of income” is the second thought that comes to mind and probably not indicative of the required free spirt of a real author, but hay, needs must. I find the Vocal site and have a good browse around; some things are my cup of tea, some not so much, mostly impressive none the less. “Their command of language is a lot better than yours anyway” says the little voice “You would need a lot of practice to be any good” he continues “yes, yes let me dream of it a little, I’m supposed to be going to sleep and that’s the time for dreams” “I” reply. It just occurs to me now that the little hypocrite was the one that suggested the whole thing in the first place, the same one now admonishing itself/myself in some sort of maddening fractal double bind, “Probably make a good Koan, but you don’t know anything about them anyway” he interrupts, “Shh” I reply. I remember as a young boy on family holidays gazing off into the distant mountains, a sea scape, horizons, or lochside depending on our destination (never a palm tree beach and coconuts for us, all tartan and haggis and within driving distance of home) and thinking just how cool it would be to wander around thinking of stories and ideas and writing them down as an actual Job. My little dissenter continues his secretion “stop spending time on this, you should think about raising an invoice for that TCP/IP work on the client’s new system” “Shh! it won’t take that long I think it’s only supposed to be a few hundred words” I reply.
By ElectricHobo5 years ago in Motivation
OVERCOMING STRESS AND BURN OUT AS THE WORLD ATTEMPTS TO GO BACK TO “NORMAL”
Experiencing the physical manifestations of stress such as body pains and headaches have become part of our normal lives over the last year. Young professionals and homemakers alike often have to grapple with their responsibilities despite their bodies constantly sending urgent messages to pause, take a breath, and rest. Being in a whiplash of things changing every second does not help either; with the news of new covid variants and inconsistent talks surrounding business arrangements popping up everywhere—anyone would nurse a headache every other night.
By Simone Junod5 years ago in Motivation
Youth: A Critical Stage in Life
I appreciate keeping in touch with youngsters such as myself not on the grounds that our old timers know better and needn't bother with the data (which obviously they do, and indeed should understand it), but since an energetic mind is one which is effectively and promptly adaptable to both the positive impact (standards, information, facts) about existence or the negative claims in our general public.
By yes motivate5 years ago in Motivation
Dead People Have It Easy; You Can’t Compare.
It’s natural to compare yourself to others as a way of gauging how you’re getting on in life and how closely you’re matching their achievements. Some of the best and brightest in many fields were in rivalries with one another, even if they never bother to tell anyone else. Often people will compare themselves to idols they want to immulate. Many fans of Stephen King, Billie Eilish, Tiger Woods and many others ironically wish to one day overthrow them and sublimate. And then there are those whose idols aren’t even alive anymore.
By Conor Matthews5 years ago in Motivation
A Story of Learning From Your Own Mistakes
Throughout my life I, like many others i'm sure, have skilled things i assumed i might never get out of; i used to be in pain, i assumed it might never end, and that i had new feelings that I had never felt and didn't skills to affect . Overcoming these difficult times and new experiences has made me what i'm now and what has taught me all the important lessons which will help me to face any challenge which will arise. there's a quote, from John Green's 'Funing Alaska' that says , "We will never know better until we all know the simplest is useless". i feel this is often the essential basis for learning from your mistakes, that you simply simply can accept it and overcome a challenge that you do not know you would like you knew now, but a minimum of you'll know within the future so you do not need to make an equivalent mistakes twice. I strongly believe that you simply should make your own mistakes and face your challenges so as to find out the foremost important lessons in life.
By Simmer Oli5 years ago in Motivation
Bring your Peace Back
Just thinking the last time someone asked me about my work schedule and what I said them is just depressing words like tough, hectic, and rigid, and stressed..!! this response is just automatically coming out of my mind without thinking anything. Well, this is a fact nowadays, for everyone in this world that people are busy and thought busy schedule as the part of their life. If I talk about myself and my husband so staying busy is not the objective of our life, but somehow, the ambitions, the dreams, the plans undoubtedly shift your track to the busy life that no one could realize, what they are meant to and what they are doing??
By fatima Bari5 years ago in Motivation
How to Master the Stress of Everyday Life With Five Essential Strategies
What is the "new typical" like for you now, particularly as identified with your workday? Do you trust you will at any point return to the same old thing, or work in a similar way you did, since you have figured out how to adjust and function in an alternate way?
By yes motivate5 years ago in Motivation
The Melaleuca Routine for School Leaders to Make Money
1 At the beginning of April 2019, our second year of high school conducted the first unit test of the new semester. The exam lasted two days. At the end of the first day of the exam, I was about to take a break when I returned home. The dormitory management teacher called: "Sorry teacher, Wang Xue from our class went back to the dormitory to play poker and deducted 2 points. I'm really embarrassed..."
By Mz zahid5 years ago in Motivation
No one makes a difference by standing still
The journey of a thousand miles begins with just one step. Every individual has got an inbuilt desire to always want and aspire for more. The more you have the more you want to have. This is by no means an act of greed or covetousness, but just the way we are all wired.
By Olalekan Adeeko5 years ago in Motivation
