You’re kind of stuck with who you’ve got. You can’t choose a different family that is everything you ever dreamed of. The thing about your family life is that you can’t really exercise option 2 from #4. All my effort was spread among the hordes instead of creating life-long bonds (still putting more effort on this, and it’s paying off!) Home and Family It’s also important to put that energy into a few people and let’s call them your ‘dream team’ of friends.įor years, I was the person that knew everybody but wasn’t close to anybody. Notice how both of the options above demand a high level of energy and effort on our parts. Just like with any other area of life, you reap what you sow. Option 2 is to find people with really great character and personality traits and put the same amount of energy into boosting these relationships into the stratosphere. Option 1 is to accept highly flawed people and put a tremendous amount of work into the upkeep and survival of these relationships. I realized that there’s no changing people. Several principles allowed me to be in an amazing relationship and have truly great friends by my side.
This is probably the strongest area of my personal life. If you live under your means, you can get into any career you want and thrive.
Save enough for the rainy days, don’t spend all your money in one place, and live below your means. While I’m currently not the best person to be giving advice on money management (I’m working on this one as well), I do know the fundamentals. It’s crucial to be in love with what you do to the point that you get up in the morning and go to ‘fun’ instead of going to ‘work.’ There is a career for everyone out there, and it is possible to make money doing what you love. Your job is your home away from home and your co-workers are your second family. The topics that you’ll find most useful for a well-rounded life are psychology, motivation, success, productivity, career development, problem solving, health, wealth, conscious living, and spirituality. It’s important that you identify what you’re mental development goals are and then go to the library or internet and self-study on all of those topics. While I have a BA in psychology and MS in biomedical science, the great majority of what I know in life comes from experience, what I’ve read, and people that I’ve talked to. Your mental development does not necessarily have to be tied into your degree. Remember, exercise is the key to life! Mental Development and Education I’ve currently set up several weight loss rules and they are working well so far. This way, when the question of ‘to cake or not to cake’ comes up, you’ll simply refer to the rule of ‘big fat no.’ The best thing to do is to take your brain out of the equation by creating a set of rules for your diet. It’s not easy to maintain that target weight when you’re busy working, traveling or dating a very good cook! However, it’s our mission to take steps toward our goals, even if they’re very little steps. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” – Ashley Smith Health and FitnessĪre you significantly overweight for your height/weight ratio? I definitely am. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. But if you’re running on too many low or missing pillars, your structure is in danger of collapsing. You may survive without one of them or maybe two. I believe that the domain of our lives is much like the Parthenon, a tremendous structure supported by 10 crucial pillars. The good news is that you don’t have to wait for the start of a new year to make things right. And just like most people, you probably had a hard time making the leave the drawing room. If you’re like most people, you probably have your annual New Year’s resolutions.
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