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Creating New Goals for the New Years

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Every New Years I try to set new goals for the next year.  What goals can I have to make myself better for the next year?

I find that creating goals for the next year helps me stay focused, and gives me something to drive toward for the new year.  Of course everyone has a few goals each new year that seem to never get accomplished.   Goals like losing weight for the new year, learning a language, earning a full time income with your blog?

How many of these New Years goals do we attempt and fail quickly? Do we have a plan or just a dream?

Creating a New Years Plan and Not Just Goals
One of the main reasons we fail at the goals we create for the New Years is the fact that there is nothing behind them.  Saying that we will lose weight means nothing if there isn’t a plan behind it.  Instead of just making goals, make plans to achieve those goals. How are you going to lose the weight?

It’s time to plan out your dreams, your goals and figure out how you are going to achieve them and not just dream about them.

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How to Find Purpose in Life, Finding Purpose in Your Life

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

One thing that we all need is purpose in your life.  Purpose keeps us alive, keeps us going. Finding that one purpose in your life can help you get through tough situations, keeps you driving toward something.  I’ve often found my life feeling like it was without a purpose.  I felt depressed, hopeless and feeling that life itself has really no purpose.

How I Gave My Life More Purpose
1) Goal Setting – I wrote down goals in my life that I wanted to achieve. Goal setting is a great way to get yourself on track and figure out what it is you want to do. Your purpose in life? Complete your goals
2) What Were Your Most Fulfilling Moments? – Ask yourself which moments in your life were the most fulfilling and this might help you discover just what your purpose it.
3) What Are You Afraid Of? – Sometimes our fears simply stand in front of your life’s purpose. If you want to do something

Having a purpose in life simply gives us a sense of self purpose and a reason for living. I believe that everyone should have a life purpose.

I started this blog as well with a purpose. I wanted to be able to survive solely off the income of this blog. Now as of last month I had nearly $5000 in earnings, which is more than enough to survive.

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To Do Something or Not Do Something, Regretting Inaction

Friday, August 29th, 2008

A wise man said, “I would regret taking an action, than regret not doing the action at all.”

Just do a comparison for the words I should have kissed her vs I shouldn’t have kissed her.  Which action wins, inaction or action?

  • “I shouldn’t have” returns 2,130,000 results
  • “I should have” returns 33,800,000 results

You can always fix a bad mistake through time, but you can never get back inaction.

Another Example: A woman saved up her entire life, penny pinching at every moment to afford a summer home.  She had that home taken away after buying it by the Government.  So what happened to all those moments she could have enjoyed?

The moments I remember the most where everything didn’t go to plan, than trips where everything went according to plan.  When it comes down to it, money shouldn’t always be the issue why we aren’t doing the things we want.

The more you buy, the more you tie yourself down.  That expensive car?  You create your own money trap, where if you stop working you can’t afford the car.  Therefore you have to work or those possessions you bought will be taken away.

Conclusion? When given the chance to do something or not do something, and it is something you wanted to do, just do it, and if things should go astray at least you won’t be regretting inaction and you can always fix whatever mistake you made through time.

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How to become an extrovert, more socially outgoing

Friday, July 11th, 2008

It’s no fun being introverted and scared of meeting new people, but no fear there are easy was to become an extrovert.

Factors for being an extrovert

  1. Being comfortable with groups of people.
  2. Meeting people easily.
  3. Having conversations without wondering what to say.

Don’t blame yourself

You might think it’s just a factor of your personality, why you aren’t an extrovert, but it’s more of social conditioning.  If you’ve never practiced being a social person, then you won’t find it easy to get out and socialize.

Practice Makes Perfect

The first step is to spend more time with people.  The less you are in social situations the more likely you feel uncomfortable in them.  Try just talking to random people anywhere.  Comment on something they are doing.  It might feel hard to do. But the more times you do it, the easier it will be to do.

Find Activities You Enjoy

If you aren’t a party type person you might find it even harder to socialize at party, but if you enjoy activities such as tennis, you might find it easy to play with a group of people who enjoy tennis.

Go Running…

Exercise helps your self confidence and if you aren’t confident you certainly are going to shy away from social situations.  By exercising you are more likely to feel better about yourself.

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