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38 Things I Would Tell My 16-Year-Old Self
When you’re 16, you think you’re on top of the world. You think that you know everything and anything, can’t wait to move on from high school and get out of your parents house. You can’t wait to finally be on your own.
By Madison Zygadlo8 years ago in Motivation
A Crucial Part in Our Relationship With Ourselves: Self-Trust
Today's meditation dealing with Relationship with Self was talking about Self-Trust; the subject couldn't have been more fitting. It was fitting because it explained a lot about what I've been going through lately and it was also in great conflict with an agreement I made with myself a few years ago.
By Simply Stephanie8 years ago in Motivation
How To Set Life Goals and Actually Achieve Them
From writing your goals down, telling someone about them, and celebrating each of your steps, you'll find that sticking to your goals, and ensuring that your goals are the right path for you, is much easier than you think.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Motivation
Best Self Help Books for Low Self-Esteem
Many of us feel under the weather nearly everyday. And I don't mean we're dealing with a cold, I'm talking about low self-esteem. There are multiple people out there who are constantly dealing with low self-esteem on the daily and just can't seem to pick themselves up in the mornings. At work or at school, low self-esteem can prevent us from doing so many things. This can even hold us back from accomplishing and reaching for our goals in life.
By Rachel Blanchard8 years ago in Motivation
I Never Thought I Could Sing Opera
If you had told my sixteen-year-old self that in six years, I would not only have the confidence and skills to sing in front of any size of crowd, but that I would have a large role in an opera, I don't know what she would have done. Probably laughed it off in disbelief, or maybe smacked your arm before sticking my tongue out at you and running away. It would just seem too far-fetched. Especially since I couldn't hold a pitch to save my life.
By Kayla Willsey8 years ago in Motivation
The Worker Today
Through our lifetime we put all our energy into spending our first years learning to walk and talk, then the next few years starting school all the way to graduation. With the hopes that you will secure a good paying job and then working the rest of your years until retirement. But what are we attempting to secure? Happiness? perhaps a life that feels everlasting and fulfilling in every way. Maybe you are simply working to supply the basic needs in life (food, shelter, and clothing). What ever the reason we are always searching, eventually we run into this inevitable feeling of despair and uselessness. The big question I want to ask is how? How do we go about living life and working towards a goal without this deep dark feeling of running like a hamster in a wheel?
By Genuine Kaeo8 years ago in Motivation
Self-Sabotage Explained as a Child Wanting Cake
Self-sabotage explained as a child wanting cake. When I was a teenaged queer woman living in Kamloops, British Colombia, I had the pleasure of befriending a woman and her family. In fact, I lived in a room in their basement for some time. She told me a story about a little boy and his mother going to the bakery to pick up his birthday cake. This story really changed my life. The story is as follows:
By Aly Moon8 years ago in Motivation
Best-Selling Self-Help Books to Get Your Hands On
I truly believe that everyone out there could benefit from leafing through one or two best-selling self-help books out there. Whether it's a book about learning to clean up your life, or a book that helps millions stay clean, top-rated books on self-improvement have inspired millions to change their lives for the better.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Motivation
5 Reasons 'The Secret' and Positive Thinking are Not Crap
When I was younger, I was full on new age. I paid very close attention to my horoscope (a personalized one, not the sort in a newspaper). I learned to map out the stars believing they were predicting my present and future. I obsessively used Tarot and other types of fortune telling to ease my anxieties about day to day life. As I got older, I grew more skeptical about the unseen. This skepticism also leeched its way into my life, and I started to question my own abilities and validity. Let’s just say mistakes were made. As I transitioned from “magical thinking” back into my rut, I realized my life was becoming total crap. My boss was basically a micromanaging robot, my co-workers were dropping like flies, and I began to question my self-worth and abilities. I navigated my world with a skeptical mind. I landed a new job, in a new city. This time my supervisor was lovely, but my coworkers (whom I spent most of my time) were micromanaging robots whom used me to raise their own self-esteem despite the fact my experience and education were either on par or exceeding their own. This is the Segway into our first reason “The Secret & Positive Thinking” in general aren’t total crap
By Aly Moon8 years ago in Motivation
Everyone Fails, Even in Fitness
Hello friends, fans, and family, Failing is never easy. Even in fitness people fail on several first attempts but the persons that does not give up and keep on going will achieve their fitness goals. I know you may say it is easy said than done so I will give you some examples. If you choose to watch this video I will talk about several reasons. I will use myself as an example. In 2006 started out at almost 300 pounds. I decided to lose weight I my goal was to get to 250 pounds. It seemed like nothing when I was talking to people, and maybe that was their way of trying to get me mentally ready for what was to come. As I engaged into this endeavor I learned that my calorie count played a very important part in me losing weight.
By Isaac Middleton8 years ago in Motivation
What Can the Creative Process Give Us?
Anything that is done in the creative process takes effort and hard work. Any work of art, any piece of music, any lengthy novel took days, weeks, months, and even years to create. The creative process allows any person to express oneself in any way they see fit. The idea to keep in mind is that it is best for somebody to discover what he or she would like to create based on what his or her interests are. They then must discover for themselves what exactly they are good at creating and what they have a passion for doing. Being creative cannot be forced on someone.
By Ben W8 years ago in Motivation
