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People Watching, Walking Through Doors, and Stepping Out...
Picture this, you’re right next to the door that is waiting to be opened, you are so close, but something is stopping you going through, so you sit outside and watch others go through the door. You hear laughing, happiness, and joy but you don't walk through. You sit on the doorstep.
By Efe Igbin7 years ago in Motivation
5 Ways to Deal with Rejection
When you have a deep passion for something you'll exceed limits to achieve your goals—No matter the consequences. Being a writer becomes a breeze after a while when you've been doing it for years, then you lose focus when other things come into play. I didn't take writing seriously until earlier this year when I found inspiration, unfortunately it was under questionable circumstances, but it was my biggest accomplishment at that time. I was very proud of myself because I felt important and accomplished. With accomplishments comes failures and rejection, it's all a part of the building process. I've failed numerous times throughout this journey but here I am still writing and trying to share my work with the world as you should too.
By Korryn Kensowaui7 years ago in Motivation
Why Not Do More?
In life we face many adversities and with each, our character is judged based on how we deal with them. In fact, we're judged based off of pretty much everything, on some things we control, and some things we can't. There are many things we deal with on a daily basis: work, relationships, health, etc. With each of these things we come to face in our routine, we sometimes lose our motivation to pursue more in our lives. Factors such as our environment, the people we're around, and media can make us numb to a pattern. This pattern is one that grows out of routines such as not going to the gym, working at the bare minimum, and isolation. The lives we have, won't last forever and as human beings, we don't know which day will be our last. We should be pushing to do things like improving our personal relationships, putting in the extra hours at work to get that promotion we've dreamt about for weeks, taking a couple hours every other day to improve our physical health, or just getting up and out of the house.
By Maria Zaragosa7 years ago in Motivation
30 Journal Entries to Self Discovery - Day 26
IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! I really hope you all read that in a sing-song, yell(ish) voice of Europe. The Swedish rock band, not the continent. Just kidding. Welcome to day twenty-six. Hope you're all enjoying your time and I'm so sad that we are in our final countdown. Have fun with the last four days and write like the wind! Here is the quote of the day: "Write as though your mother will never read it." — Matt Haig
By Michelle Schultz7 years ago in Motivation
Never Take the First Opportunity
In April, I graduated from the University of Pittsburgh. I had it all planned out: I was going to stay home for the summer and relax for a month before beginning my career in New York City. It has always been my dream. It was all I ever wanted. I had built a life there, and I wanted to be a journalist. I had interned at Harper's Bazaar and fell in love with that lifestyle. I wanted to write, I wanted to meet talented people, and I wanted to look out into the big city every day of my life.
By Erica Spaeth7 years ago in Motivation
Being OK with Others' Disapproval
When you really care about someone, you care about what they think of you. It's a perfectly normal part of forming connections. When I buy a new item of clothing, I wonder if my husband will like it. I constantly wonder what my kids will think of me when they grow up. When I meet up with friends, I wonder what they think about me. Almost always, if there was something I could do to positively impact the way someone viewed me, be it about a deeply important part of who I am or something as simple and, frankly, vain as a new dress, I would do it.
By Jaz Johnstone7 years ago in Motivation
Overcoming Fears
Hello! I'm back. With another topic. Another conversation. Today I'm going to be talking about fears, and well, overcoming them. Fear is not fun. I think we can all agree on that, but it's a part of life, as we all know. Fear can be anything around us, whether it's spiders, roller coasters, heights, or on the more serious side, natural disasters, disease, death. Anyone can get through fear, you just actually have to go through with it, but with some people (me) fear clings to us like lint on our clothes. It's a part of who we are, so it's nothing to be ashamed of really. If you aren't ready to face your fears, then don't worry the time will come. If you're here reading this though, then I'm pretty sure you want to take a step forward, and learn how to kill a spider, or go on a roller coaster or skydive. Here's how to overcome those fears.
By H S7 years ago in Motivation
My First Tattoo
As a child, I thought tattoos were scary. I was (and still am) afraid of needles, as well as the sight of my own blood. My highly traditional parents ingrained into my brain that I could never have a tattoo because people with tattoos were "bad," "scary," or "trouble-makers," and of course as a child you have to agree. You begin to judge people based on what your parents have taught you until you eventually begin to grow into your own mindset.
By Jade C7 years ago in Motivation
Chasm
It's difficult, stepping out of the comfort zone of your notebook and pen and trying out the website you keep seeing ads for on Instagram. I've been fine with keeping my thoughts private with no one even knowing I write anything, so why did I decide to do this? Maybe I'm looking for approval. Maybe it's for the recognition. Maybe I'm looking for someone to criticize me. Whatever it is, it seems to be subconscious. Taking my feelings and letting them flow right through me onto the page was a release for me. Typing them onto a website should be stress inducing, right? It seems to be giving me more of a release than ever. There's a fine line between the privacy of my notebook and releasing these pages into the internet. After all, what really are the odds that someone I know runs into these? What are the odds that they'll even tell me about it if they do? Not very likely. The only people reading these words are complete strangers, right? So is there really a difference between writing all of this in a notebook versus typing it up on here? I guess experience will tell. After all, having only one story published, I don’t know much at all, do I?
By Dania Diab7 years ago in Motivation
