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The Cure for Loneliness
What is loneliness exactly? We all seem to experience this feeling, but how many of us really understand it? I've felt lonely enough throughout my own life that it's given me plenty of time to examine it, to experiment with it, and to eventually overcome it.
By Nandan Das8 years ago in Motivation
3 No Cost Ways to Reward Yourself
I have a recurring daydream. I get up at the first tone of an alarm clock, leap out of bed, and into a quick shower. I do my hair and makeup, have a little coffee and toast, then dash off to work. Something perfectly repetitive, like an assembly line, so I can work and think of stories at the same time. Then, when my job is over, I go back to my little home, sit on a chair I picked out myself (and paid for with my own money). Then I do whatever I want with my evening. To me, this would be a luxury. No one could question me, because when you make your own money, you're free.
By Sarah Terra8 years ago in Motivation
A Reason to Continue
For years I've searched for the thing that I'd be great at. I'm sure millions have done the same and come to similar results. It's been ingrained in me through media, society, teachers, and parents that we all have a purpose. I suppose... But what is that purpose? I've never had any aspirations to become a professional anything. So I'm not exactly shocked at where I am in life.
By Brian Anonymous8 years ago in Motivation
It Was All a Dream...
"As far back as I could remember, I always wanted to be a gangster." A famous quote from a famous film, but without a doubt a mantra that many have lived by their whole life. Why a gangster? because they demand respect, they live by their rules, and they certainly aren't sitting at a desk for 40 hours a week waiting to see if their annual leave request gets approved.
By Dominic Hadi8 years ago in Motivation
Canceling the Pity Party for One
I'll be the first to admit when I am not feeling like myself. We can probably all agree feeling inadequate, down on our luck, and in despair is simply the worst. I've recently encountered all of these emotions when I moved across the country in pursuit of a career just to be unemployed after four weeks.
By L S8 years ago in Motivation
Six Lessons Learned in Your Late 20s
Becoming an adult is an idealized milestone in every American's life. However, the when and how of adulthood is shifting. Many millennials will be very familiar with the struggles of finding independence and coming into your own as an adult, especially in this time of financial instability and cultural turbulence. Here are six lessons that every 20 something should learn during their transition to adulthood.
By Alina Gallupe8 years ago in Motivation
The Show Must Go On
How to harmonize, do a perfect box step-grapevine dance combo, change outfits in less than 26 seconds, and make it look like you just punched someone without even touching them are just a few things I have learned in my many years of musical theatre. I have been trained to project my voice, never turn my back to an audience, and improvise when another person on stage forgets their lines.
By Ann Marie8 years ago in Motivation
You, Me, Our Dreams, the Universe, and Our Hidden Power to Achieve
If any human being aspires to become anything more than mediocre, a set of mysterious and unforeseen obstacles will erect its fiery walls in unity against them. These barriers will often detour and discourage dreamers from manifesting their deepest desires in the physical form. These barriers may disguise themselves in the costume of a beloved family member's critique of "You can’t do that" or a friend’s genuine concern of "That’s just not possible." It is not that those you love do not love you or believe in you, it is simply that most people have a tendency to project their own fears, inadequacies, and limiting beliefs on one another without conscious awareness. There will be times in which you feel that even the universe is conspiring against you. Never feel that way because by law the universe, mathematically exact, literally can only give to you the equivalent of what you put out vibrationally. Whatever form the obstacles may appear in, just know they are defenseless in the presence of burning desire and dogged determination.
By Sierra Fearless8 years ago in Motivation
