goals
Understanding your goals to help you achieve them.
New Year, New Habits
New Year, New Habits: Love Yourself & Live Out Your Potential I think we can all come to the conclusion that the past year has been full of arduous challenges that the majority of us are extremely glad that it’s over. The time to turn over a new leaf and live out every single goal is now. I don’t know about you all but I am more motivated than ever this year. In 2020, literally from January to December was super depressing for me through and through, but this year, however, I have a good feeling about.
By Jackie Symone 5 years ago in Motivation
Remaking Me
I have attempted many a “fresh start” in the past only to lose motivation and enthusiasm along the way and I succumbed to a rotten end. Birthday after birthday, new year after new year, it was the same. I had made promises to myself but failed to deliver. I had focused my aim but fell short of the target.
By Jesnel K A5 years ago in Motivation
Children of Anxiety
The last two years exposed something to me that I didn’t even realize was present in me: anxiety. I’ve always dealt with anxiety, mainly of the social variety. I never had much luck making friends because one way or another, regardless of whether it was my fault or not, they all left me behind. I also didn’t exactly inspire fear or respect into people, either. I’d lay awake at night, thinking about something I did or said that shouldn’t have been done or said, or about a girl that I blew my chances with, or about how I wished I handled a situation with a boy in the class, or about anything, or about nothing at all, just tossing and turning and pacing the floors of my house until it was time to get up for school and start the cycle all over again. I never got enough sleep in high school, and it hasn’t gotten better in college because my anxiety has gotten worse. I heard from a lot of people that college exacerbated their previous mental health issues, and I was no different. I rarely, if ever, sat down and did my work the way I was supposed to, because I was too busy partying and being depressed to actually focus on what I was at college for. But I had goals! Ambition! I was there for a reason. There was a bunch of things I wanted to do once I got to campus, but the main point was that I wanted to be successful. More importantly, I knew, in my mind, that if I wasn’t successful, then I will have failed. I would be just like my father and my uncles and most of my family before me. However, I wasn’t doing nearly enough to make sure I was actually successful. I thought school would come as easily as it always did. I took success for granted. Even worse, though I didn’t realize it at the time, some part of my self-worth was tied to my success in school. I punished myself relentlessly. For some reason, I thought I was more talented than I was. I thought that the world truly was at my fingertips, and that I didn’t need to do anything to reach out and grab it.
By Garry Miles5 years ago in Motivation
Goodbye Old Friend
For 28 long years, I have lived in the presence of my greatest enemy: her name is ME. ME is the type of enemy nightmares are made of. Relentless in her pursuit to take me down and destroy any ounce of happiness or hope I may come by. 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, never resting, she is always there, reminding me of all the things I fight to forget; a constant unwavering reminder of my biggest failures and deepest insecurities.
By Stephanie Bautista5 years ago in Motivation
Keeping Track Of 2021
2021 is somehow here. I have never been a resolutions or goal oriented person. It says much about my character because I don't know what I am doing with my life like many 20 year old somethings navigating this world. I have kept it simple for this year after I don't know what happened in the past year.
By tracydtn5 years ago in Motivation
Embracing Uncertainty
I was fortunate last year. I was able to quit my high-paying, stable job and take a real shot at writing for a living. The downside is that I have a pathetically thin portfolio. One novella published, an unrelated novel drafted and collecting dust, along with the first half of a coauthored project I haven’t been able to move forward with. Probably not the smartest idea during a global pandemic, yet here I am.
By C.B. Miller5 years ago in Motivation
A fresh start, is it really?
I have been thinking about ways to make myself better. Ways to change the things I don't like about myself while searching within to pick up new things to love about me. To begin with, the goal was a clean slate, no weights, and no carrying baggage that should've been set down long ago. It was time to give my arms and shoulders a break from all the things that kept me from living in my truth and being my best self.
By Deena Deveaux5 years ago in Motivation
Embrace the Transformation
It isn't any wonder why many people today choose to avoid declaring a drastic change for the sake of a holiday. New Year's resolutions are steeped in expectations based on Western societal norms. They are also assumed absolutes, for the definition of resolve is to find an answer, to solve, to determine.
By Dayn Kerns5 years ago in Motivation
A Fresh Start
The year 2020 was, to put it blatantly, a complete waste of time that had forced the world to a halt with its disastrous impacts. With the unforgiving year of 2020 welcoming a new decade, it is safe to assume that people are skeptical about what 2021 has to offer. Rather than wait and see what the year 2021 brings me, I have decided to take control of my future and opportunities by deciding on several different focus areas I would like to improve on, and how I can improve them. My key areas of improvement are: reduce money spent by ditching fast fashion and adopting thrift shopping, critiquing the necessity of purchases, appreciating friends and family, and prioritising myself to find happiness from within.
By Ella Belton5 years ago in Motivation
