Get things done early. When you are ahead of the game, you will be able to excel more quickly.
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Category: Time
Life Is Terminal
We need to embrace this concept, not to scare us into paralysis but to help us release our drive and some sense of urgency that this game is finite.
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Work On Your Dreams
No one else will.
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Change Now Before You Hit Rock Bottom
Why wait till life is hell and the situation is a disaster? Make some changes today and keep adjusting the sail until you’re back on course.
It’s not very rockstar to fix your life before you self-destruct. However, it does save lots of time, relationships, regret, finances and health consequences if you get on a track to being better from today.
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Ask Yourself Tough Questions
Where do I want to be in ten years? Write down 3 versions of your future. Maybe you’ll be retired. Perhaps you are working in your dream area. The other option could involve moving home or country.
What would my ideal life look like? University? Married? Kids? High income job? High status job? Great investments? Retire your parents? Where do I live? What do I do? How many holidays each year? For how long? Where? Doing what?
Am I willing to sacrifice pleasure today for a better tomorrow? Most people aren’t.
Do I need to work on my discipline? Are there some messes I need to tidy up (physical, environmental, mental, emotional, spiritual)? Get one sorted at a time. Start today.
Tough questions will move you forward faster than anything in life. Can you handle the truth?
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Good Movies
A good movie transports you, takes you along with it, entertains and distracts. Just watched the latest Guy Ritchie film. Very enjoyable.
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Believe. And Act Accordingly.
Let yourself dream about who you are or could become. Imagine your life, body, relationships, finances, holidays, home and pass times exactly how you would dream to have them in the perfect world.
Let your fears and concerns of it not working out simply subside. Summon the feeling you would have if your dreams all turned out true forever. Now use that amazing feeling of relaxation, contentment and confidence to remind you every moment of every day how your life is becoming.
Believe you will get there. Then simply act accordingly.
If you see yourself as an athletic, fit and healthy person, do what one of those people would do. They would probably be disciplined with their food intake (types and amounts), their daily exercise, the amount of water they drink and how much sleep they schedule into their life.
You can be the opposite too. Just do what unathletic, unfit and unhealthy people do. You can achieve this too. Simply build habits and be disciplined around eating poor quality food, and just a little bit more than you should each time. Sit more and move less. Drink small amounts of water and have an erratic and poorly executed sleep regime. You can become as unfit and uninspired as you want to be. It’s success but in a different direction.
Do the above exercise with your money, your relationships and your career and notice how different your life could be in just six months. It would be a world of difference in one little year. And then it could be like that for the next 20 or 50 years of your life.
Gee, why wouldn’t you start working on this today? Right now! Your new amazing life awaits! It’s just one little mindset shift away. Start accepting this new amazing life in your mind every day. And act accordingly.
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Life Like A Holiday
You can plan a great holiday, or not. You could just go where the wind takes you. It could be lavish or frugal. You may never make the time to plan it out as you would like.
But the more you plan the key elements, the more you will enjoy it.
And I’m not sure you will feel differently as you know the holiday is soon coming to an end. You may try to cram it all in in the final days or just let it unfold as it comes. It’s your personal choice. Enjoy it throughout, either way.
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Impermanence Of Community
You belong to many communities. There are your school, sports clubs, friendship groups, families and political affiliations.
However, these are often shifting and sometimes changing. Keep your eye out for this.
One day you are in one friend group and then, voilà, your accepted in another. But then the original one dismisses you as a traitor and you’re gone.
Things change.
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Allow Time To Heal
Injuries happen. Physical, emotional and even spiritual. Be sure to allow ample time to heal. Life is long enough so don’t short-change yourself on the healing process. Otherwise, you may not heal sufficiently and have to go thorough a very similar thing again.
Learn and apply your knowledge. Get to full strength before setting off again.
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