A Goal Without a Plan is just a Wish

 

It is a wish that will constantly linger around, until steps are made to achieve that goal. We all need wishes; it is the very first step to achieve anything and everything. However, one can not just rely on that wish to all of a sudden come true. Implementing a plan revolving around that wish will become an unconditional desire. A desire that will keep growing until it is an overall obsession to complete it. The things we wish for, the things we dreamed of. We all think they would just appear, and than our lives would start. A life starts whenever that person wants to. Live out the story you want to tell, and always feel like you have a complete life. 

Follow Your Passion Not a Paycheck

Everyone wants that high paying career not for their passions, but for their indulgences. People don't even realize it until they are at the top and still haven't found that source of happiness. The career these people built will not only be a drag every day, but a burden on their heart and soul. The respect they have for themselves will shrivel up just like their lively hood. Being alive isn't about being yourself anymore and it will be miserable. Happiness is hard to find in a paycheck. Your passion though will lead to forever lasting happiness. You will create yourself through your passion. 

Limit the Amount of Excuses to Find the Results

Drain yourself of those excuses to make yourself whole again. Excuses are easy to come by, even though we crave ever lasting results. We blame ourselves day after day, or even worse, we blame others. Ignite that fire from within you and tie the tourniquet around the excuses that hold you back. We need to find the pain we stray from and instead embrace it. The results will come rushing in while suffocating your excuses. Crawl back into your own skin and face your life that was given to you. Don't live inside your own hell.  

There is no Finish Line

We set goals. Some of us accomplish them, and some never attempt to find the path to that goal. For those who build up to those goals, do they just stop in their tracks and say, "Well I did it, my life is now complete and I could die happy." Of course not, they now set bigger and more challenging goals. Don't think that once you accomplish one thing you will just be fully content with life. Stay hungry, and stay humble. Your endeavor into your own life has no finish line, it is a never ending marathon of ups and downs along the way. The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come. 

By Surrendering you Find Acceptance

Life is full of setbacks, but it is also full of rewards. You have to make sacrifices to get where you want to be. By realizing this, you are already a hundred steps ahead of the game. Abandon your old thoughts that made you think were beneficial. The old traits that worked before will not work in the upcoming future. You will enlighten yourself by giving up the ego and you will experience eagerness and growth. Things are impermanent so never give all your energy to the things that don't matter in your life. Instead of trying to find yourself in this world; create yourself instead. 

Take the Risk or Lose the Chance

We put so much thought into the risk that we seem to forget we also have to put emphasis into the chance. I'm not saying don't go into something without thinking of the risk, but remember there is no such thing as success without the chance of risking failure. When you do decide to take that risk, failure is inevitable. Those defiant enough to embrace failure instead run away from it, will utterly take every opportunity that is thrown at them. The more opportunities one sees, the more of a chance of landing on the moon.

You Have to Nourish To Flourish

Whatever you put into the body it will show on the outside as well. Every time you have the opportunity to eat cookies over fruit, we all may choose the cookies. Those who chose the fruit though, are not only eating healthier, but smarter as well. The smarter your food bank becomes the healthier and more happy as a person in their own skin you become. Happiness may come from those cookies for a brief moment, but the attitude you have for yourself after the fact is probably not as positive. Save yourself the pathetic grief and go for the fruit; always go for the fruit. Your body will reward you in so many more ways than you know. Think long-term gains from the fruits in life and you will be unstoppable.

Be Afraid Not To Try

We always fear the beginning, the middle, and the outcome of trying a new venture. The main thing that blocks us from trying anything is doubt. The feeling of doubt knows no boundaries. Doubt will settle in and stay permanently unless we do something about it. Once that feeling of doubt comes in with one thing, it will start a domino effect. Whether it be a relationship trying to stick together or a simple job interview; trying to accomplish either is hard to do. Let failure in for a momentary visit and ban not to try from your capillary settings. That feeling of doubt is no match against a pursing human like you. 

What Seems Hard Now Will One Day be a Warm-up

Adapting to a healthier lifestyle, going to the gym, or putting the midnight treat down for once; it is always difficult to start the journey. Putting that one foot forward is the hardest part. So many questions are asked in the beginning whether it be the duration, investment of money, or doubts. Trust me about dietary habits; I myself have Celiac Disease and adapting to a completely gluten free regimen was not easy. However, I didn't have a choice, so I had to adhere to the change or else I would suffer the consequences. Once I got the hang of it, I started picking up new healthy habits, whether it be building relationships or exercising on a routinely basis. Just pretend that your life depends on the new healthy habit your trying to master and it will all come full circle.