It sounds crazy to say “I want to be someone else tomorrow” but it takes that, meaning it takes wanting to be someone other than the person you are today, to make the changes you want to see in you tomorrow. It takes one step at at time to change who we are. Unfortunately most of us can not change over night, Although I wish I could. I would be a lot further into my transformation than I am. But really, I’m truly thankful for where I am today because the alternative is not worth looking at.
10 years from now you will surely arrive. The question is where??
Jim Rohn
Someone once told me when I was 24 years old, that I will be 30 years old with or without a college degree. Either way I will be 30. It is something that stuck with me. At that time I was struggling with how long it would take to get through college and that’s what this person told me, and it is so true. Time moves forward with or without us, so we must start doing what we need to do, to become what we want to become or we will be left behind wondering what life would have been like if only… It’s such a sad thing when people look back at their life and wished that they did something more with their lives.
We will ultimately be the same us next year if we decide to do nothing about it today. But if we choose to open up to the idea of change we can make little changes and it will have a big impact in 1 year, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years.
Now is the time to fix the next 10 years.
Jim Rohn
First things first, decide what it is that you would like to change about yourself. And I’m not taking about superficial stuff like plumping up your lips. lol. I’m talking about deep down stuff that really makes you who you are. Things like the way you act when people are around. Maybe your the shy type and you don’t want to be shy any longer. Taking little steps each day will help you get out of that shy pattern.
Because it’s all old patterns that we need to change.
Step 2 – Make a mental note (or a list) on how you will overcome this old habit, say being shy around people. An example would be to say hi to people. By the end of the year you may be able to start and hold conversations with people you never met just by pushing yourself a little bit each day.
Step 3 – The key is consistency. Be Consistent with yourself, that you will follow through 95% of the time. We all have challenging days and we must acknowledge that and nurture ourselves when needed. Although more times than not we must push through our insecurities to become the person we are destined to be tomorrow.
Step 4 – Keep a positive attitude. When we have negative self talk we end up closing down and walking away from what could have been. All day long we are having dialog with our self weather we are in tune with this conversation or not. A lot of the time it is quite negative and self sabotaging. We MUST work on this to overcome it so we can move above and beyond where we are currently at. This is a really important step. Don’t gloss over this one because if you do your mind will take over and you loose. I still have to talk with myself and turn my thoughts around daily. There’s always something.
A good rule of thumb is to ask yourself each day, how do I feel today? Do I feel like I’m on track? Do I feel good? Did I wake up tired and kinda grumpy? We all have those days where we don’t feel like our chipper self because either we did not sleep well, or we are sick, or whatever it may be. In these situations It is best to be on guard and know you will have to work harder in keeping things positive or watching your negative thoughts so that they don’t go on a rampage and make you spiral into a negative cycle.
The final thought I have to leave you with is to be kind to yourself. Transformation is hard and it is a work in progress ALWAYS. We are not perfect. We are human and we will make mistakes along the way. We must acknowledge and forgive ourselves.
We all have days or times in the day when we replay parts of the day we did not like. Its how we deal with it that’s the important part.
When you have accomplished one thing, go back and do the steps all over again & again & again & again. We are a work in progress and constant motion. As long as we are taking steps to improving ourselves we are on the right track.
Ultimately the only rules you need to play by, are your own rules. You don’t even need to take my advice if it doesn’t seem to work for you. I just hope that I have brought some value to your life by offering some information to ponder.
I look forward to your comments and any thoughts you have on my next blog.
I’m sending you all much love and light.
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