The importance of pushing yourself
I'm going to keep this short because I have to get back to work on my website :D However, I wanted to take a little time to talk about the importance of pushing yourself.
Why have I come to this topic?
It's simple, after a very long day of serving at Chili's I came home pretty exhausted and drained. I didn't feel like doing anything except laying in my comfty bed and closing my eyes.
But you know what I did?
I told myself no. Even after a long day of work I couldn't just retreat into bed. I had to force myself to pick up my heavy ass laptop (it's pretty heavy) and sign into WA.
Now, I am not saying everytime you come home from your day job (if you have one) you have to jump into some work. Although what I am saying is, inorder to acheive succes there are going to be those days/nights when you have to push yourself.
No one else can make you work towards your dreams, but you. So sometimes you have to tell yourself to get up and start making stuff happen. It's even as simple as setting small goals for yourself.
For instance a small goal I made for myself is to get on WA at least once a day, even if it's only to greet new premium members or join a discussion. Remember you're the holding the steering wheel on your journey to success, you decide where you're gonna go.
Sending you love and light,
Your Soul Searching Girl
Keziah
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Keziah, Sounds as if you have your plan in place and are focused on making your dreams come true. Your words are good advice for us all!
To Success!
Sanders
I agree, it's so important to push yourself. It comes more easily to some than others, and in psych papers, some refer to this inner discipline as an 'internal locus of control'. I have an extreme internal locus, and it's helped sustain my efforts through all kinds of hardship.
Lately though, I've been questioning this fervour I chuck myself into things with. And today I read an article (at home healing an injury - no work - some luxury) about being extreme about 'moderation' that really pushed a button for me: https://hbr.org/2018/06/in-praise-of-extreme-moderation
Extreme moderation? Wait.. It was that paragraph on the competition of workaholism that really rang true for me. Sure, I can run the marathon and do the thing. But do I need to keep doing it? Is this masochism good for health and relations? Why does modern life demand such things? How much of it is my upbringing? Why do we not push back?
There's never a time in life that it's too late to tack stock of such things, and make improvements. Thanks for the post!
Yeah that's so true pushing yourself isn't always easy and can definitely be more difficult for others. Pushing myself was something I had to work on over the years.
it definitely didn't change overtime but I got where i am today (mentally) by deciding what I wanted for myself a couple years ago. Internal focus is very important, it will take you far no doubt.
That article for sure has an interesting point of view. But her point of view is focusing on a lot of negative aspects that do exist in today's world. There's people that work their asses off and enjoy almost every second of it, it's all about perception in the end.
very true and thankyouu. :)
You're welcome! Yes, hard work is a constant here. It's the way of my family, my everything. There's no doubt it's yielded me - and my relatives - some wonderful results; fabulous, all. But... I turned 46 this year, and started thinking anew about things.
I can still go hard for three days, without any sleep, and just keep working. I love doing that, no doubt. I can go more than a week with only bread and water (don't ask). I've worked three and four jobs back-to-back. I can still outlast most people. But why should I? I am watching much older friends for clues.
"Karōshi" is the Japanese term for death through overwork; a very real phenomena, and one which I could easily approach without realising. So... this year, ahead of several major commitments, I'm drawing a little line in the sand to preserve my quality of life.
I think the same beautiful results are possible without any masochism on my part. Some of my older relatives are really bearing the brunt of their earlier physical hardships now. I don't want to be that way when I retire. :(
I like your site, great layout. I don't know if it was the site or my WiFi, but it was slow, I am pretty sure it is here. Do you know you have ads in the Thai language?
Colin
I didn't see any ads in Thai, FWIW. But I did get anti-diet weight loss ads, and another for a 'tender Asian flower that needed a good florist' (hookup ad). Both in English.
Thankyou Colin!! No one has ever told me about it being slow, it's not usually slow on my phone either. That's strange, I wonder if the language depends on your location maybe, because its shows english ads in the US
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Well said, Ziah! I agree 200%, and I like your "Punch Today In The Face" slogan!
Thankyou!!!