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Give Yourself A Break- You’re Doing The Best You Can

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Some days I am at a lose of what my next chapter will be. Right now I’m in the awkward phase where I’m in between two chapters, trying to figure out my transition. To be honest, it all comes down to me building the courage to move forward and to start writing the next page.

Day after day I think about moving away and finally transitioning to the career field I’ve been waiting for and wanting to be in. The concept of moving away is what I want, but then I think about all that I am leaving behind and then the concept loses its beauty just a bit. But moving away is what I need to do to fulfill this desire I have been working for, to be in a field that I actually love. My obstacle at the moment is breaking the barrier of fear and just going for it; as scary as it is to leave all I know and all my memories behind, it’s just something I need to do.

But what I need to remember until then is that, even though I feel like I’m wasting time and not working towards anything, I actually am doing the best I can in this given moment. I haven’t given up on my dream, and the dream isn’t going to expire anytime soon. I think our biggest flaw as humans is that we think just because something hasn’t happened yet, you’re not doing the best you can or not working hard enough. There are days where we probably could do more, but if we let our dream die, THEN we have failed. Until then, we haven’t failed at all.

Our worst critic is ourselves, but we can also be our biggest fan. Our mentalities control our actions, and if we learn to change our mentalities from less critical to more optimistic, we can thrive so much better. The world we live in supplies so much pressure in life as it is, we don’t need our own selves to add anymore. This doesn’t mean to not push yourself or to not try as hard, but to remember that it’s okay to not be exactly where you thought you would be, and it’s okay to fail sometimes, it’s okay to be disappointed or to not always be the best. But it’s not okay to give up or provide excuse after excuse on why you’re procrastinating. Life isn’t going to wait for us to finally decide when we’re ready to leap, but it will provide us with endless possibilities and opportunities. Take them!

Give yourself a break- you’re doing the best you can, but don’t let that be your excuse a year from now. Keep moving forward and working hard; God has big plans for your life, don’t let them slip away.

Never Stop Learning – Never Stop Dreaming

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Since graduating college I thought I would be so grateful to be done with school, and I definitely am, but I will always have the yearning in myself to continue learning. I have a list of things I want to know more about, and a list of things I want to try. But I think as humans, we think that once we are done with school the learning stops there, and that is so so false. As humans with huge intellectual capacities, we should push and push and continue learning everything and anything. We should seek out the subjects that peak our interests, and wander into new ones we never thought that much about.

‘Joe Rogan Experience #1201 – William von Hippel’ has been one of the most eye-opening videos I have ever watched. I don’t agree with 50% of the content in it, BUT they talk about continuing to learn and read and expand our minds, and that is something I absolutely concur with.

I’m only 22 and have so much I will accomplish in my life, but even when I’m 70 I will continue to dream and explore life. I think everyone, no matter what age, should continue their education and continue dreaming the biggest they can. It does not mean we have to enroll ourselves back into school, but we can go out and learn on our own. If the financial ability supports it, then go back to school if that’s what you desire! Or just take a couple classes for fun. Southeast Community College has a ‘Continuing Education’ section, which holds a multitude of courses! We should take advantage of the learning opportunities that surround us, because the US is so much more fortunate than other countries in the education department.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. -Henry Ford

No matter what age, we should continue learning, continue expanding, and continue dreaming!! Our capacity does not have a limit, but you might be limiting yourself if you don’t think you have to continue learning. You have no idea what you could find yourself stepping into if you just listen to that yearning for learning inside of you. (I’m sorry for the rhyming and cheesiness, but get over it.)

Make goals to read a book a month, learn a new language at your own pace, take a fun cooking class, learn about human cells, or the planets/ stars/ asteroids/ the orbits in space! Just continue learning, and never stop dreaming. It’s never too late and you are never too old to learn and follow your dreams.