“No one is coming to save you.” I remember a friend saying this to me many years ago. The particulars of that conversation are foggy, but I can tell you that while at first hearing that felt a bit like a slap in the face, those words would later end up changing my life. The unfortunate thing about these life lessons though, is that sometimes we forget all about them. Every once in a while I will find myself falling…
How to Rock Your Goals in 2019 I can’t stand the word “resolutions.” When I hear “resolutions,” I think immediate failure and discouragement. I think of that one year when I promised myself I’d learn to play guitar, go for a run every single day for the entire year, or stay away from red wine for at least six months. Yeah, that last one was never going to happen. So yes, there is something (…rather obvious) about the New Year…
On Overcoming Fear + Embracing Change In life, there are small things we’re afraid of (spiders, anyone?) bigger things we’re afraid of (that’d be thalassophobia for me, thanks), and those really, really big things we’re afraid of- like making a significant lifestyle change or staring failure right in its face. Of course, there’s the actual fear- a natural instinct that’s part of our survival mechanism which protects us from danger- we kinda need that one to stick around. There’s also a…
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the phrase “finding balance” for a very long time now. We tend to think that having “balance” in life equals “having it all.” Does it really, though? One of my favorite Dalai Lama quotes is “Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.“ These words have always served me as a reminder that anything “great” or anything truly worth having, requires not just discipline, but also some…
The secret to your success, any success, lies in your habits, routines and the things you do every single day. It doesn’t matter what you’re after in life, or what your definition of success is- it never happens overnight. Every change always begins with a single step. You don’t always have to know what that second or third step should be, either. That first step is what will help you get started. Challenging yourself is one of the most important…