What is next?
Could this simple question be your source of motivation?
Every time you hit a milestone, a temptation to relax always emerges. You should fight this temptation by viewing every accomplishment as an opportunity to do even more and to achieve something even more significant; something that has a greater impact.
So, to stay motivated, after celebrating and reflecting on what you have achieved, you should ask yourself: what is next?
5 interesting quotes by the Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón about books:
1-“Few things leave a deeper mark on the reader than the first book that finds its way to his heart.”
2-“I was raised among books, making invisible friends with pages that seemed cast from dust and whose smell I carry on my hands to this day.”
3-“In the shop, we buy and sell them, but in truth, books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.”
4-“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn’t matter to anyone changed my life.”
5-“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
Do we get attracted to what we think about? Or do things and persons send vibes that make us get attracted to them?
I think we attract what we think about, whether it’s a person, feeling or a thing. We are the strong magnet in this process. The world is full of things from all kinds and people with different traits and characteristics. But we don’t see all that. We only see what we think about; our own horizon shrinks to include things and people we have something in common with and on the other hand detach what may be odd to us.
And I think it’s fair enough!
So, it all starts in your head and heart. When you fill these organs with love, passion, and positivity, you’ll get it. However, when you just go in life aimlessly, holding a grudge toward others, and with a bunch of complaints, you’ll get just the same as you feel.
But what about times of being depressed, sad, or anxious? How can we during these times change our sails to the positive while we are unable to take any action or see anything away from BLACK?
I think during good times, we should write down what makes us happy, motivated, and eager to achieve new things and go on living. So during hard times, we can get back to those notes and make use of what we wrote before. Of course, it’ll be hard to be so objective and detach yourself from your current mood, but it can help in some way.
It’s your own job!
You’re the one who is responsible for directing your sails and drawing lines of your steps towards your destination.
So every time you feel things are going the other direction you’ve been planning on, just think for a second; what was my main thought for the day?
Here is a list of questions that you should ask yourself now and then to know if you are on the right track:
1-How is my life working out?
2-How is my daily attitude; how happy am I?
3-How are my relationships with my family, friends, and mentors?
4-How effectively am I feeding my brain?
5-How is my goal-setting? How satisfied am I with how my goals have manifested in my life?
* To be able to move on, you have to be comfortable making decisions at all times. Otherwise, you’ll get stuck being indecisive.
* Indecisiveness halts progress. So, if you’re afraid of falling into the deep dark well of indecisiveness, try to make decisions quickly.
* If your decisions didn’t work out, evaluate them so you can be better prepared in the future.
* Always keep in mind, moving on and dealing with the present is your only option because there no chance to change the past.
Here are 10 quotes by the genius Picasso who was born on this day in 1881, in Malaga, Spain. His extraordinary talent wasn’t evident only in his paintings, he was a great sculpture, and writer as well.
1-“Everything you can imagine is real.”
2-“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. ”
3-“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
4-“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
5-“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone”
6-“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun”
7-“Unless your work gives you trouble, it is no good.”
8-“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.”
9-“What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing.”
10-““Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
First, you should admit your mistakes to yourself.
Then, have a better scenario in your mind that allows you to overcome forthcoming challenges and obstacles.
Finally, once have a scenario in mind, stick to it and implement it with rigor.
Always focus on what you want to create or achieve.
Regret be off!
Choose not to get hung up on what you could or should have done.
Always keep your eyes on the prize.
Is it healthy to dream big while you’ve achieved nothing?
They say that you should dream big if you want to be successful. Small dreams lead you nowhere and they may allure you with ephemeral success. Yet, the long-lasting success emerges from dreaming big.
But how can big dreams affect your first steps?
I believe that big dreams aren’t healthy while you are just starting. They would make your first steps unsteady. You’d be agitated deep within and you’d try to pursue your big dream as fast as you can. So, as you dream of something so far away from your current position, you would be urged to take very long steps just to reach that dream while you aren’t trained yet!
Meanwhile, as you find the way in real life not the same as the one you’ve imagined, the flame of passion would distinguish, and you may give the whole thing up just because you weren’t realistic with your dreams at the first place.
You find out that your BIG dreams don’t match your real abilities and skills.
However, at these beginnings, small dreams which can be achieved easily would become healthier; they allow you to focus on small tasks, taking a step at a time and open the door to achievements, even small. You make a good use of your skills, which would be sharpened by practicing. Your mind would grow adapted to new challenges and how to handle them. Little by little, you may raise the scale of your progress, dream big, and set big plans.
With these small achievements, which are a result of small dreams, you build your first solid steps, which you can stand on with confidence and build on them. Moreover, as your small dreams come true, you will be more self-confident and that will nourish your passion to achieve more and more.
Afterward, you’ll not be obliged to start from scratch every time you face obstacles or a drawback. And even if you are forced to take some steps backward, they would be ceased by reaching the solid steps you’ve already built.
So, small dreams are as important as big ones. Each one has its own stage in life. Each one has its own benefits.
let’s celebrate the memory of Robert Bridges, the English poet who was born on this day in 1844, with one of his sweet short poems.
Were I a cloud I’d gather
My skirts up in the air,
And fly I well know whither,
And rest I well know where.
Book I, No. 4, The Cliff-Top
inasessa 