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Making a Living Out of Not Having a Life
Bonjour. My name is Laura and I'm here to fascinate you with the world of colorful truths. Based on the well known fact that this generation of kids ages 18-25 are extremely spoiled, what is a way to bridge the age gap and have them start adulting early? Well let me inform you on this thing I like to call "revving ones engine." Basically it consists of experimenting with challenging tactics. If you challenge yourself everyday, this combats laziness, raises self esteem and boosts productivity. It can also have an effect on your libidoš Needless to say...all of you who are chillaxin on the couch behind your screen trollin the social media world....You're missing out on endless potential. You are the ambassadors of the future!! You have the potency to change this era (and stigma) of this generational gap where kids are programmed with a sense of entitlement. All by resurrecting your innate desire to serve. The word serve has many connotations...in this context it is directly linked with your true passions. Yes, you read correctly...you can earn an income doing what you love. Be a duke of all trades. Start with a poem, a guitar riff, a sandcastle. The recognition will come...you only need to begin. What's beyond your front door?
By ...8 years ago in Motivation
Discovering Time Management II
During the first week of planning in order to find my 12 extra hours, I found that attempting to micro plan my week put too many constraints on my psyche and my day. It didnāt allow for moments to waver, and neither did it allow for lifeās little roadblocks. Trying to plan out every hour can have an adverse effect on attempts to organize and maximize time.
By Emilia Dunaway8 years ago in Motivation
It's Not About Them
I got up this morning with no intention to write. I had been sick over the past weekend and after staying in bed for two days, I finally decided to get up and shower. With all of this new found energy, I decided to do something that I have been wanting to do for a while now. I decided to write. I wrote an article a few months back but haven't had the itch to write since then that is until today.
By Rachael Wilson8 years ago in Motivation
Fight the āGoodā Fight
Every day I wake up to the news, every day it's the same: violence, killing, crime, hate. Currently there is a race for government offices, so we get to see commercials about corruption, lying, and people whose only concern is themselves. We take this in and try to decide who is the lesser of many evils. We watch the news and think why do they show all these horrible events. But this is what we have all accepted, like it or not. If it's not violent, if it's not a crime, it's not news. I am guilty like many others of seeing "fluff stories" and saying, really is that news? We are bored with the good. Nobody wants to hear about someone paying for someone else's cup of coffee. Nobody believes in a commercial about a politician who does things for others just because. We all hate and our saddened by these mass killings, but what can we do about that it? Whatever side you are on, on gun laws, I doubt anyone is on the side of children being killed. What I am writing is not about gun laws, I am not debating which party is better. What I am writing about is being "good." We can't change everything in the world, but we can try to make things better. For the record I do not believe anyone needs a weapon thatās only use is to kill multiple people quickly. I mean, bombs arenāt legal. Why is that? Because, there is only one reason to have them; mass killing.
By S. Rogers8 years ago in Motivation
No, We Can't Make It Alone
When we are born, we spend about 8 months inside the women that'll give birth to us. Then, one day we pop out and say hello to the world, where the doctor, nurses and the person who brought us to the world wait for us to react to this new environment. In some cases, our association with the main person on this event might not be positive which becomes a factor for why we feel so alone since we're kids and in isolation and depression. There's a phrase I've always heard. "We were born alone and alone we'll die. I don't know who invented that ton of ridiculousness because I've realized that the phrase couldn't be more wrong.
By Mariposa Blanca8 years ago in Motivation
Dream It. Do It. Achieve It.
One may achieve everything in their life yet not be happy, and one could just struggle to follow and live his/her dream and attain pure, sheer happiness. That is the sweet taste of struggle for following oneās dreams. In this world, we might just be able to count the number of people but not the number of dreams we see: āinfinity.ā
By Siddharth Surana8 years ago in Motivation
How My Depression and Anxiety Helped Me Blossom
So I know it sounds crazy that both of these terrible things helped me become a stronger person but they did. I've had depression since I was a child because of something very bad and traumatic that was happening to me since before I could remember anything else. So I never really understood regular emotion or people. I did have a lot of compassion for someone who was naive and depressed as a child. I loved animals and even nursed some to health but never was a smiling normal child.
By Alisha Miller8 years ago in Motivation
Boundless
I am not bound to the rules of this planet, but bound to the endless traps of my mind. This, like so many other things, has haunted me. How many times have you been held prisoner? Endless thoughts, sleepless nights, and countless memories; they are all binding you, keeping you. Do you often get lost in your own thought? Wander aimlessly in the darkness that is your mind. What have you missed out there, in the real world? You are a mindless victim of having too much mind. You are captivated in the essence of "what ifs," "maybes," and "could it be." You need help, but who can help you escape yourself? Maybe, reader, you have been the hero all along.
By Deinara Williams8 years ago in Motivation
30 Things to Do Before We Turn 30
I turn 30 this year. 30 used to be the biggest milestone; I remember being 16, and about to leave school. Everything I wanted to do seemed so possible. I teach 16-year-old's now, and I do give them that withered, age-old advice "It goes too quickly," and "You'll look back and wish you had tried harder." I'm already picturing myself in a rocking chair, slippers on, with an old fat cat on my lap, and they are the picture of youth! It's so unfair! Yet, here it is, coming up around the bend. I WILL ACTUALLY BE 30... very soon.
By Laura Alexa8 years ago in Motivation
Adversity Builds Perspective
My Story: Getting into the University of Tennessee-Knoxville was a dream that exceeded all expectations I had for myself. When I got my acceptance letter I thought it was a joke. Up until the day I moved into my dorm I was waiting for the university to call me and to say they had made a mistake. Thatās how unworthy and undeserving I felt of the opportunity.
By Kimberly Burley8 years ago in Motivation
