I Want It All. Not
Even Kidding.
I want it all. Greedily, selfishly, hopelessly,
romantically, I want it all.
Don’t you? You may be thinking, what in the HECK is she
talking about now? But just respond instinctively….bear with me, ok?
Find Your Passion
Don’t you desire everything you want? The nameless,
shapeless wants that are just a flashing picture and maybe a sound that
reverberates deep within your bones…that ache
that lets you know you’re alive and capable of dreams, of ambition and achieving
it all? Well it happens to me, and if you don’t have those wants then you
should start looking until you find something that ignites within you that
passion.
I believe each one of us is given a specific talent or gift.
What a shame to not squeeze every last DROP out of that talent that we can and
turn ourselves into the most dazzling, the very best version of us that we can
be.
In order to achieve those wants, I believe we have to make
specific plans….and then work our asses off!
How To Get What You
Want
What are you doing, thinking and planning this fall that is
different than years past? A month can seem light years away to me, and then I
look up and two years have gone by and my lifestyle and habits are stuck in the
same rut as they were before.
My fix for this is two part: clearly defined goals and
calling myself, even if I only whisper, by the name of what I want to be one
day.
The First Part
Goals are just stepping-stones to making your dreams come
true and because of this, goals are incredibly important to me, as they should
be to you.
If you have a vague idea of the type of person you hope to
be some day and dream about the far flung fancies you might accomplish, but you
have no goals, you’ll waste an awful lot of time and energy flaffing about and not getting much done.
*Flaffing….from the
Greek meaning “to waste time”. Flaffing is directly related to the word “floundering”
in meaning.
If you don’t have clearly defined goals, my advice to you
would be, get your rear in gear sister and write out everything you can think
of that you hope to accomplish in life. By everything, I mean everything.
Emotional characteristics, physical attributes, business hopes, recreational
outlets, financial goals….write everything down. For example, your list might
look something like this at first:
·
I want to be able to do a handstand
·
I want to have a zillion dollars in savings
·
I want to loose 5lbs
·
I want to give “x” amount of money to (whatever
cause/charity)
·
I want to be able to leap tall buildings in a
single bound and rule the world
Hahaha just checking to see if you were paying attention!!!
But seriously, once you have all the random things
that you want to accomplish one day, it’s time to organize them into sections.
I have mine organized into Financial, Spiritual, Career/Personal, Health and
Physical sections.
After everything is organized according to category, I make
monthly goals that will bring me closer to all the main goals up on top. At the
end of each month I update my monthly goals. My goals for October looked like
this:
Liz’s October
Short Term Goals, 2012
·
Put away $200 dollars in saving account for
emergency fund goal of $1000 by the end of December.
·
Start running again 2 or 3 times a week. Build
up to ride bike for an hour at a time.
·
Maintain study habits that will get you an A in
class. Read more of textbook every day.
·
Keep working on pushups! Goal of 30 at a time by
the end of the month!
·
Learn last two songs in Suzuki piano book
·
Read Adobe (five pages every night) and work on
it by yourself until you can afford lesson.
·
Shoot twice a week.
·
Start meditating for five minutes in the
morning.
·
Write grandparents letters 3 or 4 times this
month.
·
Wear sunscreen every day!!!!
·
Becoming educated is the goal! Keep working and
continuously push yourself!
Tonight I’ll go through everything, reevaluate where I am
and make new goals for the month of November so that I’m continuously growing
and pushing myself. Yours of course will look different and everyone has
different things that they’re focused on or that mean more to them at different
times in their life. The important thing is to at least WRITE THEM DOWN. In
high school I had my goals written out on a sheet of paper that was taped my
closet door where I could see it and read over my goals every day. Now days I’m
on my computer all the time for school and writing, so I have a folder titled
“Goals” and I keep them in a word document. I read them over at least once
every day and seeing how my goals have evolved through the months inspires me
to try harder.
The Second Part
The second part, and what I believe goes hand in hand with
goals, is to start calling yourself by the name of what you want to be. If you
do that, you can’t help but start
acting and thinking like it.
For example, I want to be a runner. I hope to run at least
15 miles a week one day and one day I want to run a marathon. My “run” at the
moment is actually better described as a fast jog. So far, I can run 2 miles at
a time and I run about 4 times a week and uh… it’s not pretty. But I believe
that calling myself a runner will help me get into the mindset of a runner. If I take myself seriously, how can I not
succeed? And if you take yourself seriously, other people around you don’t have
any option but to take you seriously as well.
So if you want to be an actress, you should think of
yourself as an actress and call yourself an actress, even if you only whisper
it while you’re washing your hair in the shower. If you want to be an
incredible cook but you’re only capable of boiling water, start thinking of
yourself as a cook! Use the term over and over and see what happens. Bet you
start acting, thinking and cooking
like a cook!
Putting It All
Together
So go ahead…get greedy (In the good sense! Not the
materialistic sense!), and want it all. You have the tools and skills to make
your, hopes, dreams, wants and desires come true. Maybe the dream you have,
floating around in the back of your mind scares you because you COULD
accomplish it. And if you’re capable of achieving that goal, what’s to stop you
from achieving anything you set your mind to? There is safety in the known, the
ordinary and sometimes that holds us back, keeps us from going after the
unknown and the frightening. And the thought of us being extraordinary can be a
little terrifying.
Think of yourself as that person.
