The Web-Guru Wannabe

You CAN succeed at life. Don’t give in to mediocrity!

You can do it! Just Persevere!

I’m in my late twenties and have a lot of friends whom are settling down with families and working on professional degrees and some who are still working on what they want to do. There’s nothing wrong with ANY of these. To some degree, I still don’t know EXACTLY what I’m supposed to do. I have an idea, and I know what I don’t like to do, so this helps. What I have a disgust with is irking through life and never excelling at anything–just maintaining and serving as an eyesore for the general population. Nobody is perfect, and everyone makes mistakes–how you choose to react to them makes all the difference in the world. If you are complacent with your relationships, career, spiritual life, finances or emotions, they will be vague and you will be ultimately unsatisfied with your life. Here are a few tips you can use to get back on track with your life:

Exercise Regularly

There’s something that happens to our bodies when we exercise–promoting great cardiovascular health, getting rid of harmful toxins, replenishing our cells, organs and immune functions, Endorphins to make us feel great, etc. Besides the obvious health benefits, there are things that happen to our bodies when we get in shape–they LOOK better, and we know that they do, so we feel confident about ourselves. This self confidence could be the boost in going on a date with that hot girl/guy you’ve always wanted, blowing away a job interview or even speaking in public with ease. When we exercise we’re ready to take on the world!

Get school done first, then start a career

If you are already settled and have a job, a family and other responsibilities, there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with going to school–as long as you make room for those other responsibilities. It’s nasty when two people conceive a child, and both of them have to work/go to school during the day/night and the child is caught in the middle, only for the parents to discover what a great responsibility the child is. The same is true of a career. Think it through before taking action, if possible. Go back to school NOW, Get certified, get specialized before taking that job, and you’ll be glad you did later on. If you can’t go back to school, ask your supervisor about tuition reimbursement programs or any type of on the job training–anything to make you more marketable.

Balance your Checkbook

Your parents used to have to do this, before we had internet banking. Get some type of ledger, if you can still get ahold of one (they come with your checks, or you might have to ask the bank) and use it. It’s easy. Doing so after every transaction will teach you self-discipline, self-reliance and you’ll actually know where your money is going. There is something wrong with Internet Banking. It encourages laziness. You’ll feel better in general about your spending habits when you keep track of them-by manually balancing your transactions.

Develop relationships with real people

Today we live in an information age where it is easier to contact someone by email rather than telephone them. Some people prefer it as the standard means of communication because it allows them to keep a safe distance away from someone while talking “at” them rather than talking “to” them. This is unacceptable. In fact most of our kids are abandoning e-mail for a crude type of L33T-speak, as done in instant messaging. Have we gotten DUMBER? Nope, just really, really lazy. Here’s a challenge for us: Can we go one week without communicating via email, instant messaging or internet social ? That’s why we’re scared to death and so standoffish.  If we’re afraid of communicating face to face or by telephone, we should make an effort to make ourselves accountable to real people. Start by having a meetup, and use the internet to get off the internet!

Do, “something” don’t do “nothing”

For any of these things, you have the power to change yourself for the better. Go look in the mirror. You are the only person who cares most about getting a better job, going back to school, spending time with your spouse or family or getting organized in your finances. If you don’t do something about it, who on earth will? If you do nothing, you will turn around 10, 20 30 or 40 years later wishing you would have done something. What’s the difference between failing and succeeding? It’s simple really. Succeeding means you won because you knew how to win and didn’t learn anything. Failing means you lost and learned something about how to win next time, and the next time, and the next time, etc.