Being in your 20’s is a thrill in a lot of ways. You have arguably more freedom and flexibility in your choices and decisions than at any other point in your life. Before you were a teenager, under your parental guardian’s authority and limited in what you could do. After your 20’s, you will potentially…
Approaching situations in an efficient manner helps us accomplish things faster. Oxford’s dictionary definition of efficient is achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense. It is often a complaint that there are not enough hours in a day to accomplish everything we want to get done, so being efficient needs to be a…
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom is a personal-development book written by Don Miguel Ruiz. The book talks about ‘agreements’ that you can make with yourself that will help you improve your life and become a happier, more complete person. They are: The book itself was an enjoyable read, and all four agreements…
Whenever I get the opportunity to write a diary entry, I really enjoy it. They are therapeutic in a way. I try limiting them to relevant topics about my personal life, typically something I can share that shows growth and is relatable. With this week being the one-year anniversary of my blog, and this past…
Last week, I wrote about taking 100% responsibility for your actions. This week, I wanted to address what kind of mentality you can have to make it easier when taking responsibility. This means to stop making excuses for yourself or blaming others for your predicaments. The way to do this is to develop what I…
I hate excuses. I really do. They’re too easy to make and have absolutely no benefit for you, or for anybody else. All making excuses do is prevent you from taking responsibility for your actions and decisions. It’s so easy to make an excuse when: you don’t follow through on a promise something goes wrong…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, time is the most valuable asset you have. It is more valuable than money. You can always make more money. It is more valuable than any materialistic possession, even a home or a car. There will always be a bigger home or a faster car. Those…
Helping others is one of the most powerful things you can do whenever you are feeling upset or find yourself in a self-improvement slump. In a magical way, when we help others, we also help ourselves. Helping others makes you feel pretty amazing. Not to mention you are doing a good deed to improve the…
We all have things that we are currently doing either consciously or unconsciously that can have a negative impact and be a detriment to our overall happiness and quality of life. Below are 7 of the most popular things that many of us do that have no positive impact on our life. If you stop…
