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(1) Getting a colon hydrtheraphy this month. (2) Cleaning up my diet. Limiting junk food/fast food to once a week. (3) Investing in a trainer to help me get in the shape I want. * 2016 is about getting healthy and enhancing my physical appearance
 
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1984 said:
Thinking positive in the midsts of negativity.

This is something I have been thinking about lately, because I've been feeling better about life as of late. I realized in the past I let myself become hoplessly consumed by negativity. It was almost comforting

Then I realized, if I was going to progress in life, I really had to do away with the negativity and focus on the positivity. And I've been doing that now. So now, with that focus, my goals and achievements become that more recognizable and the journey towards them becomes more easier to traverse.

The constant is negativity though. At times it's unavoidable. It's a part of life. But you got to have positivity on the other side to balance it out...the ying and the yang.

Being on the coli, I realize that this place can be an ungodly manifestation of negativity and posters project it onto one another. I realized I did this at times to because I was unhappy and discontent with where I wanted to be in my life.

Rather than dwell on that negativity, I allowed myself to focus on the positive. I focused on my strengths rather than my weaknesses. This helped me to actualize my goals.

And I feel that's why my 2015 was epic.

And this year will be even more epic.
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This is 100% true. Its so easily to get those negative thoughts into your head when you've had a bad day, somethings pissed you off etc and I found when you're thinking negatively you start to doubt yourself, doubt what you're doing and ultimately ending up wasting precious time in the day feeling sorry for yourself. Having a negative mindset is absolutely toxic and being around negative people is toxic as well.

I was con stantly thinking negatively when I was down, without a job and had no money. I said to myself one day I want to snap out of this mindset so I started working out again and went out more and got myself back into a good grove and thankfully found a job soon after. Keep active people. have a good diet and good a healthy mindset
 
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Update:

BTW, will respond to everyone in my PMs soon...been swamped with all sorts of requests, demands, etc. while juggling my own business and webblogs.
 
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Great thread bro, I been trying to turn my life around for 2 years now but I keep getting caught up in bullshyt or falling back into bad habits. I'm ain't giving up though.
 
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Signed up for culinary arts program after putting it on the back burner for a few months. :manny: They got microeconomics and statistics on the course though. :what:
 
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Not really a self improvement but helps with your life. Deleting contacts out of your phone. Especially those that don't give a fukk about you. Got a new phone anyway from my work and deleting girls that didn't give me the time of day, people who wanted me for stuff, etc.

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At30wecashout said:
1.be hard on yourself. I have a list of "to-dos" that would make my life easier day by day, but i dont do them. Why? Instant gratification. I had to get a ride with my lil sis after missing the bus this morning. Shes not even 21 and has a car, and im asking her for rides? My point? I wasnt thinking about all of that when i was fukking around on dota last night, or skating and spending money, or sleeping late when i should be aiming for my next full-time gig. Be hard on yourself and remind yourself why you are slipping.

2. Incentivize yourself. Last night while i was playing dota, and lost :francis: i meandered down to the kitchen to cook some swordfish, basmatti rice, and broccoli. Sure im not the only one home, but the dishes were fukked and clearly no one was gonna touch them. My plan was to simmer the food and play dota, but instead, i made a deal: if I wash those dishes, then I can go play. 30 minutes later i was eating like a king, dishes clean, and prepping for my next game, delay gratification, and do the shyt you need to *now*. Procrastination literally ruins lives. Reward yourself with what you were gonna do anyway, but only after knocking out your tasks.

3. Do anything but wait. Many of us suffer from analysis paralysis and rest on our laurels if we are trying to make another investment into ourselves. I cant afford to go to the gym right now..so do i sit on my ass till i can? Nah. I hit them bodyweights, and creatively use my 15 and 25 lb dumbells to knock out a real workout.
Your job sucks and you wanna move on? Dont slack, fix your habits. While you look, perform at your peak.

When your next real opportunity comes, how you gonna appreciate and be your best when the last step wasnt taken care of? If i went from my low wage, low responsibility jobs to having a business fall in my lap, im not going to conjure up work ethic out of nowhere. The easiest way to prep for the next move is to make sure you aced the last one. Evolution of character is very fukking important, and if you give up when shyt aint going your way today, tomorrow is going to be much the same.
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im bouta cry :mjcry:

i got this :smugdraper:
 
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