Week 14: Present and Joyful

While going through life we often think we can do something later when in all reality, all we have is the present. I would like to talk today about being more present and active in our daily lives in order to live a life in abundance in the long haul. 
About 5 years ago I was faced with a near death experience when I suffered a severe brain bleed and crushed the left side of my face. I should have woken up knowing no one or worse been a vegetable for the rest of my life. Someone I was blessed enough by God's grace to come out of that experience not a vegetable and most of my faculties in tact. This experience completely changed my perspective on the idea how much each and every moment matters in my life and how little the crap matters. So the first thing I want to talk about is being in the here and now, no matter what. More often then not it is extremely easy to spend a lot of time buried in your cell phone as you make your way through the day. Instead I would challenge you for at least one hour a day to put your phone away and be completely present in what you are doing. I know that as you do this you will see more beautiful things around you and learn to appreciate the joy and happiness that is in life. 


Which brings me to my next point of choosing to be happy, no matter what. All too often I find myself comparing myself and my journey to someone else's journey which results in unhappiness and self doubt. What I have recently started doing instead is replacing those bad or comparative thoughts to finding something that brings me joy in my journey of life. An example of this is when I compare myself in my job to the other women I work with for how amazing they have done in such a short period of time and instead I replace that with I am extremely personable like Sierra who is so successful or I am great at training others just like Sadie does. This takes my ugly comparative thought and turns it into a positive one that sets me up to succeed! I know that as you try this practice it will improve your quality of life and allow you to live a life that is full of much more happiness.

Overall as you become more present and joyful in your life I know that amazing things will come from it as your choose to live your life in abundance and then work for it!  

Lesson 13: Fear is never the answer

This week the thing that hit me the most was the idea of fear and how much it dictates my life for the negative instead of positive. There was a quote shared that said "that “entrepreneurship takes a lot of determination and it takes some fear and a little bit of insanity. Don’t be afraid to be different.” In my own entrepreneurial journey fear, has been the one thing that I felt was holding me back the most in my journey. Fear of not doing something correctly, fear of what other people would think of me, fear of failing and so many other things. In the end though these same fears have done nothing but hold me back from the huge dreams I have in my life. Those huge dreams include me earning a free car and being able to quit my job because of residual income.

One of the main ways that this has manifested itself in my life is by me not wanting to stick out and be different then everyone else. I think that I have not wanted to put myself out there in such a way that I will be able to be judged and looked at too closely by others in fear of my flaws that they would see. The interesting thing is that I tell myself that I do not care what others think quite often in my life and in all reality I think I care more then I let myself believe. 

Well for me this stops today. I am going to do the things that bring me joy and happiness on my journey to my God sized goals because if I do not then I am not honoring my truth. For my this includes sharing what I truly think instead of keeping my mouth shut, sharing the love I have as often as I can, not being afraid to be who I really am and many other things. I know that as I make these changes to be different by being my true self then I will not only find success in my own life but happiness as well!

$100 Challenge: This week was great to wrap up sales for this semester for this class. It was a fantastic experience and because of it I would consider opening a fun bakery place at some point in the future like a something with both sweet and salty treats for people. I have learned I am great with making pies and I have thought about how much I love popcorn and how that could be a fun addition to a sweet and salty place.