Pick A FREAKING Direction!

in #life7 years ago

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So many people only have such a vague idea of what they want to do with their lives. While there are millions of things you can do and be in life, It's understandable that you can't just layout everything you want to do in your life in one afternoon. So many of us think that for us to move in a specific direction, we need to know exactly where we want to go.

Where Does Your Effort Go?

We all put some effort into our lives, Whether it's at our jobs, At home. Or into our families.
Do those correspond to your long-term goals?
But the problem is, Many of us don't' even have long-term goals.

Where Do You See Yourself?

Where are you in 10 years, Five years, two years?
Many of us don't sit and think about it. Add up your age, now think about it.
If you could have ANYTHING you've ever wanted, What would you want?
This is a good starting step to making long-term goals.
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Example

In 2 years I'll be 27 Years Old.
I would like to be married by then. And traveling a ton!
I would still want to be self-employed. Maybe have a cute little house by the beach. I would want to have lots of extra time to do ART every day! I would hope that I still have my awesome Shirt business and my blog on Steemit! With lots more hikes, Bike rides and travels documented. I'm hoping by then to start volunteering to help clean up our oceans And do more to help others.

In 5 years I'll be 30 Years Old.
By then I'd like to have a very strong foundation down with my business, To where most of my tasks that I don't enjoy doing, Are outsourced. Of course still blogging here on Steemit.
Maybe even have that cute beach house I bought, Paid off.
Traveling around the world, and testing myself in many ways. Running marathons. And trying new things! Maybe I could have some new hobbies.

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It's quite easy to layout what we want When we avoid thinking about all of the limitations that we have, Of course though. If we want to make these things a reality we also have to take action.

Everyday Habits

What can you do every day to get to the exact life that you want! Sadly when we think of making big changes in our life, We are more focused on making big changes.
These big changes intimidate us and make us avoid the very thing that could get us closer to our goals. Which are daily habits!
Consistency and what you do daily add up to everything you will do with your life.
If you want to be a writer... Read and write every day.
Want to pay off your house? Start paying a little extra every month on your bill. And if you can, Try and work an extra 10 minutes at work each day.
Changing your routine, so it reflects your values, And long-term goals. Adds up in so many unexpected ways.

We waste so much of our time and effort pursuing the wrong thing; This is why it's important to get a rough idea of what we want, So we can start pursuing it. Don't waste your efforts on "anything." Direct it in the place you want to go.

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Beautiful words .. well done
I think it is better to be spontaneous and simple in one's life
Thank you for the pictures.

Yes, we need to know where exactly we want to go. I am applying it also in my life. I do make plans and time frame if I want to achieve something. I set my goals and I will do my best to reach it. But at one point, I wasn't getting my set plans anymore and trials come, to the extent I want to give up. And as they say, there is rainbow after the rain. Lesson learned: A man's heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps (Proverbs 16:9)

Only place I want to go is space and have kids, then my life will be complete even if I was to pass away. I would be happy with those two things hehe. :)
So my direction is up!

RIght? Space! Would be the best hehe! Hopefully you can have kids once you are ready ehhe.

And hopefully the rest that you want over time, comes to you as well. :)

I completely agree; we can be what we want to be and accomplish what we want. I think the reason why many don't choose a direction is because of fear. I often use this quote, it's because its so awesome and i think it also reflects well on this issue:

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"

  • Marianne Williamson

Confidence is such an important thing, its that voice that makes us go for our target and that makes us realize we can make it. Having said this, confidence wont get you anywhere without direction and planning- this is definitely key, otherwise it will be like finding a hidden treasure without the treasure map.

Right? I confidence is a huge one, And it makes such a big difference.
I love that quote. It's so true!

Yes you are right most people don;t know in what direction they are going.Quality is not an act,...it is a habit. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. Excellence is an art won by training and habituation..

I feel like that’s why we have goals . Create , achieve , and repeat . We shouldn’t settle for less either .

I hope in the future I can continue being on here all the time and be self-employed

I just read this time
writing we have to think for the future so we have a vision that we should be able to apply later.

thank you for enlightening.
I have never thought about what would become a pratron for the next few years with a target later on.

at my age of 23 I spent a lot of time just to organize in the world of college, so I keep looking for identity, until now I have never found out what my identity until now.

really like you say we should have a target forwards. with the existence of the target then we have a goal so that we dream that must come true.

I really like your writing allow me to share your writing on my blog.
glad to get acquainted with you at Steemit.

This is something I have thought about, but never sat down and actually wrote out. I am 33 years old now, married with two kids that take up a large portion of my time. I am self-employed as a blogger and freelance writer, but part of me would love to become a private investigator or a detective. I need to sit down and map out my 2, 5, and 10 year plans...maybe I can fit becoming an investigator in there somewhere?

I'm sure you can if you really try hard enough! You being on Steemit should also help you get there. Figure out the action steps required to be an investigator! I hope you get there :)

Such wisdom I simply didn't have at your age. I suppose that is why you were in the position to start STEEMit at the right time and build a solid block of your empire. So excited for you.

This really is a marathon and not a sprint, and it is habits that win or lose you ground.

Having a fantastic talent for art is also such a gift and I am glad you share it so successfully on a great platform like this.

Never stop

Thank you, I definitely got lucky and heard about Steemit early on. It's not a sprint by any means hehe.

Hi @kaylinart do be really realistic I do not have a roadmap of where I'd be in ten years time,however I've panned out how my life will go, and maybe I will just allow fate to decide.

You look stunning there

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Yes true It motivated we should know our goals in this life and know what we want to be and to do in the future they said if you woke up with no dream to realise go back to sleep .
and as i said in post i posted it today about happiness

do what you want not what people want

Post title is "it>s the time to be you' if you are interested

Exactly! You need to be able to pick your own direction and not let other people influence you too much.