GO FOR IT

I often think and write about making changes and finding ways to actively 'kick start' my life and give it a good push forward. 

While, I truly believe that a routine gets us through the everyday tasks we need to accomplish, most of us, I know feel from time to time that we would like to make something happen. 

Whether we feel stuck in a rut, or the change of seasons reminds us that time is passing, or for whatever reason, we feel it would be nice to feel a sense of progress, inspiration and enthusiasm again. 

Something tells me/us that being proactive, and taking an active role is more likely to move things ahead than waiting for something new to appear on the horizon someday.

As always, though, where do you start? If it was easy, we would already be out there working on our next Bucket List or confident that life doesn't get any better than this.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't meet too many people who feel their lives could not be any better. So back to the Drawing Board, where do we start when we feel we are low on inspiration and new ideas?

I'd say start with yourself. That is, after all, who you want to work on and with. Knowing what you really want, is a fine place to start to getting it. 

Do you have a secret dream? Is there something you always wanted to do but couldn't either because other obligations or perhaps because there didn't ever seem to be enough money to do it? 

I suggest that, once you think about this a bit, you ask yourself how much you want this dream? Next ask yourself, who or what in your life actually prevents it's realization? You may be surprised to find that the person preventing success is yourself. 

For example, the obligations that prevented you from going after the dream may originally have been taking care of your younger family or elderly parents. You might consider whether the same circumstances still exist. 

On the other hand, if you thought you did not have enough money to fulfill your dream, you might scrutinize the way you use whatever money you have. 

You might also, after deciding that you really still want this dream to become a reality, realize that some extra funds might be found to bridge the gap between your dream and your pocketbook. In other cases, some extra effort may be required.  

Sometimes physical limitations, such as being out of shape, preclude your dream. Skydiving or active sports activities such as running a Marathon, would be impossible if you do not do something to make it physically possible. Such things have been overcome by others and might be something you also could achieve. 

Life you may already have learned, involves a certain amount of compromise. We must be realistic also about our personal strengths and weaknesses. You must also, accept that unless your dream becomes a priority, it is unlikely that you will ever fulfil it.

Everyone else is not more exceptional, we are not surrounded by Super Heroes, or even particularly gifted paragons who are easily capable of 'having it all' either. 

There are however, some things each of us believes we would like to have, or do. I personally am convinced that each of us is capable of a lot more than we think we are, if only we decide to direct ourselves toward a life closer to our dreams than the one we currently live.