THE FIRST STEP IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST

JUST LIKE EVERYTHING IN LIFE, IT ALL STARTS WITH THAT FIRST STEP. THINK ABOUT IT... WAKING UP IN THE MORNING YOU CAN DECIDE TO SNOOZE IT OR WAKE UP AND GO BRUSH UP. DECIDING WHETHER TO EAT SOMETHING EASY LIKE CEREAL OR MAKE SOME BACON AND EGGS. DECIDING TO START READING A BOOK, LEARNING A NEW LANGUAGE, OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT FIRST STEP IS THE ACT OF ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD AND DOING SOMETHING. EVERYTHING STARTS OFF LIKE THAT AND IT JUST CONTINUES ON UNTIL ITS SECOND NATURE. A BABYS FIRST STEP IS PHYSICALLY THE HARDEST FIRST STEP WE WILL TAKE. LATER IN LIFE DECIDING TO GO TO SCHOOL OR GO BACK TO SCHOOL. FINALLY BUYING A CAR, MOVING OUT. DECIDING TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP, GETTING MARRIED, BUYING A HOUSE, HAVING KIDS, ALL THESE ARE STEPS AND NONE OF WHICH COME EASY. WHAT MOTIVATES YOU ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU TAKE THAT FIRST STEP? THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE A JOB? PERHAPS YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO TAKE CARE OF AND ONLY YOU CAN DO IT. WHATEVER IT IS, YOU MADE THE DECISION TO TAKE THAT STEP TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO. FOR ME, PERSONALLY, THE REASON IS CHANGE. I WANT A CHANGE IN SOMETHING, I CANT JUST KEEP DOING WHAT IM DOING. I CONSCIOUSLY KNOW THAT SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE BEFORE OTHER CHANGES CAN OCCUR. EVERYTHING HAPPENS IN STEPS. AFTER I FINISHED SCHOOL I REALLY DIDNT KNOW WHERE TO GO, I MEAN I GOT A JOB BUT IT WASNT WHERE I WANTED TO END UP. I STARTED LOOKING AT SCHOOL AGAIN AND IT WAS HARD TO ACTUALLY TAKE THAT STEP. ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING IN SCHOOL SO LONG, HAVING STUDENT LOANS, AND BASICALLY NOT LIVING MY LIFE THE WAY I WANTED. DEBATED A LOT, AND TOOK A WHILE LOOKING AT WHAT I WANTED TO GO INTO. EVENTUALLY FOUND SOMETHING I LIKED AND KNEW COULD MAKE A LIVING AND JUST WENT FOR IT. TOOK THAT STEP AND REGISTERED AND WENT THROUGH WITH THE PROGRAM. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THAT FIRST STEP, IF YOU NEVER TRY, HOW WILL YOU EVER KNOW? PEOPLE THESE DAYS ARE JUST TOO COMFORTABLE AND DONT WANT TO LEAVE THEIR COMFORT ZONE. NOTHING EVER WORTH DOING WAS EASY... IF IT WAS THEN EVERYONE WOULD HAVE DONE IT ALREADY. THEN AGAIN A LOT OF PEOPLE THESE DAYS ARE JUST AFRAID TO TRY ANYTHING, NOT KNOWING IF THEY COULD DO IT OR MAKE IT. THEY ARE JUST AFRAID OF WHAT THEY DONT KNOW, SO TO NOT BE AFRAID THEY JUST STAY WHERE THEY ARE AND NEVER TAKING THAT STEP. FEAR OF FAILURE, FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN, FEAR OF DISAPPOINTMENT... NONE OF THESE FEARS ARE REAL... THEY ARE ALL IN YOUR HEAD AND IF YOU CAN GET PAST THAT FEAR, THEN YOU WILL TRULY BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANT. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER A FEW MONTHS BACK FOR MY BDAY POST I MENTIONED THAT I GAVE MYSELF A DEADLINE OF 1 YEAR. NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND IVE ONLY TOLD A FEW PEOPLE. ITS A HEFTY GOAL THAT I SET FOR MYSELF, AND ODDS ARE THAT IT CANT BE DONE IN JUST 1 YEAR, BUT LIKE I SAID... IF I NEVER TRY, HOW WILL I EVER KNOW? RIGHT??? THE ENTIRE TIME IVE BEEN WANTING TO START AND I KEEP TELLING MYSELF THAT IM GOING TO START... AND A DAY GOES BY... WEEKS... MONTHS... I KEEP SAYING IM TIRED FROM WORK, OR IM GOING OUT, OR AFTER THIS TV SHOW, OR IM JUST LAZY... AND UP TO A FEW DAYS AGO I STILL HAVENT STARTED... THATS ABOUT 100 DAYS GONE... BUT NOW I CAN ACTUALLY SAY THAT I TOOK THAT FIRST STEP, I TOOK THAT HARDEST STEP AND MOVED FORWARD. NOW THAT I HAVE STARTED, ITS NOT THAT HARD TO CONTINUE, JUST HAVE TO KEEP ON GOING, AND KEEP AT IT. WHO KNOWS... MAYBE IF I KEEP THIS UP THAT 1 YEAR DEADLINE MIGHT ACTUALLY HAPPEN LOL. HAVING SPENT THIS MUCH TIME, MONEY, AND ENERGY ON THIS ALREADY MY ONLY CHOICE IS TO STICK THIS OUT AND SEE WHERE IT LEADS TO. IF IT WORKS OUT THEN GREAT, IF IT DOESNT THEN AT LEAST I CAN SAY I TRIED AND I KNOW. IN THE END NO ONE CAN DO IT FOR YOU. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE FOR YOURSELF IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT STEP. ITS GOING TO BE HARD, ITS GOING TO BE SLOW, AT TIMES YOU MIGHT FEEL LIKE GIVING UP, BUT IN THE END JUST REMEMBER, HARD WORK ALWAYS PAYS OFF. SO NO MATTER HOW HARD THAT FIRST STEP MIGHT BE... WHATEVER YOUR SITUATION MAY BE... DO IT FOR YOURSELF AND TAKE IT.

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THE EFFORT YOU PUT IN

IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE EFFORT THAT ONE PUTS INTO SOMETHING, WHETHER IT BE YOUR JOB OR RELATIONSHIP OR ANYTHING ELSE IN LIFE. THERE IS NO HALF ASS, YOU CAN ONLY DO THINGS FULLY TO ALL OF YOUR CAPABILITY. YOU REALLY GET WHAT YOU PUT IN, AND IN LIFE DO YOU REALLY WANT TO SETTLE? NOT REALLY SETTLE BUT IF YOU ARE ALREADY GOING TO TRY SO HARD WHY NOT TRY YOUR HARDEST? JUST PUT THAT LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT INTO SOMETHING AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. YOU CAN SOMETIMES GET AWAY WITH HALF THE EFFORT BUT IN THE LONG RUN ISNT IT BETTER TO GIVE IT YOUR ALL FOR EVERYTHING? AT LEAST IN THE END YOU CAN LOOK BACK AND KNOW THAT YOU TRIED YOUR HARDEST AND THAT YOU DIDNT LEAVE ANYTHING OUT. THAT YOU CANT SAY WHAT IF? THAT YOU KNOW YOU LEFT IT ALL ON THE LINE AND IT EITHER WORKED OUT OR IT DIDNT. HONESTLY, YOU GET WHAT YOU PUT IN. LOOK AT ATHLETES, SURE SOME OF IT IS GENETICS OR NATURAL SKILLS BUT THEY ALL PRACTICE AND PRACTICE AND PRACTICE OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THAT KIND OF EFFORT AND DEDICATION RESULTS IN WHERE THEY ARE. THEY DO NOT JUST GET TO WHERE THEY ARE BY NOT TRYING. THE WAY I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN THINGS IS THAT THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF PEOPLE, IVE SAID IT BEFORE AND IL SAY IT AGAIN...

1. CONTENT

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST HAPPY WITH BEING WHERE THEY ARE, DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY DONT ASK FOR MUCH AND DONT NEED MUCH IN RETURN. DAY IN DAY OUT THEY ARE JUST CONTENT WITH EVERYTHING. NOTHING REALLY CHANGES AND NOTHING REALLY HAPPENS, BUT THEY ARE CONTENT WITH THAT. THERES NO HASSLE OR PROBLEMS OR WORRIES EXCEPT FOR THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES.

2. HIGH ACHIEVER

THESE ARE THOSE THAT DEMAND AND STRIVE FOR THE SKY. THEY DONT REACH, THEY TAKE, THEY MAKE, THEY GRIND. NOTHING IS EVER GOOD ENOUGH OR THEY WANT MORE. USUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE BRANDED AND NEED TO SHOW THAT THEY MADE IT. SOMETIMES THEY COME OFF THE WRONG WAY AND RUB THOSE AROUND THEM THE WRONG WAY AS WELL. ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE, AND DEMAND WHAT THEY WANT.

3. SEARCHING

THIS IS WHERE I AM, THOSE IN THE MIDDLE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT OR WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. THEY WILL NOT SETTLE, AND WANT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DESERVE. WE WORK HARD AND NEVER GIVE UP. WE APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE MAKE OUR OWN. WE ARE NEVER CONTENT AT WHERE WE ARE AND WE DO NOT NEED TO REACH FOR THE STARS. WE WANT TO BE THOSE THAT CAN HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO.

FORGET ALL THOSE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO WIN THE LOTTERY, OR ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN  LUCK AND YOU MAKE YOUR OWN PATH. SO WORK HARD FOR WHAT YOU WANT, GIVE EVERYTHING YOU DO YOUR ALL, AND WATCH IT ALL PAY OFF.

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