When you reach a goal, take a moment to enjoy the accomplishment. But after you’ve learned whatever there was to learn from this chapter of your life, keep moving forward.
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Do you use your brain? Do your 21st-century lifestyle and career require you to trade in ideas? Get your body moving, and your brain will get stronger. Making incremental changes in our lives—more good foods, more good habits, a little more dancing, a little more walking—can change the trajectory and get us where we want to go. If you find something you love doing that’s good for your health, your self-esteem, your sanity, and your spirit, you might become obsessed. You’ll be in good company. What’s the goal on which you’re working? What could you accomplish toward that goal if you gave it everything you’ve got for five days? When you don’t have the strength to do a lot, do a little. Whatever you’re trying to accomplish, find a way to make progress any way you can. All the worry in the world won’t make you better at tackling the challenges you face. But if you show up, pay attention, focus, and open yourself to learning, maybe something good will happen. In writing and exercise, sometimes there are moments of pure, unadulterated joy, and no amount of struggle seems too much to endure. I wonder if “making it look easy” is doing a disservice to people who are hard at work on their own projects for self-improvement. Tonight I come clean—it ain’t always easy! We have all been beginners. If we’re willing to work hard, we can all be masters. It’s a good experience to go back to being a beginner once in a while. |
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