I feel like I am running out of time. I feel like there's so many things I want to do. I'm just surrounded by bad habits. I have this debt hanging over my head still and I just want to pay it off ASAP but I will spend my money on stupid things I don't really want to do because it's what I am used to doing or what everyone else is doing. It's average mentality. I don't associate with that many "successful" people. Well, successful in my eyes at least. Sure they're nice people but I am so afraid of getting stuck and being like everyone else is and the longer I stay here, among the average the more I might lose myself and my dreams because there's ALWAYS something to pay for which sets me back more and more from the things I want to do and accomplish. It seems like every time I turn around, my money is going to something I don't necessarily want or need (and time because the longer it takes me to pay off debt, the longer I have to keep doing this rat race).
There's some amazing people out there but are they living life the way they want to live it? No. I feel like the longer you live a life of average, the faster you settle for just that. I want to learn and grow and do things, always. I feel like I don't have time to be average because there's so much I want to do and need to experience still.
I need to get off facebook. I have been doing really well at removing myself from groups and reducing my notifications (which makes facebook a lot more boring to go onto now since I don't have nearly as many notifications). I do want to keep it for photography purposes communication with family abroad and to read articles about other free spirits who are living their life and networking that way. I need to break the addiction first. I spend so much time scrolling that I don't have time to read, study or practice things that will benefit me and my future. I am scrolling through things I just don't care for and other pointless status updates people post about their day or about how messed up they got that weekend. I feel like we spend so much time on facebook comparing our lives to others, filled with fake friends and posting every little thing about our lives that no one needs to know. I don't think anyone needs to know such intimate details about our lives and we don't need to share everything with everyone. It's ok to have memories that no one else knows about. It's ok to suffer in silence, it's ok to feel joy without needing to tell everyone.
A friend told me the other day "Facebook is an illusion. It's trying to distract us from being the people we should be." I want my facebook and my life to be filled with people who lift me up, inspire me and help me move forward. But that also means spending less time on facebook and more time outside meeting people in person and talking to people.
I need to meet someone who dreams like me. Someone that can help me get to the next step. Until then I am only doing what I can the only way I know how.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Keeping it SIMPLE!
I find that I sometimes make things seem a lot more complicated than things really are. I always think to lose weight, you need some fancy recipes and some strict food guide and diet plan when I really just think I need to relax and not be afraid to eat something. Am I getting enough protein? Is this too many carbohydrates? How many calories is this? Why am I still so hungry?
Hungry? Eat some food. As long as it natural, from the earth, and isn't some kind of artificial crap, eat it. It doesn't matter what time of day, how many calories it has, it doesn't need to be fruits at breakfast, veggies at dinner, it doesn't have to look pretty or even make sense, or sound good or even taste good. If it's full of nutrients, and it's healthy (aka completely natural) EAT. IT.
I have to get really good at shopping in 1 area of the store. PRODUCE. Everything you need (including your over the counter pharmacy) is in that one section of the store that is so overlooked and simple and often times just seems like this is where you get your garnish for the plate of chemicals you're about to eat. You don't need to know all these over the top "healthy" recipes, just get some veggies, cut them up, put them in a salad or a stew or eat them raw. Simple. We make food seem like it's this great big deal when it's really not. You don't need to read labels, or count calories. If you're not willing to eat a carrot over a cookie, you're not that hungry! If you're not willing to drink water over pop or milk or juice, you're not that thirsty! It's ok to get hungry 5 times a day! You don't HAVE to only eat twice or three meals a day, eat whatever you want, whenever you want as often as you want to eat it. As long as it natural, from the earth, and isn't some kind of artificial crap.
We seem to be cutting corners in all the wrong areas. We all have busy lives and we all want everything faster, better, stronger and our personal health is what's suffering. And that's whats most important because if we don't have our health, we have nothing and we won't get to experience what we're truly capable of. Food shouldn't have this much control of our lives. It's simple. Just eat it, and eat as often as you like, any time of day, as long as it's natural, real and whole.
Keep. It. Simple.
Eat. Real. Food.
Hungry? Eat some food. As long as it natural, from the earth, and isn't some kind of artificial crap, eat it. It doesn't matter what time of day, how many calories it has, it doesn't need to be fruits at breakfast, veggies at dinner, it doesn't have to look pretty or even make sense, or sound good or even taste good. If it's full of nutrients, and it's healthy (aka completely natural) EAT. IT.
I have to get really good at shopping in 1 area of the store. PRODUCE. Everything you need (including your over the counter pharmacy) is in that one section of the store that is so overlooked and simple and often times just seems like this is where you get your garnish for the plate of chemicals you're about to eat. You don't need to know all these over the top "healthy" recipes, just get some veggies, cut them up, put them in a salad or a stew or eat them raw. Simple. We make food seem like it's this great big deal when it's really not. You don't need to read labels, or count calories. If you're not willing to eat a carrot over a cookie, you're not that hungry! If you're not willing to drink water over pop or milk or juice, you're not that thirsty! It's ok to get hungry 5 times a day! You don't HAVE to only eat twice or three meals a day, eat whatever you want, whenever you want as often as you want to eat it. As long as it natural, from the earth, and isn't some kind of artificial crap.
We seem to be cutting corners in all the wrong areas. We all have busy lives and we all want everything faster, better, stronger and our personal health is what's suffering. And that's whats most important because if we don't have our health, we have nothing and we won't get to experience what we're truly capable of. Food shouldn't have this much control of our lives. It's simple. Just eat it, and eat as often as you like, any time of day, as long as it's natural, real and whole.
Keep. It. Simple.
Eat. Real. Food.
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