Well, this morning is yet another awesome morning. I woke up feeling good so I decided to treat myself to breakfast. I'm off so why not. I decided to go to The Egg & I (its in Hoover right across from where Walmart use to be on Hwy 31). I am still here but once I leave, I am headed to Barnes and Noble to work on my articles and novel. Yes it my day off but yet I am still putting in a lot of time and effort to make things happen for myself.
When I heard someone say that when you do something you love its not work, I never imagined I would experience it. And it is so true. I spend a lot of time writing and designing websites and not once do I ever get tired of doing it. I utilize my blackberry to the fullest. I take notes, I write quotes and from time to time I even post to my blog from it. I absolutely love to write. The reason why I am expressing this is because believe it or not I just realized how much I really enjoy writing and being creative (web design). I woke up yesterday morning with this feeling that I just can't describe. It was almost like I was a new person. My desire to write was greater than its ever been. My focus was a whole lot better. Its more to it than just what I am saying but I just can't put it into words.
When I got off work yesterday, I stopped by Bonefish Grill to have a drink to relax myself because I was letting the pressure of getting everything done quickly overwhelm me. Usually when I get like this, I can't write at all. Well,while I was there the bartender said "you look like you have a lot on your mind." I told him that I did and as soon as I said that, I picked up my phone and began writing everything that was on my mind. I ended up writing a poem, an article and my own personal slogan (which I will share later). I did this within the time frame it takes the average person to drink two beers. After I finished the beers, I took off and headed home.
When you feel like you can't get certain things done because of certain circumstances just ask yourself this question,"Can I just drop what I'm doing now and get what I need to get done, done?" If you answer yes to this question, you have no excuse for doing what you want and NEED to do. I could have easily just went home and laid on the couch, watched tv and gone to sleep. But I didn't. I used the time when I was drinking beers to make life better for myself. Use the time that you have to get things done. This might mean cutting the tv off and not watching your favorite show. Now ask your self this question,"Does your favorite show provide any input on getting the things done that NEED to get done according to your life-work load?" The answer to that question is NO. If its not adding, then why is it a must that you watch it over getting things done that NEED to be done? Once you figure this out, you are well on your way to changing your life tremendously!
-K.J Swint
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Revitalization of my Life-Day 122-Change 51
Woke up this morning feeling refreshed. I had my meditation time but I didn't work out. I plan on running this evening because I have a few things on my plate this morning. The reason why I woke up this morning feeling so refreshed was because of something that happened yesterday evening. While I was at work, a guy, whom went to the same high school with, passed by me and spoke. I didn't think anything of it, bt I did notice that he had this look on his face like he wanted to say something. I went on with assisting one of my customers. He walked by again and this time he just stopped and interupted me and said, "I'm sorry to interupt, but I just have to tell you to keep doing what you do. I read your note on facebook titled, "Stop Lying To Yourself" and it did something to me. I started my own business man and I just wanted to tell you that. Keep writing!" I was floored. He gave me a business card and off he went. I was so excited that I wanted to quit my job right then and go and just write until I couldn't write any more.
If anyone ever wanted to know my purpose for writing, this is it-to help, to inspire and to uplift. Just knowing what I wrote inspired a person enough to get up and start doing something is HUGE and powerful! This is why I am so passionate about putting words on paper or on the computer because I beleive that they can change people for the better. I am getting choked up now just typing it. I never understood when people cried for joy, but now I do. It's like you get so emotional about something that's so good that you can't help but express yourself with a few tears! Below is the note I wrote title Stop Lying To Yourself read it and tell me what you think.
Stop Lying To Yourself
I am sitting in Starbucks doing my usual, writing, when this guy comes buy and starts a conversation with me. We go back and forth talking about the different things we are trying to accomplish. I don't tell too much of what I am trying to do because I am a humble person and I don't want to come off as this "wanna be" type of guy. As we are engaging deeper in this conversation, I tend to notice that everything that he is talking to me about is up in the air. When he tells me about what he is doing, I ask him to show me some of his work and he always said that it was in the works. When he asked me about the things I were involved in, I gave him concrete evidence. I showed him my website and my blog. I also gave him a business card. When the conversation was over, I started thinking. I thought about how most people go through life just like this guy, lying to themselves. This guy knew that he wasn't going to do half of the things that he had mentioned to me. He knew this before he opened his mouth to say the first word to me. I know that everyone wants to be somebody. I know that everyone wants to be that person who does a lot and makes a lot of money doing it. But how can you ever make it lying to yourself?
If a person is lying to themselves to try to make life seem better, they are only hurting themselves because they are surpressing the real them and that can cause problems not only with themselves, but with the people around them. It can cause a marriage to go sour. It can cause friendships to diminsih. If you are not where you want to be in life or are not doing what you want to do in life, please stop lying to yourself about it and start doing something to reach your goal. Being honest might just be the key ingedient to making the first step to achieving your goal. When you talk to someone and be honest with them, they might be able to help you on your way. Lying to them won't warrant help because they will be under the impression that you are already ahead of the game.
Stop lying to yourself and start being honest about what's going on with you. Take the time to be honest and make things happen for the betterment of your life. It's hard for a person to be honest with you when your not honest with yourself.
-K.J Swint
If anyone ever wanted to know my purpose for writing, this is it-to help, to inspire and to uplift. Just knowing what I wrote inspired a person enough to get up and start doing something is HUGE and powerful! This is why I am so passionate about putting words on paper or on the computer because I beleive that they can change people for the better. I am getting choked up now just typing it. I never understood when people cried for joy, but now I do. It's like you get so emotional about something that's so good that you can't help but express yourself with a few tears! Below is the note I wrote title Stop Lying To Yourself read it and tell me what you think.
Stop Lying To Yourself
I am sitting in Starbucks doing my usual, writing, when this guy comes buy and starts a conversation with me. We go back and forth talking about the different things we are trying to accomplish. I don't tell too much of what I am trying to do because I am a humble person and I don't want to come off as this "wanna be" type of guy. As we are engaging deeper in this conversation, I tend to notice that everything that he is talking to me about is up in the air. When he tells me about what he is doing, I ask him to show me some of his work and he always said that it was in the works. When he asked me about the things I were involved in, I gave him concrete evidence. I showed him my website and my blog. I also gave him a business card. When the conversation was over, I started thinking. I thought about how most people go through life just like this guy, lying to themselves. This guy knew that he wasn't going to do half of the things that he had mentioned to me. He knew this before he opened his mouth to say the first word to me. I know that everyone wants to be somebody. I know that everyone wants to be that person who does a lot and makes a lot of money doing it. But how can you ever make it lying to yourself?
If a person is lying to themselves to try to make life seem better, they are only hurting themselves because they are surpressing the real them and that can cause problems not only with themselves, but with the people around them. It can cause a marriage to go sour. It can cause friendships to diminsih. If you are not where you want to be in life or are not doing what you want to do in life, please stop lying to yourself about it and start doing something to reach your goal. Being honest might just be the key ingedient to making the first step to achieving your goal. When you talk to someone and be honest with them, they might be able to help you on your way. Lying to them won't warrant help because they will be under the impression that you are already ahead of the game.
Stop lying to yourself and start being honest about what's going on with you. Take the time to be honest and make things happen for the betterment of your life. It's hard for a person to be honest with you when your not honest with yourself.
-K.J Swint
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
The Revitalization of my Life-Day 121-Change 50
Once again, I am off to a good start. Even though I did sleep in a few minutes longer, I am still up and at it. Well, I guess today I will make my confession. I haven't been excercising and meditating like I should. I have gotten off track due to the high demand on websites in the past month. I have to gain some type of balance so that I can get back on track. Most of my time has been going to either working on websites or working on my novel. There have been times when I could have worked out but I chose not to because I needed to rest. As I am sitting here typing,I am thinking to myself that there is no excuse for NOT working out or meditating. Truth be told, if I really and truly wanted to get these things done, I would have. Time wasn't a factor because I could have just gotten up earlier to get it done.
I must admit that my schedule is tight. But I know that I can still get it done. And if I can get this done, so can you. Most people talk about finding balance within there lives to get things done. Well, I kind of beleive in finding a balance and then again I kind of don't. There are some things in life that you can balance and then there are some things you can't. This depends on the situation. If you have a lot going on within your life and your family needs you more now than they did before, you are going to give them more of your time and that doesn't balance within the eyes of society, but it does balance in the eyes of those who believe in a higher power (for me God). There is no balance when it comes to us and God. The scale is always either deeply up or deeply down. Every now and then it may balance out but for the most part, it's unbalanced.
You just have to do things and keep trucking. Stop trying to balance your time and make sure that you are putting in enough time with that project or with that person. You have to do what you have to do to get things done and that way, you don't have to worry about balance because if your are getting it done, it's balanced. Instead of worrying about balance, utilize your time wisely. I get up two hours early every morning to post to my blog and work on my book and websites. Some times when I get off work, I will work on my projects, but for the most part I don't. I am at home chilling with my wife. She has my attention when I get home. She has never said to me that I was spending too much time working on any of my projects because I utilize every minute I have. Now do I spend as much time on my projects as I do with my wife, no. That doesn't balance. Some people might read this and think, "hey that's balancing your time." But I think it's a little different.
Utilize your time and stop thinking about making it balance. This will allow you to have more time than you think you have. Trust me I know. I have been married for over a year now and I have completed numerous websites and written numerous poems and hunderds of pages for my novels and not once has my wife complained about me spending too much time on any of this. You might think it's good balance and if you do, that's all good. I just want you to make use of all of your time because it's so precious to those that really enjoy being with you.
-K.J Swint
I must admit that my schedule is tight. But I know that I can still get it done. And if I can get this done, so can you. Most people talk about finding balance within there lives to get things done. Well, I kind of beleive in finding a balance and then again I kind of don't. There are some things in life that you can balance and then there are some things you can't. This depends on the situation. If you have a lot going on within your life and your family needs you more now than they did before, you are going to give them more of your time and that doesn't balance within the eyes of society, but it does balance in the eyes of those who believe in a higher power (for me God). There is no balance when it comes to us and God. The scale is always either deeply up or deeply down. Every now and then it may balance out but for the most part, it's unbalanced.
You just have to do things and keep trucking. Stop trying to balance your time and make sure that you are putting in enough time with that project or with that person. You have to do what you have to do to get things done and that way, you don't have to worry about balance because if your are getting it done, it's balanced. Instead of worrying about balance, utilize your time wisely. I get up two hours early every morning to post to my blog and work on my book and websites. Some times when I get off work, I will work on my projects, but for the most part I don't. I am at home chilling with my wife. She has my attention when I get home. She has never said to me that I was spending too much time working on any of my projects because I utilize every minute I have. Now do I spend as much time on my projects as I do with my wife, no. That doesn't balance. Some people might read this and think, "hey that's balancing your time." But I think it's a little different.
Utilize your time and stop thinking about making it balance. This will allow you to have more time than you think you have. Trust me I know. I have been married for over a year now and I have completed numerous websites and written numerous poems and hunderds of pages for my novels and not once has my wife complained about me spending too much time on any of this. You might think it's good balance and if you do, that's all good. I just want you to make use of all of your time because it's so precious to those that really enjoy being with you.
-K.J Swint
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