This is an ongoing project of mine in which I share helpful thoughts of encouragement week-by-week. Hopefully, I'll have some more to expand the list soon.
1. If at first you don’t succeed, you’d better have an awesome story.
2. You aren’t perfect. Don’t expect other people to be. Try to be better instead.
3. Work like you’ll live forever and play like it’s your last day alive.
4. Never trust everyone or no one. Learn to tell who can be trusted.
5. When traveling the path of life, you can be a crutch to someone in need but don’t push their wheelchair. Eventually they’ll forget how to walk on their own and you won’t be there forever.
6. The only person you HAVE to live with the rest of your life is yourself.
7. Think about what you buy in terms of how many hours you worked for the money to buy it.
8. Some people are there because they need your help. Other people are there because you need their help. Learn the benefits of both.
9. Don’t live in the past, you’ve already been there once. The now is going on and you don't wanna miss it.
10. If you can’t find a reason to get up in the morning, remember today will be different. It might be better or it might be worse, but make it an adventure.
11. The only thing you can ever be the best at is being yourself. You’re the only “you” there is, it’s a sure thing.
12. There will always be someone better and worse off than you at any given point in your life. Try to see the bigger picture.
13. Love makes two people happy, hate makes one person miserable. Be logical.
14. Learn to be as self-sufficient as possible but humble enough to know when you need help.
15. Strive for self-awareness. If you don’t know what makes you happy, how can you expect to enjoy life.
16. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If it feels too good to be true, it’s probably illegal.
17. Don’t ever do anything because everyone’s telling you to or everyone’s telling you not to. There’s reasons for both of those situations, decide what YOU want.
18. Consequences are real. If you want to completely deny them, you’d better make sure you’re dead before you have to deal with them.
19. Don’t be too hard on yourself or too easy on yourself. Set reasonable goals and expectations, but learn your own limits. If you don’t set any goals, you’ll reach them every time.
20. Try to spend twice as much time listening as talking. You hardly ever hear people praising someone for how good they are at talking.
21. Try not to complain. If you can’t change it, why complain? If you can change it, why complain? Everyone needs to vent every once in awhile, but save it for a good friend who’ll share their frustrations with you.
22. You’re responsible for how you treat other people, not how they treat you. Learn to be the better person.
23. Respect yourself if you want other people to respect you. Respect other people if you want to learn self-respect.
24. Don’t do anything for other people and expect a reward in return. Your reward is the opportunity to help someone and better your friendship, leave it at that.
25. It’s significantly easier to change your perspective than change your life.
26. There is always one or more of three people who are responsible for everything wrong in your life. You, someone else, or no one. Learn to accept that and move on. Don’t waste your time with blame and guilt.
27. If there’s anything (not anyone, mind you) in your life you feel like you couldn’t live without, I suggest doing just that. Try going three weeks without it, and you will appreciate it and your freedom much more deeply. It may scare you how much power it holds over you too.
28. Don’t ever compromise your beliefs, but don’t ever let them alienate you from other people. Keep in mind everyone else has just as many valid reasons for their belief system as you do, and take the time to share and learn with them. It might surprise you how right they are.
29. People are not as logical as we like to think. If you truly analyze your own reasoning and motivations for how you spend your life, you’ll realize how little cause-and-effect comes into play. Don’t try to box people in or criticize their decisions, the human experience is far more beautiful than that.
30. Make a list of ten things you can do for fun that don’t involve spending money. It’s harder than it sounds, but when you get them nailed down it will keep you from defaulting to more expensive activities.
31. A lot of people hate their jobs, it’s just the way life is. Find something you’re passionate about to do in your free time if that’s the case so you can feel productive and accomplished even if work isn’t providing that satisfaction.
32. Find a way to spend at least 30 minutes completely alone with the thoughts in your head (no music!). I recommend taking a walk somewhere tranquil by yourself. You may be surprised by the things you think about that you may have been blocking out which can sometimes be stressful, but it’s far better than working out all the stress at one time when it can’t be blocked out any more.
33. If you want to know what kind of person you are, look outward instead of inward. A lot of times it’s hard to see ourselves for how we are, but the quality of people we attract speaks volumes about our character.
34. Stress and discouragement will always happen in life. Find healthy ways of coping with these and their negative emotions instead of bottling them in. A good friend to talk to, writing down how you feel, or even just a way to distract yourself I highly recommend, but find what works for you.
25. Hopes, dreams, and life are three things that are guaranteed. Don’t let anyone take them away from you, and no matter how frustrating someone may be, unless they’re going to kill you how much does it really matter? If they are going to kill you, how much does it really matter?
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