A Difficult Factor

If I wanted to learn how to do a proper push-up, it wouldn't be too difficult a task to achieve. I could simply watch someone who knows how to do it correctly. I could read a couple of Men's Health magazines. I could practice under the watchful eye of a fitness expert until i got it right. In short, I could accomplish this with ease.
If I wanted to be able to run 5 laps around a track, yet I had never run around a track, it could be done with a little work. I could acquire some running shoes, a jogging outfit or two, maybe an ipod, and hit the track. The first time I attempted to run, I might not get too far. My heart might try to jump out of my chest. My lungs might begin screaming their own versions of profanity at me. And my muscles might let me know that i should have stretched first.
The second time I hit the track, a little bit more prepared than the first, I'd be bound to get further than I did on my initial trip. The third time, giving it the benefit of the doubt, I might only get as far as I did on my second trip. But, fast forward to my 6Th-10 go at it, and I'd most likely be the proud accomplished runner of at least 5 laps. Really, the most difficult part of this task would be doing it and doing it again. Not very difficult.
Now, turning it up a notch, if I wanted to become an astronaut who had actually walked on the moon, or floated around thousands of miles above the earth, I'd have to put in a lot more work, so to speak. I'd have to learn all kinds of technical processes related to being an astronaut. Extensive training would be an understatement compared to what I'd have to go through. And the time frame involved in me beginning with a dream and ending with me doing the space dance might very well envelop a great portion of my life, especially, if i started now. lol. And none of this is meant to imply that it couldn't be done.
My point here is that attempting to become an astronaut and walking on the moon would be an extremely difficult goal to accomplish. This goal comes with a very high difficulty factor. For the record, all goals come with their own difficulty factors. The severity of the goal creates the degree of the difficulty factor.
Many times people fail, not because the goal was beyond their reach, but because they didn't take into consideration the natural difficulty factor that came with the goal.
Let's take time to assess each of our difficulty factors which come with our goals so as to be able to realistically predict our potential successes and failures, and thus plan accordingly.
This way, we can almost ALWAYS win!
DON'T STOP!!!!!

Maximize That Time

What are you doing? Just chillin'? Relaxing? Partying? Celebrating? Nothing? Working hard? Keepin' it movin'? Making it happen?
How many people do you know who have goals and plans, big dreams and aspirations? Do you have them? Have you ever sat and thought to yourself about all the goals you'd set for yourself over the course of time?
Sometime we can look back at that 20/20 picture of our past and unfortunately realize that the goals we set for ourselves were not reached. We sometimes painfully reflect on the many tossed dreams, the many discarded yet unfinished projects, the many forgotten aspirations left in our wake. And upon embracing these hurtful incomplete portions of our personal histories, we sometimes begin to lose a bit of our fire. Sometimes such reflections cause us to begin believing that we as people just aren't good enough. Our self esteem is deflated. Our actions become limited. And the goals we now choose to set for ourselves are far less complex or great compared to those in our pasts.
Does this sound rather 'normal'? Why? I think this collective state of affairs is able to affect us the way it does for multiple reasons. However, the one portion of this picture that I want to focus on now is our most valuable asset: OUR TIME! You can't get it back. You can't save any of it and use it later. You can't make it slow down for you and only you. So, I RECOMMEND THAT WE ALL BEGIN PLACING A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON MAXIMIZING ALL OF OUR TIME so as to change this 'normality'.
Sure, we all need time to relax, to celebrate our accomplishments, to sometimes just be still, to share quality time with our loved ones, and so on. But we also might want to balance these things out so as not to unexpectedly realize that we've been wasting A LOT of time. We're habit-forming creatures. We get used to doing things, whether they're good or bad for us. These habits become 'normal' for us.
So, let's maximize our time. Let's make a habit out of maximizing our time. For instance, if we know we're going to be stuck in a hospital waiting room, or a DMV waiting area, or in any kind of position which forces us to be extremely patient for an extended period of time, be sure to have some beneficial literature handy. Read and learn while waiting. Possibly, instead of just chillin' "... because there's nothing else to do," we might want to think about things we NEED to do. And once we've itemized these necessary things, we might want to at least begin specific projects, no matter how small, so that we might be able to rekindle our "hopes" of actually completing them.
Keep in mind, these are the things that WE want to achieve, to complete. So, let's use the majority of our time (our 'free'time) focusing on these things, focusing on completing them. I'm not talking about on the job or while performing tasks written out for us by someone else.
I'm talking about MAXIMIZING the majority of OUR/YOUR FREE TIME.
I guarantee it will result in many many happy feelings. It will be a very wise investment in yourself/ourselves. Utilize OUR/YOUR time to the fullest. And once you make a habit out of doing so, I ask that you DON'T STOP!!!
I also ask that you don't stop sending, friends, loved ones and family to this blog. Thank you.