Grow silently and steadily

 I wanted to ridicule this after thinking of a Chinese doctor joke, but the sentiment is too true for that. Anything can be broken fast, but it takes time to build it. A brilliant future takes a while to build, but destroying value with one stupid act is easy.

Stop exercising and start training

 

I'm a bit conflicted about this wisdom on the meme. It's a screenshot I took from an article, making a point that is highly debatable.

Isn't life a journey? Should we not enjoy the trip? But the article says one should focus on a goal, like going to the gym to exercise, to accomplish something at a later date. While that's true, how about going for a walk, why have an end goal in sight? Why not just enjoy the walk, while also having an end point in mind?

Few people enjoy a gym, that's why so many people stop going before their contracts expire. Those that stick it out all have goals, like losing some weight that they can measure, or a certain number of exercises they can perform, or to get fit for an athletic event. But the artificial exercise itself they don't really enjoy, at least not day after day. They keep on going, because they keep their goal in mind.

In my humble opinion, one should enjoy the steps as well towards a goal one is passionate about. Keep an eye on the goal, but admire the scenery while enjoying the journey at the same time.

To get myself fit, I dropped out of gym, and started walking through the woods with a backpack. It doesn't feel like exercise, but it certainly helped my physique a lot. I enjoy each step, while being happy when I reach a certain point on the route.

 

You are not getting another life

 'nuff said. I don't know how old you, my valued reader is, but I do know that you will never again be as young as you are today. Don't wait till it is too late, to start finishing off your bucket list. Do you even have a bucket list? Goals? Dreams? A clearly typed out plan with daily steps? You are your own biggest investment, or liability. Choose wisely. Make your life worth living. Take risks. Take that leap of faith in yourself and the one you love. 

Make peace with your past and move on

 

The past is the past. Leave it there. Mistakes were made, slaps were dished out, parties got out of control, weddings were crashed. It's done, over. Choose today to make the right decisions based on life's lessons learned, and form the right habits. Because we are the results of what we regularly do, and we have the wisdom not to repeat yesterday's mistakes. Make today a new beginning.

Fear the regret that comes with an unlived life

Nothing is as bad as regret. Knowing you could, and should have taken a risk, and yet you didn't, till it's too late. That regret pains many, many people. Therefore, live today. Do something you always wanted to do, even a small, obscure, unique, unusual task. Let me give you one silly example. Pluck a flower, rob it of its life (I did say it's a silly example?), approach a stranger on the street, and give the flower to him or her. I bet 99 out of a 100 people reading this suggestion, won't have the guts to do it… But if you're that 1%, you'll be amazed by the results. Both for you, and the recipient.

 

Confront your fears today and live life to its fullest

 Live dangerously. Stand up today, and confront your fears. Don't like a task you have to do, even a chore, and therefore procrastinating? See it as a threat, something you for some unknown reason fear doing, and then do it. Once you finished it, congratulate yourself, tell yourself you have just tackled a fear and that you conquered it. Even a menial task. Try it.

 

Overthinking leads to procrastination, so go forth and just do it

 I am an overthinker. And so are millions of other people. While thinking is magic, too much of it puts one in a flat spin, and it can be outright dangerous. Plus, it leads to procrastination, or to always want to be perfect, en then not getting anything done.

Many times, one already knows what you want to do and must do, and the best thing to do then, is to actually just do it without further thinking. I myself planned this blog and my Facebook page for months, and kept on postponing. Then, at last, I decided to just do it. Put up the FB page a while ago, post memes that have meaning to me and that will hopefully help a very special person and others, and to create videos that will make an impact.

I appreciate everyone that types out a comment, leaves a like, and follows my page and blog, because it tells me I helped someone. In some cases, a single meme or post can change someone's life, without me knowing it. At the end of the day, one's value to society is determined by the value you add to society.

Do it now or face regret forever

 

William Shakespeare said something like “Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day.” Meaning, whatever bad things happen today, time waits for nobody, the day will pass.
  But the flipside is, a good day also flies past, you have to grab - or spit on, in Hawk Tuah-style - that thing and enjoy it. The enemy is time, one has to utilize it in full while you can still do things. Like travel, just do it. Even if you have to sell some possessions, or hitchhike, or whatever. But that dream you keep on putting off, may soon not be reachable anymore if you don't get to it ASAP. Rather make mistakes and be sorry, than to regret not doing it at all.