Focus on Yourself and ONLY Yourself
Life comes and goes, but you are stuck with yourself forever...
I know that must sound weird, because of course we are stuck with ourselves. We were born into our bodies and get no real choice of what that looks like. However, what I want to touch on is the fact that we DO get a choice of how the world perceives us.
We get to decide how we react to certain situations, and we get a choice on what we give back into the world.
And most importantly, we get to shape who we are, so the world views us how we want it to. What I mean is, when you look in a mirror, are you proud of who you see, not just on the outside? Cause if not, you and only you have the power to change that.
What I really want to focus on is shaping yourself so that you are proud of the person you project onto the world. We have so many choices day to day that we don’t see and we take for granted. These choices shape our personalities, our emotions, and our reactions to the world around us.
You can’t choose what you look like, but you can choose your confidence and you can choose to be happy.
1. Choose happy. This has been one of my mottos since day one. It is more than just choosing to smile in the hard situations. It is about finding your own happiness in day to day life. Finding the little things that make you smile. The trees changing color, the first snow fall, the neighborhood puppy!
2. Falling into a routine. You can make a choice to change your path. You do NOT have to do the same thing every day, if you are unhappy, fix it. No one is going to fix it for you. People get so comfortable with being comfortable… and being comfortable is your downfall. Comfortable does not change you or challenge you.
3. Focus on things that affect you directly. Sometimes you have to let shit go and say you know what, that's not my problem. Watching people around me make the wrong choices is hard, but the only person that you can change is yourself. As a society we are so focused on other people… what they look like, what they are doing, who they are dating? Who cares?! The only person you have power over is yourself. And that should be enough.
What am I trying to say here? I think it’s that you have a choice to smile every day, and project that much more happiness into the world. Confidence shines through skin, and you want the world to see you for your best self.
