Fantasy Relationships

We've all been in a situation where we loved someone who didn't love us back. These fantasies we have about those people are stopping us from moving on with our lives. After all, why would we be on the lookout for another, more meaningful, relationship when we still believe in our fantasy?

If you need to beg to be with somebody, that person isn't for you. We need to find ourselves another goal to move towards. The people we'll find along might just be the one for us.

Life Of Priorities

Micheal Jordan is known as the greatest basketball player of all time but his personal life, for a while, was a mess.
Tiger Woods is known as the greatest golfer of all time but his personal life, for a while, was also a mess.

You can have it all and still have nothing. If you acquire money and fame at the expense of your family, it isn't worth it.
Their stories is what helped me understand the importance of prioritizing your life. All priorities are different but I would advise you to at least put your family ahead of your finances. After all, what's the point of having all the money in the world if you don't have anybody to share it with?

What's Your Biggest Achievement?

It's important to remind ourselves of our biggest achievements when we feel down or second class. It certainly can be a good confidence booster if done without comparing it to someone else's achievements. For some reason, we easily undermine our achievements and over estimate someone else's.

The first thing that comes to my mind is when I read my first self-improvement book, "Eat That Frog!" by Brian Tracy, from cover to cover.
It was quite the feat since I had promised myself that I wouldn't read a single book after High School (yes-I did go through college without reading a book from cover to cover).

Today, I see that milestone as being a major part in how I think. I'm a bit frustrated to see so few taking the time to read a good book.

What's your biggest achievement?

Changing Words to Cover Up

According to National Geographics (August 2014), the U.S. government replaced the term "hunger" with "food insecure" in 2006 to describe households where, sometime during the previous year, people didn't have something to eat.

This, to me, is an attempt to cover up an increasing problem by referencing it to a less impactful wording. It's not the firt time that I hear of something like this and it makes me wonder why they even need to think about making things look less bad then they actually are!

Why are you covering it up? Is it because it looks bad to the eyes of other nations?

*Note: This post isn't to put the U.S. under a negative light since this issue isn't specific to that Country.

The Most Important Muscle

I did a stupid thing at the gym the other day-I got too confident and went too heavy for my triceps workout and ended up hurting my left shoulder (nothing too serious I don't think). It's the second time that happens, the first time was with a machine for biceps curl (again... too heavy).

Some may argue that the back is the most important muscle. While it is an important muscle, there are ways to exercises even with back pain. When you have shoulder pains, however, you pretty much can't do anything that requires lifting weights!