Comments on: CHANGE: A Simple Formula for the Life You WANT

By: Maryam Jameel

Maryam Jameel — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 22:44:00 +0000

I just stumbled upon this. The timing couldn’t have been better. A few minutes ago I was feeling really low because I just couldn’t seem to find ENOUGH time to write even a few in one go, and was wondering EXACTLY along the lines of what you’ve so aptly put into words- ‘what’s wrong with me that I can’t finish even half of a blog post when so many people seem to get so much out of those same 24 hours?’ The kindergartens are all closed due to covid surge here, my kid’s at home, the day schedule is all jumbled up, and I feel like I have been playing a game of sit-and-stand non-stop all day. I like motivational/inspirational writings, but believing too much what they preach made me depreciate myself and my abilities and think that I am lazy and not doing what it takes to achieve things, when so and so did this and that and look where they are now.
Each one of us has their own life story, own set of merits and deficiencies and their own set of struggles. This post was both a source of assurance and inspiration!

By: Copsewood

Copsewood — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 23:23:50 +0000

A very inspirational blog.

By: Rae Longest

Rae Longest — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:31:04 +0000

In reply to Kristen Lamb. It's a deal.

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:38:58 +0000

In reply to fritzievonjessen. That IS the goal, so at least I know I am doing my job. Happy New Year and all my best. I love hearing your feedback so thank you!

By: fritzievonjessen

fritzievonjessen — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 16:46:53 +0000

I love your blogs. They always leave me thinking in new directions.

By: Lucinda E Clarke

Lucinda E Clarke — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 10:57:25 +0000

Lots of tuth there – especially about the motivatrional stuff and how a coach can ensure you hit the beastsellers list – without reading you masterpiece!

By: A. Colleen Jones

A. Colleen Jones — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 09:02:50 +0000

I didn’t know about the HuffPo not paying for work and about the Revolva letter to Oprah also wanting people to work for free. That’s become rampant hasn’t it? Quite a contrast to the smaller number employers who pay a fair wage and benefits to the people they want to work for them. I hear about this kind of thing at some festivals. When I used to volunteer for a non-profit related to kids books, I got so many requests for illustrators who would work for free or next to nothing because the writer “had a very limited budget”! If you have a limited budget, you can’t afford to have illustrations for your project. So even among creatives, the idea of asking other creatives to do free work for exposure or peanuts is engrained!

Great advice to pick a few small but significant changes to make and keep doing them consistently is for the new year. I learned that somewhere else in the last year, to pick a change that would have the biggest impact, for example, going to bed on time or drinking water consistently every day, and work on it for a period of time until I had it down, and then pick the next change to focus on. The trick is to keep going even when there’s no immediate, tangible result, like you said, trust the process, trust that the delayed gratification and long-term benefits will be the worth the consistent effort. Thanks for this post, Kristen and Happy New Year!

By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 22:37:52 +0000

In reply to Rae Longest. Never too late, Hon and GOOD FOR YOU! (((HUGS))) Happy New Year and we will BOTH work on that self-care and the whole "I can actually buy something pretty or 'frivolous' thing just because it makes me happy" thing together.

By: Rae Longest

Rae Longest — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 20:51:39 +0000

I really enjoyed reading your post. I am just now at the age of 77 discovering it’s ok to buy myself something I WANT but don’t NEED. I am also learning self-care after spending 57 years of keeping My Better Half healthy and killing myself in the process. Fortunately, he is putting up with the changes I’m demanding. I’m just now getting the ides that change is a GOOD thing and that it often announces growth. I guess your post spoke to me; I just hope it’s not too late. LOL

By: Barbara Meyers

Barbara Meyers — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 14:07:33 +0000

“you’ll at least do SOMETHING, which is better than nothing.” Something is better than nothing is the philosophy of my life. 🙂 Happy New Year!