Sterling Terrell

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Accomplished Goals

Accomplished Goals

Accomplished goals are the sweetest kind.

Did you know that? It makes sense.

Don’t get me wrong, no one is going to turn down a million dollars.

But being handed a million feels nothing like earning it yourself through blood and sweat and time.

The former can make some people feel guilty, but the later always brings with it self-worth.

Remember this in the context of raising children too.

We should be letting our kids struggle with the inconsequential while they are still at home, for how else should they safely learn what’s on the other side of seemingly impossible feats?

One reason that challenge brings happiness is that it allows you to expand your self-definition. You become larger. Suddenly you can do yoga or make homemade beer or speak a decent amount of Spanish.

-Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

A Pass, You Don’t Get One

A Pass, You Don’t Get One

You don’t get a pass.

In fact, nobody is going to give you anything.

Because the truth is – well – nobody cares all that much about your problems.

That’s not true: Your parents and siblings and friends care.

Few others do though.

And the indifferent majority is even less likely to give you something or lend a hand in a significant way.

So get up and make something happen.

Try it, at least.

Thankfully, few issues are immune from action.

You got this.

Just because the conditions aren’t exactly to your liking, or you don’t feel ready yet, doesn’t mean you get a pass. If you want momentum, you’ll have to create it yourself, right now, by getting up and getting started.

-Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is The Way