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Have you ever woken up and out of nowhere,
asked yourself the question, “Is this my life?” Or
felt that you just thought things would be different
at this point? This thought-process is extremely
common and there are ways to take control of
our self-sabotaging thoughts and take action if
need be. Sadly, the research shows that only 1
in 3 Americans are very happy and content with
their lives. I think the haunting question we ask
ourselves; “Is this really it?” contributes to this
statistic. Maybe you are at a job that is less fulfilling
than you hoped, or in a challenging relationship,
or it could simply be that you are a certain age and
some facets of your life are simply “different” than
you thought they would be.
Often times, the natural post-reaction to these
thought processes are disillusionment, feeling
down or self-defeated. In actuality, it could be an
opportunity to re-focus or find new perspective.
The healthiest way to tackle these feelings is
to evaluate your life and look at the areas of
discontentment with two angles: those items that
By Deitra Hickey, PhD
you have control over, and the items that simply
require acceptance or a new outlook. Of course,
sometimes this is easier said than done and I am
not referring to tragedies that derail someone’s life
completely. But in general, we are often unrealistic
idealists and if we fall a little short of arriving where
we thought we would be because naturally we tend
to have too high of expectations for ourselves,
too high of aspirations and ideals we often have
to handle the reality that life isn’t exactly as we
pictured. Most of us expect life to happen faster,
our success to come easier, and our path to be
clearer. But often, our dreams for the future leave
New Year, New Outlook on Life!
SOAR TO SUCCESS
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