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Success Freaks #111 – Keeping the Ball Rolling When You Just Don’t Want To

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Have you ever experienced those moments when you just don’t want to keep hammering away at something anymore? Those moments when what was once fun is no longer enjoyable? It’s times like these when keeping the proverbial ball rolling is most important.

How do you do this when you don’t have the time, the energy, or the desire to keep plugging away at what was once a beloved project or goal? First, cut yourself some slack – beating yourself up isn’t going to get anything done faster or better. That being said, it’s up to you to motivate yourself back into doing “that voodoo that you do so well.”

Want to hear a few more tips on this? Join Mordant & McFall as they discuss keeping the ball rolling in Success Freaks episode #111. Listen in as they share their own experiences – from easy-peasy to downright-difficult. Learn what the Success Freaks did it when they could have let the ball drop, but instead chose to keep it rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ instead.

“Pick your priorities for they will become your life.” ~R.Mordant Mahon

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Let’s Try For Goal Number Three

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Hi guys!  Here I sit…at my computer…trying to write my third installment of “My Three Goals.”  I’m having a wee bit of trouble.  My third Goal is going to be a tough one and it has everything to do with “Trust.”

As a young girl growing up in the Deep South during the 60’s, my life was full of wonder.  I lived on the most magical street a growing mind could ever hope for.  Our house was right across the street from the town baseball field where my brother played his Little League games. I would sit in the stands eating boiled peanuts from a small paper bag, laughing with my friends and cheering my brother on.  Although, I think I did more boiled peanut eating than cheering…if we’re going to be honest.  The city’s only Recreation Center was next to the ball field.  During the day and on weekends you could find my brother and me playing board games with other kids in the area.  My brother and his friends played baseball, basketball and even attempted tennis at the courts behind the rec center.  At night, especially on the weekends, the local high school students would hold dances there.  It was a large place with glass from floor to ceiling on our side of the building.  On dance nights, you could find us sitting on the ground outside right beside where the band was playing and just dancing away.  The kids even took to bringing us in to be a part of the party.  Sounds like a child’s dream come true.  Well, it was…for me, but there’s more.

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My Three Goals For 2013 – Part Dos

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Last month I shared my first Goal for 2013 which was To Learn More. I’ve purchased a couple of new books to read…mostly self-helpy…and I’m eyeing a mystery or two that kinda intrigue me. It’s a start, but you’re here to find out what my next goal is. My second Goal for 2013 fits quite nicely into our February theme here on Success Freaks. My Second Goal, quite simply, is to learn to love myself more…to treat myself better than I have…to make my wants, my needs, my happiness a priority. Easier said than done…

“Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.” ~Chuck Palahniuk~

It’s a really good quote and so very appropriate for this Goal. (Thanks Mordant) It seems like I’ve spent most of my life trying to please others. I always try to go out of my way to make sure my friends, family, and even complete strangers are happy. If someone expresses a desire for something, I try to make sure they get it. While this may be quite noble, thoughtful or whatever, it’s also allowed me to push myself into more debt than I should be swimming in. Up until recently, I’ve never said “No” to anyone that asked anything of me. Even if I knew I would have to add to my credit card debt, even if it meant I would have to sacrifice something I wanted/needed, even if it meant I would have to suck it up and do something I really wasn’t comfortable with…even if it meant that I would be cast in a dark light just to make someone else shine.

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My Three Goals for 2013.

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I’m taking a page from my fellow Success Freaks team members this year. Instead of making New Year’s Resolutions, I decided to go with Goals. Now, I have way more than three Goals for 2013, but I can’t put them all here (Well, I could, but I won’t), so I decided to go with just the top three. Want me to share?
Might as well say “yes”, because Imma gonna anyway.

This month you get my ramblings about one of them.

Goal #1
Learn more!
This is important to me. I am constantly reading, researching, and trying all sorts of new things. It keeps my mind open to new ideas and concepts. It makes me feel more accomplished. And… it teaches me so much about life, other people, and myself. But wait, I don’t just want to learn about things that will help me in my work… Oh no, no, no. I want to learn about other places, other cultures…other ideals. I want to feel like a World Traveler even if I never step foot out of the US. Don’t get me wrong, I do want to become a World Traveler, but that’s a Goal for another day.

I’ve recently started watching The West Wing on Netflix.
I love Netflix with its’ lack of commercials and full seasons to watch.
When the series was running on tv, I didn’t care to watch it. I thought it was all about politics. I’m really not a political gal and figured I’d be bored with it, so I never gave it a chance. You’re probably thinking that now that I’ve started “enjoying” it I feel pretty stupid for not watching in the first place. You’d be wrong, but I get that you would think that. I just think the timing was off. The lessons I’m learning from the show now would have been lost on me had I watched it as a series way back when. Although I am kinda learning about the inner workings of the White House (I’m sure some of the content is correct), I’m learning more about human nature than anything. How people interact, that everyone makes mistakes, how to handle disappointment in yourself and others, how to succeed… and that it’s really okay to get close to people you work with. All are really good things to learn and know.

Obviously, I don’t plan to get all of my education from television. I’ve always been an avid reader and plan to continue reading everything I possibly can, but nowadays I’m more prone to pick up a biography, self-help book, or even a tutorial or two to help me with my work. That’s not to say I won’t enjoy the occasional comic book (yes, I do read them) and the latest “best seller”, I just plan to broaden my selection and interests.

So…that’s Goal #1. And…this is ME daring YOU to share YOUR goals with us on our Success Freaks facebook page.

See you next month for Goal #2.

Love and laughter to all…