Walking out on the day of graduation I thought to myself : 'I will look for work and I want to work the day after I finish my MBC Internship.'
Summer passed, the internship passed, and there I was, stuck. At home. Doing nothing. Absolutely NOTHING.
What you may not know about me is that I love reading books, so I borrowed 'The monk who sold his Ferrari by Robin Sharma' from a friend, and started reading it. I found this book really interesting for a lot of reasons, mostly for the optimism boost it reflects, the advice's you can pick up, and for being easy to read.
Being at home, doing nothing really killed me slowly. I was getting fatter, sadder, I had nothing to do. Absolutely nothing !!
There was a line I picked up from the book that really hit me. Although I don't remember it word for word, it said something like:
If you wake up thinking you have no reason, or purpose then you will find yourself doing nothing, every single day, but when you do, when you have a motive you believe in, you will see that everyday you will wake up early, achieve things you didn't think you can, or do activities you never did before.
That line, and meaning spoke to me. First, I was doing NOTHING with my life, except for applying to jobs and getting no reply back. I decided to go ahead and create a purpose. My goal was to lose weight. Since, I was applying for jobs already, I added this new goal.
I started eating right, meals, snacks, and blablabla in addition to working out.
Due to the boredom state that I was I was in, it came to a point where I worked out for 3 hours a day.
I would wake up at around 12pm, go to gym from 2-3pm do cardio, then have lunch at 4/5, go to boot-camp at 6:30, and then continue to the gym and enter any class that is going on, which was either body pump or aerobics.
I was
EXTREMELY happy !
I wasn't losing any weight, on the contrary, my weight would rise and go back down, but I was doing something with my life and most of all I was busy !
I would cancel plans for the sake of gym.
So I thought everything was going well, I was busy, I was sleeping 12 hrs a day, being at home.
Until one day I got a call, to start work the following day. After discussing it with my parents and making sure that that is the career path I want to choose, I accepted.
I am a big believer in God, and I really do believe that God works in mysterious ways.
The week before I got the offer, boot-camp ended. The day I got the offer, my gym trainer came up to me and told me that I should stop working out for more than an hour, and that if I want to attend classes I should stop doing doing anything else.
For example, on the days I attend classes, if I want to go to the gym then I should just do cardio. Nothing else.
Instead of 12pm I started waking up at 7:30, and gymming for an hour a day, not because I didn't want to, but because I had no time to.
Right now I feel like I have a purpose, everyday my goals change and I achieve those goals.
I wake up capable to wake up and energetic because I have something to do and things to achieve.
My understanding of that statement that I picked up from 'The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari' changed. It became:
When you wake up everyday with a new motive, a new set of goals,then you will see that everyday you will wake up with a larger energy than ever before.
My message to you guys is find your purpose, set new goals everyday, and always have a
WIDE SMILE on your face.
Here are a few quotes from the book:
“Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ.”
"Never regret your past. Accept it as the teacher that it is.”
“Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.”
“investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. it will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”
“never overlook the power of simplicity”
“Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don't accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.”
“Laughter opens your heart and soothes your soul. No one should ever take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves.”
“happiness is a journey, not a destination."
“Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul”
“Every event has a purpose and every setback its lesson. I have realized that failure, whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.”
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Love,
Sandra
Happy 43rd National Day to my second country
