DIDI: Dream it, do it

Throughout my life I have come to realize as well as have been told that I am in fact, a dreamer. I prefer idealist, but I digress. I have long resented this characteristic due to the desire to be a doer, however, I have come to terms with the fact that this is not necessarily something to be ashamed of. In fact, I am now proud of this trait I possess as I have just now begun to realize the potential of this trait. The reason I have seen the awesome potential is derived from a bit of advice I discovered from this article pertaining to dreamers. Referencing specifically number 3 on the list, it encourages the dreamers of the world to seek out natural born doers and collaborate with them taking advantage of each trait you have to offer. I realized that instead of fighting what I am, it is better to utilize what I’ve got and fill in the gaps by finding those possessing the doer mentality in order to materialize what I concoct within the confines of my complex noggin. Don’t fret doers! This same method can very well be geared toward you by seeking out those possessing a dreamer’s mentality. The best way to accomplish success using this method would be to have the dreamer quite literally spill out the contents of their brain, detail by detail, and allow the doer to do their thing. Find the ying to your yang and you will be shocked at the amount of limitations eliminated from your path to success!

Destination: Anywhere

The world as we know it is rather large to say the least. If you think about it, the area in which you currently reside is pretty big. Imagine how long it would take you to traverse the state you live in in its entirety. It would probably take quite some time. I’ve mentioned it before in an earlier post about how life is about experiencing things. One thing worth experiencing is the world around you in all of its glory. While I encourage you to get familiar with the state, province or just general area you may live in, I would like you to think bigger than that. In fact, if you live in the states, venture off to another neighboring state when you find the time. Take a trip. Take many trips. Take small trips. Take big trips. The point is that life is very short in retrospect and if it is all about experiencing things then the best way to go about doing so is immersing yourself in unfamiliar territory. I get that big time intercontinental travel may have its limitations due to such things as work or finances, however, there are other options available such as what I mentioned above in traveling close to you. There are a plethora of opportunities and experiences waiting for you out there in this big blue ball we call earth; I challenge you to make this big blue ball a lot smaller for yourself.

Goals, goals, goals...

If you are like most people, you want to make the most out of each and every day. You want to wake up with the intent to accomplish something or work towards something. If not, I highly encourage you adopt this mindset. With that being said I will provide a simple way of doing so. For starters think of a long-term goal that you would like to achieve. Whether it be traveling to another country, or competing in an event that you are interested in but currently are not prepared for. Now that you have a rough idea of that long-term goal, start to break it down in realistic steps that you can chip away at day by day. Now that you have a goal in mind and an idea of what it takes daily to reach said goal, you are almost done! Now, think right now of a goal you can accomplish throughout the day after reading this. Something simple such as drinking a set amount of water to taking the stairs more than you usually would. This may seem a bit silly but the reality is while you are working toward your long term goal day by day, you need something that you can say you accomplished at the end of each day so that you truly do feel a sense of accomplishment while at the same time piecing together your ultimate accomplishment which is your long term goal. Doing these two things in unison each day gives you a defined purpose despite what you may be going through each day whether it is a good day or a bad one. Accomplish something everyday, because we only have a finite amount of days to do so.

The power of Y

Throughout human history we have gained a plethora of knowledge. From the cosmos to how things work in the world pertaining to physics. But have you ever wondered not what we have learned, but how beings capable of no more than they were yesterday, were able to come to such realizations that would in turn answer so many questions? They asked why. Yes, once again I am being extremely vague and I may even be undermining many works of many extremely intelligent individuals, however, at the core they were hungry for answers and the first question they were bound to make at some point was “Why is that the way it is” and thus persevered on until they stumbled upon an answer. You may say “no Mr. ¿ they probably asked how” but in actuality is it not more intriguing to know WHY something is the way it is or WHY it works the way it works? You see what I am getting at is how powerful the question why truly is. Knowing that gravity is responsible for many aspects in physics as well as knowing that gravity is the reason why we are not floating off into an endless abyss. But I propose to you an interesting yet simple twist to that, which is WHY is gravity there to begin with? Why is gravity 9.81 m/s/s? I don’t mean for you to be that annoying kid in class who is too dense to understand even the most simplest of explanations but rather I am attempting to encourage you to seek out answers to questions that seem to have no answers because, you guessed it, one day one of you bright individuals may actually have an answer to that question or an even more mysterious question. As cliché as it may sound, I FIRMLY think every single human being with the capacity to think should question everything and anything because knowledge itself is truly the final frontier. When it comes to knowledge and the quest for such, stay thirsty my friends¡