Month: December 2010

  • What I got from 2010.


    Well at first as usual I thought “errrrmm what happened yesterday?” but as I started to remember I realised 2010 has actually been quite eventful [comparatively anyway] so here goes….

    Top of the list has got to be I finally discovered that I actually do want something to happen in my life, and that is a family and children.
    Pretty much everything I’ve looked at so far seems much the same as everything else but the idea of being responsible for the crafting of an entirely new perception is really exciting and led me to realise that I actually want to leave a legacy behind, no I’m not sure there’s anything beyond this life and it rationally seems a bit egotistical to me as a concept but in my heart it’s something I actually feel is right.

    That’s another thing I’ve gotten more connected with what’s true in my heart, or certainly become convinced that that’s the only thing that’ll be honest to me and feel right. So listen to your heart and your soul will speak through it.

    I also kind of grew up a bit (finally) and having been confronted with a lot of change recently I’ve had to overcome some pretty well ingrained comfort zones.
    So remember to stay flexible and fluid or at least open minded, because everything changes and it’s only our inflexibility that will cause any pain.

    I also got taught an important lesson about Honesty. Honesty gives you freedom and the less honest you are the less free you’ll be until you suddenly discover you’re alone trapped within yourself no matter how many people are around you.
    Be yourself. It sounds simple but often we just don’t do it, Relax and be free.

    Another big one this year, Learn how to listen to myself. Really make time to study your thoughts and what influences your behaviour because there are so many things within us and affecting us all the time that without proper examination you might be missing out on what’s right for you.

    For me after looking at myself I now know I like to be with someone, I’m basically a  supporting role lol I really don’t want to be the star, but I’m really lonely on my own I need someone to follow, someone to take care of, someone who I can be comfortable with.

    I’m sorry to say this as I’m sure most if not all of those reading will be users….but I’ve also found out that I REALLY hate instant messengers on iphones, ipads and mobiles. I know they are useful and are technological and fancy and great but when someone is sitting there tapping away to some random person during a film or in the middle of a conversation, or even worse (and this is my brother I’m talking about here) out in the beauty of nature and they are still texting away…..oh man it just drives me up the wall. I’m a curmudgeon and hermit I know, so you’ll have to forgive me but it’s going to be a long time before I’m going to carry a mobile lol

    I’ve begun working towards an actual goal this year and started a few business like things. I’ve learnt (or begun to learn) SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and setup a forum in partnership with another webguy. I’ve even earned some money online via affiliate marketing…..not much and not really enough to cover out going yet but it’s something and proved it could be done. Now all I have to do is stay dedicated and improve the techniques.

    And what I’ve learnt from all that is that I really enjoy using computers mainly for games but even just for everyday work computers are something that I love and can lose myself in. ‘Find the thing that you love and do that’ is what all the self help success guys say and I suppose it’s true but what’s becoming clear to me more and more is ‘what you love to do’ changes and your life and people around you will as well so do what you love but don’t ‘become’ what you do because we’re always more than that.

    Most important things this year has taught me?
    Well I suppose that would be,

    Your in control of your mind and your experience.

    Responsibility is not being responsible for something but rather a total state of mind.

    Honesty with yourself, others and the universe is vital.   

    And finally, ALWAYS FLOSS! I didn’t and that’s just stupid so go out and get some floss I mean it!

    As always a bit meandering (I have no idea how Lena managed to get hers so neat) but that’s been my year, and it leaves me excited for the year to come and what it might bring.
    I hope everyone’s 2011 is filled with Hope, Gratitude, Love and Wonder!

  • What are your New Year’s resolutions?

    Don’t really do Resolutions that dedicatedly but I do intend to become comfortably rich this year, or at the very least start generating an income.

    I also want to stick to my beliefs more and not be lured from what I know to be right.

       

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  • The Future

    It’s very almost 2011…2011!!!!! Come on we are literally in the future!
    In the eighties or even the nineties most sci-fi films didn’t even go as high as 2011 when they imagined spaceships and aliens and all manner of cool stuff.

    Now okay we don’t have terribly cool spaceships yet, or hover cars but lets for a second consider what we do have.

    In the past 20 – 30 years the entire world of computers has grown, not just computers but the internet too. I can sit here on a tiny island of another tiny island and order something directly from China and have it arrive within a week! I can write something on Xanga and have it seen by people from around the entire planet, I can make a website to sell a product that I’ve never touched and don’t manufacture to customers I’ve never met from all around the world.

    Almost everyone has personal communicators that can connect to almost anyone else on the planet, let alone the more advanced versions such as Ipods that are far more powerful than an entire super computer from only 30 years ago and yet are no bigger than the palm of your hand.

    We can enter fantastical worlds that look almost real either through film where CGI has gotten to a point where you really can do anything and make it look as real as anything you can film. Or games in which we can experience un-imaginable things first hand or join in on shared worlds with tens of thousands of other players, to create entire new universes with their own economies, wars, art, etc. etc.
    Home users can generate their own content within only a few hours, from films to music and professional graphic art.

    There is admittedly extremely wasteful but still impressive global transport and supply networks that connect the entire planet, land, sea and air.
    We do have hover trains that reach incredible speeds, some over 300kph (I think) lasers are common place, you can even order lasers powerful enough to burn dark coloured things for relatively low prices on ebay.

    Medical advances are almost too many to list, but the ability to manipulate genes and create entirely new organs or even new forms of customised life is pretty mind blowing.

    And most importantly of all in my mind is that things that once were firmly in the esoteric world are almost becoming common knowledge such as The Secret and various other ideas that are blurring the lines between science and the esoteric, like Quantum research that is uncovering the underlying energetic background of all reality. Advancing us not only scientifically and technologically but also spiritually and personally, proving that we ourselves have the power to change our world.

    There are also Finally robots! Robots are everywhere. Artificial intelligence is being explored and advanced even in basic consumer products like computer games and toys. Entire facilities are governed by largely computerised systems, remote control drones fight many of our wars.
    Not the most positive side of the future but we can now really quite easily create weapons with the power to end all life on the entire planet….depressing yes, but also pretty damn futuristic.

    We aren’t in space but we can look farther and with more detail into it and we have had (still do have I think) a few actual space stations with people able to live for some time in space…which is just cool :) not to mention we have surrounded our globe with satellites that direct us and channel mind-blowing amounts of data and information.

    So it’s 2011 personally it’s no where near futuristic enough for me yet but I take comfort in the fact that in my own lifetime the acceleration of technology and awareness has been so fast and far reaching that it can only mean that either we are going to advance at such a speed that we make a huge mistake and wipe ourselves out or things keep multiplying and multiplying until suddenly we find ourselves in a future that we could never have even imagined.

    Either way as with every New Year I’m excited, the entire world is now moving much more as one thing and while that can still go either way whatever happens it’s going to be big and it’s going to be interesting.

    So I say Bring on the future! :D  

  • Xanga SuperHeroes

    I have been watching a LOT of DC and Marvel comic book films, and that combined with my desire to find somekind of workable theme in which to draw various Xangans has brought me to the realisation that what Xanga needs is SuperHeroes!

    Much like the Justice League of America and The Avengers, The Xanga Legion or XL is a super hero team who fight boring blogs and bad spelling where ever they find it.

    Mainly it’s just a fun excuse to motivate myself to continue learning to draw so I shall be adding new Heroes when I can but if anyone wants one specifically then don’t hesitate to get in touch, also if I’ve made a terrible mistake and you already had certain powers picked out (if you like me have already thought about what you’d like should you ever gain super powers) I’m more than happy to alter existing drawings and details.

    Also if anyone has a better name for this group of superheroes i’d love to hear suggestions as XL was the best i could come up with…(and it’s a little bit roman).

     

    Now the classic dodgy back stories for the 7 Heroes i’ve done so far.

     

    RoadLessTaken

    Reality
    When a secret government project involving Nano-Bots went wrong one brave student sacrificed himself to save others by throwing himself into the path of the rampaging Nano-Swarm.
    As the Nano-Bots engulfed him he managed to over power their swarm mind and merge with them. Now Reality has the power to re-form himself on the Nano level making him almost invulnerable, he can also interface with almost any technology instantly gaining control over external computer and mechanical systems, he can also remake raw materials into almost anything.

    RockStarJuiceNStarBurst

    SnowAngel
    During particularly high solar activity a lone custodian of an arctic research base got lost in high winds. Freezing and alone she was seconds from death when the full brunt of the Solar wind hit the earths magnetic fields, above the sky ignited in cascades of green aurora the solar energy was so strong it pushed down through the magnetic shield of the planet and touched the ground where she lay.
    On that day SnowAngel was re-born, now with power over the cold, snow and ice she is able to travel at the speed of the wind by transforming into liquid and snow.

    SerenaDante

    Amore
    Amore is the divine child of Aphrodite sent to this earth to save us from our selves. She can fly and is almost indestructible since she is a Demi God. She also has the ability to project a wave of pure love that disables any and all weapons.

    HelloKitty0809

    Genie
    A geneticist who discovered a way to gain control over her own DNA, she now can morph her body or limbs into that of any other animal.
    The key to her power was the development of telepathic powers which have also been boosted so now she can not only read minds but control those around her.

    Kyukyucar

    K
    K is the 11th version of a secret human cloning experiment that was trying to create the perfect human. K is so close to the ultimate goal that she could no longer be contained and escaped the lab. She has the power to absorb anything around her and transfer it into pure energy that she can then project as an impenetrable shield.
    She is also extremely physically fit, super humanly strong and immensely intelligent, having gained much of the true power of a perfected human.

    UltimatePartyPanda

    Ultimate Panda
    A student who got lost while on a trip to China came across the ancient hidden temple of the Golden Panda deep within a vast bamboo forest.
    Within the temple she discovered the secret knowledge of the GoldenPanda sect and learned many incredible powers, in exchange for taking on the Golden Pandas pledge to protect the natural world.
    Now she has the ability to control plants and animals, and also to grow and form her body like the roots of a tree. This gives her incredible strength. She can also gain information from the vast network of roots and plants around her giving her an almost telepathic awareness.

    DaniPhantomz

    ElectricPhantom
    A Rockstar who during a concert that had descended into a riot got hit by a sonic crowd control weapon while simultaneously being electrocuted by faulty wiring on the stage, the combination of high powered Sonic waves and thousands of volts of electricity changed her energetic make up.
    She now has the ability to channel huge amounts of electricity and also become invisible.

     

    ElectricPhantom

    A Rockstar who during a concert that had descended into a riot got hit by a sonic crowd control weapon while simultaneously being electrocuted by faulty wiring on the stage, the combination of high powered Sonic waves and thousands of volts of electricity changed her energetic make up.

    She now has the ability to channel huge amounts of electricity and also become invisible.

  • More of Winter

    It’s even thicker with snow here now and although the days are short (and i mostly sleep through them hidden under the covers) I did manage to take a few shots today.

  • What are five things most people don’t know about you?

    Apart from my close family nobody really knows anything about me….

    ermmm

    1:I like keeping secrets and having something private (that one kind of necessitates noone knowing about it)

    2:I really want children, preferably two daughters.

    3:I’ve never been on a date.

    4:I’d love to go to Germany, (not really sure why)

    5:I spent two years making an addon for an old dos game, entirely in secret.

       

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  • Geek Quest: Tron, The Blizzard and a Ditch.

    We awoke at 7:15 while it was still dark, (I was somewhat hoping my timer was still on summer time and I’d get another hours kip…but no) The weather was reporting pretty serious warnings for our coming trip across from Skye to Inverness and most of the morning was taken up with discussing the potential risks and should we shouldn’t we go.

    But with Toast and Coffee to keep us going we eventually decided that it would be okay and worth the risk.
    Initially me and my brother were going to take a bus, but since my mum also had a work Christmas party to go to we all piled into the car.

    On our little road and the main roads on the island the snow was pretty thick but it was passable and had been slightly gritted so we continued slightly encouraged that we’d make it okay.
    Our deadline was 2:20 for the film and I think around 1 for the party, so we had plenty time since it’s around a three hour trip at normal speeds and even though we planned on doing no more than 30mph we’d still be fine.

    The trip of the island was uneventful and quite pretty with a wonderfully wintry covering to everything, but when we reached the mainland things began to get much worse.
    The roads Had been gritted but not really ploughed in many areas so rather than two lane main roads it mainly looked like a single track with deep drifts obscuring the sides, this made overtaking impossible and passing oncoming traffic (especially lorries) hair raising to say the least.

    As we continued it also began to snow in parts which certainly didn’t help. And then about just over half way through our journey while we were driving on what seemed to me to be a pretty flat and straight bit of road we suddenly began to slid, my mum who has had quite a bit of practice driving in the snow tried to counter but the car veered right towards a crash barrier and then swerved left and bounced into a boggy ditch.
    The car was stuck in snow upto the bottom of the door and on foot deep mud, this was not great as we certainly at this point didn’t have much spare time. So we set about with a shovel and some ash we’d brought trying to get some traction.

    Fortunately we were only going about 25 – 30 mph and there was no damaged especially since It was such a soft landing. The car wasn’t going to move quickly though as with the snow and mud it was well and truly stuck, with branches from the near by forest we could have gotten out but it would have time a LONG time.

    But right when we thought the day was done and Tron was slipping away, a Heroic Hovis lorry man pulled up and really amazingly just got right to it and pulled us out, he was an awesome bloke and really saved us.

    The rest of the trip was just as spooky with several parts forcing us to go at no more than 20mph, barely able to see the road or very far ahead. But eventually and with only 30 mins to spare for the film we made it. My mum was slightly late for the party sadly but she still managed to get the main course.

    The Film was BRILLIANT and with almost no one else in the cinema and perfectly central seats we enjoyed it thoroughly and if you like the first Tron then you certainly won’t be disappointed as they really did it justice.

    After the film it was 5:30 I think and we then had to get back and now it was dark…..
    But again fortunately even though it took a couple hours longer than normal and did involve some pretty alarming sections we made it back in one piece.
    It is now again totally white outside and set to last for a bit, but even though thinking about it I did actually risk my life to watch Tron…it was kind of worth it lol

    Also The Hovis bread company train some pretty damn fine drivers :D    

  • Horror and Innocence:

    This song by Avril Lavigne always makes me a bit sad because it gets me thinking about Innocence and how it changes.
    But it’s also hopeful because as much as we may feel like we’re loosing our Innocence I don’t think it’s ever entirely gone when we love and laugh and truly enjoy something we can all feel like children again.

    Waking up I see that everything is ok
    The first time in my life and now it’s so great
    Slowing down I look around and I am so amazed
    I think about the little things that make life great
    I wouldn’t change a thing about it
    This is the best feeling

    This innocence is brilliant, I hope that it will stay
    This moment is perfect, please don’t go away, I need you now
    And I’ll hold on to it, don’t you let it pass you by

    I found a place so safe, not a single tear
    The first time in my life and now it’s so clear
    Feel calm I belong, I’m so happy here
    It’s so strong and now I let myself be sincere
    I wouldn’t change a thing about it
    This is the best feeling

    This innocence is brilliant, I hope that it will stay
    This moment is perfect, please don’t go away, I need you now
    And I’ll hold on to it, don’t you let it pass you by

    It’s the state of bliss you think you’re dreaming
    It’s the happiness inside that you’re feeling
    It’s so beautiful it makes you wanna cry

    It’s the state of bliss you think you’re dreaming
    It’s the happiness inside that you’re feeling
    It’s so beautiful it makes you wanna cry

    It’s so beautiful it makes you want to cry

    This innocence is brilliant, it makes you want to cry
    This innocence is brilliance, please don’t go away
    Cause I need you now
    And I’ll hold on to it, don’t you let it pass you by

    This innocence is brilliant, I hope that it will stay
    This moment is perfect, please don’t go away, I need you now
    And I’ll hold on to it, don’t you let it pass you by
     

    When I was young we lived in a caravan. Eventually we moved into a house near the caravan that we rebuilt, but for ages our TV was still in the Caravan which meant to watch a film we had to walk up from the house through the gate and then maybe 30 ft to the caravan.

    Even with all that distance and the fact that it was a film, The Bodysnatchers was so scary to my young mind that I couldn’t sleep and was really genuinely scared while it was on and being watched by my dad and brother (my mum was with me :) )
    It was as if just by its existence somekind of portal was open to the Bodysnatcher world.

    Later on it was games such as the very early Doom pc game that I couldn’t even be in the same room as when it was being played because it was ‘too scary’ .
    And it was years before I could watch the Alien films, and they have inspired some spectacular nightmares even when they were on but I didn’t watch.

    But as I’ve gotten older and watched more horror films and more effectively played more horror games my tolerance has gotten stronger and stronger, and this is sort of interesting/bothering to me.

    From not being able to be in the same building as something horrific to regularly playing games that would almost certainly have sent young me into paralytic shock.

    I didn’t even like Horror games for ages but recently I’ve gotten quite into them and been able to observe the change of tolerance first hand and in a short space of time.
    The game DeadSpace for example is a very scary and gruesome sci-fi horror game that even a couple years ago I would never have dreamed of playing on my own. But now not only do I play it on my own…at night…but the graphic violence and regular surprises and shocks don’t really effect me as much as they used to, it’s actually quite a shame because the fear produced by a horror game helps to boost the reality of the world and you can get much more engrossed by a horror themed game than other types.

    But as I continue playing the effects get less and less, it’s the same with films the more scary films you see the less they start to effect you. The only thing that really gets to me now horror wise is either psychological horror or the very strange such as the ‘Ring’ Monster.

    Now I’m not saying this is a bad thing or a good thing its just something that’s interesting. We humans adapt we’re really good at it, but what dose it mean?

    What effect is this having on me?
    In games I by now must have killed well over several hundred thousand sprites in various forms, I know that visualisation is a powerful tool and that the unconscious can’t actually tell the difference between imagination and ‘reality’ so dose this mean I am in some way a veteran of war?
    I doubt it because I don’t suffer from any of the usual side effects of PTSD for example but its an interesting thought what is it that a life of TV and computer games is doing to the minds of so many people?

    A lot of people would like to get up in arms and say violence in TV and Computer games is wrong, and to an extent I agree violence such as seen in GTA, Manhunt and other ugly or unnecessarily violent games or gruesome, dark and miserable films like the Kill bill films or SinCity I really don’t think that serves any purpose other than being violent and nasty…but I’m sure there are many arguments to the contrary.
    My main point is that I really think it’s not so much the images and content but the way you are interacting with it. If you’re spending your time torturing the baddies in a game or revelling in the sense of violence and aggression in a film like SinCity…then maybe that’s not doing you much good.
    But if you’re appreciating the need for that particular theme or enjoying the stylistic approach or even just enjoying that whole horror and violence ‘mood’ then that’s going to be alright just make sure your not ‘living’ it and carrying it with you.

    We are adaptive and it will have an effect, just like me and horror games, I can’t go back to being scared by Alien but I also don’t think that I’m any closer to getting a gun or axe and making my own horror film come true.
    The thing is you can’t or I don’t think you should hide from any experience, that’s not to say you should go out and seek things that make you uncomfortable just don’t do it for the wrong reasons I suppose.

    I really enjoy Horror games, the fact is if I’m going to intentionally scare myself then I’d prefer to be well armed rather than just sitting watching a film. But I try to make sure not to fill my mind with the darker or violent things predominantly and not so much just before bed for example, no longer out of fear but simply because even when your enjoying it Violence and horror is what it is.

    Not sure what the point of all that is TBH other than just to remind everyone to keep a bit of innocence around because it’s Brilliant :D

  • Xanga-ddict

    Well thankfully the internet came back sooner than i’d expected and I should be able to fit Blogging (or at least reading blogs into my day)

    But the one day of Xanga withdrawl that i recently experianced made me realise just how addicted i’ve already become to this site and the people on it.

    Thanks so much to HelloKitty0809 and RoadLessTaken for commenting on my slightly over dramatic offline pulse, I didn’t really expect anyone to comment and it was nice to feel missed. Next time i’m away for the terrible time of a whole day i’ll try not to freak out quite so much lol

    Of course it was hard enough to keep up with all the blogs I needed to read before i missed a day, and with RockStarJuiceNStarburst comming back there’s loads to catch up on…..plus all i’ve done since not being able to check Xanga is think about potential Blogs and ideas for topics.

    This is why so far i’ve kept my distance from online social networks…..or any social network tbh. As soon as you start interacting with people time just gets sucked away, and i don’t say that in a bad way it just seems to be the case. A while ago me and my brother played online games namely EVE-online which is an amazing game but it and the resultant commitments to the other players pretty much stopped our lives, we rarely got to sleep before 4AM and the first thing we did in the morning was log on.

    Now perhaps we are just obsessives but it looks to be that the Internet game/social network is designed to grab the attention and keep you comming back for more and if your not aware and careful about how much time your spending it’ll just take more and more…..but for now i’m kinda down with day :D I do have lots of stuff to get on with but as long as i try to at least do a few things towards my various goals i’m happy to spend any leasure time on Xanga.

    Once again not really sure where i’m going with this post other than to say I know that in myself i’m quite obsessive and will keep doing the thing thats on my mind beyond reason and when that combines with enviroments designed to capture the attention and generate a regular user it can be tricky to balance, the only way to keep balance in mind is to be aware so i suppose this post is just a warning to myself to remember to use Xanga and not be used by it.

  • Bare minimum guide to Self help stuff.

    Thanks mainly to my dad I have had the opportunity to check out quite a lot of self help programs and material and it’s brilliant stuff for sorting various issues out within you life and mind.

    My problem is though that I really don’t get motivated to do much most of the time, not because I’m blocked by ‘issues’ but just because I’m really happy just being content with the way things are and letting life and events direct me.

    But as self-help and the esoteric have come closer it’s becoming more and more evident that the life we live today is the result of the thoughts and beliefs we had yesterday a week or a year ago.
    And even more interesting is the observation effect where it is scientifically proven that if you conduct an experiment while it is observed by the experimenter you get a different outcome than when you conduct the same experiment with no-one observing.

    So basically what we hold in our minds is powerful and has the potential to change our entire experience, so there are a few things that even though I’ve not taken on the entire persona of some of the self help guys with all the type-A over achieving and high energy stuff, I think are really useful and worth bearing in mind.

    First off and the easiest to do are Affirmations:
    Affirmations are just short phrases or even single words that you say to yourself that are positive and self reinforcing, they are often layered into binauralbeats or hypnosis, but you can also just say them to yourself.
    Surprisingly it’s quite difficult (well it was for me anyway) to find a time to do this though and you can often forget, so what I do is right before going to sleep while I’m laying in bed I just go through a few.
    And they can be anything from goals you’d like to achieve or skills you want to just generally positive things you’d like in your life and experience, here are mine for examples:

    Everyday and in everyway I am getting better, better and better.
    (this is an NLP affirmation I think, and apparently works more powerfully in the unconscious if you say ‘better’ three times like that.

    My body is healthy and vibrant.

    My Eyesight is clear and sharp. My eyes are healthy and strong.
    (my eye sight is slightly blurry and I’m hoping to help fix it with this and other techniques)

    My body, all of my organs, and all the cells that make up both my body and organs regenerate themselves. And each time they do they come back more healthy and perfected than before.
    (this is my own invention and is basically true, every I think it’s something like 5 years shorter for certain parts like your skin, we get an entirely new body. Everything bones and all is re-grown. Why not get it back healthier?)
    I am Lucky

    I love all of creation, I am grateful for all of creation, I am sorry if I’ve done any wrongs to anything in all of creation.
    (this is working on the Ho’oponopono Hawaiian healing technique, and ‘creation’ could be universe if it sounds too religious, though i’m not particularly religious myself i find creation to be the most accurate word.)

    I love you, I’m sorry, please forgive me, thank you
    (Ho’oponopono done properly)

    I am aware of my dreams.

    I remember my dreams when I wake.

    I am conscious within my dreams.

    I am a natural and skilful artist, Capable of drawing anything imaginable.

    I am a super being with super powers.
    (hehe this ones a bit out there maybe, but I like the symbolic effect of superheroes and to be perfectly honest I really want super powers lol)

    (more to test these various systems than anything else I’ve been trying to generate a good income from the internet so to help that I added a whole bunch of money related ones too, NLP suggests that all goals should be in the present tense so no “I will be rich” instead say “I am rich” it’s better for the unconscious to understand)

    Everything I do I succeed at.

    I am wealthy.

    Money flows to me easily.

    I am a millionaire.

    I Love money.  

    I Love using the internet and creating websites.
    (be specific and get love in there as much as possible it’s one of the most powerful words/emotions about, along with gratitude)

     
    Well that’s mine, there maybe be others that I forgot but I think you get the idea.
    Put them in present tense, make them short concise and powerful and don’t be afraid to dream big.

    Everyday NLP:
    I’ve not done any NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) but I’ve heard enough about it to see that quite often we program ourselves on a daily basis with negative thoughts and words.
    How many times have you been asked to remember something and the first thing you say while thinking about it is “hmmm I can’t remember…”

    Little things like that and the usual daily whining we all do can over time have an effect. I’m not suggesting we all become crazy over positive loons constantly grinning but certainly you should be vaguely aware of how your painting the world both verbally and mentally.

    So try to be aware of things like “Oh I always get a cold during winter” and “knowing my luck…” or “there are never any parking spaces available!”
    What sort of place is going to be created if that’s what you expecting?
    The best possible thing is just as likely to happen as the worst.

    I’m always reminded of the hilarious TV show 3rd rock from the sun. and the Character Harry:
    “How are you today Harry?”
    “OUTSTANDING!”

    {I just re-read my own blog here and noticed another one, in the second paragraph I write “my problem is….” Why is it a problem? It takes only a little bit of awareness to spot things like that in your language and fix em.
    A better wording would be maybe….”Currently I don’t get motivate” pick words that are either positive or at least neutral.

     
    Goals:
    Goals are very important if you want to achieve something, forget about how it’s going to happen just focus on the goal of something you really want.
    Write it down. Imagine it in detail. Live as if you already have it.

    I have to manufacture goals for myself because I’m basically content but even if you struggle to find a big goal just pick something small and expand it or figure out what needs to happen to allow it. So for example I’d like to be a Concept artist, so I need to be able to draw and I need an income that will support me while I learn but won’t take much of my time.

    Vision Board:
    Another great idea is the vision board or just a goal pics folder.
    Just browse googles images for some pics of what you want, your dream house, car, coat etc. and keep them somewhere where you can regularly browse through them.
    It’s quick easy and recommended by pretty much all the really great self help folks.
    (I’ll post mine at some point maybe)

    Visualisation:
    This is brilliant and easy but actually hard to schedule. All you have to do is to give yourself a few mins of time to just sit quietly (with no other distractions preferably) and imagine from the first perspective if you can, your life with all the things in it that you really want, make it bright, involve your emotions, really dream big.

    Visualisation is super powerful, there have been many test done where people such as athletes have visualised while another group have trained and the ones that visualise often out perform the ones that train in reality, so don’t underestimate this technique.

    The only tricky part of it is that you really do have to ‘do’ it not just quickly run through a list of things you ‘want’ take your time and REALLY enjoy the life your visualising, if you do it this way it can be a lot of fun and will certainly start you moving in the direction of your dreams.

    Surround yourself with positive things.
    Your environment is having an impact on your mind and your mind is having an impact on your environment.
    Make you desktop image something encouraging, write down a goal and stick it to the wall next to your bed.
    The more regular reminders you have the stronger your unconscious will work to bring the things you desire into your life.

    Celebrate Small achievements:
    Because there are no ‘small’ achievements, every little step brings you closer to your goal, so keep a list of things to do next to your bed and tick them off as you do them. Even really mundane things, I have a list that I add one or two ideas of things to do before I go to sleep, then the next day I try to do as many as I can and at night I get the satisfaction of crossing stuff off.
    It’ll keep you progressing and positive.

    There are LOADS more things you can do to sort your self out and achieve things but if your anything like me it’ll be enough to get some of these ones done lol
    But the important thing is to remember that it’s your mind and it’s your world you’re the one thinking what your thinking you’re the one doing what your doing. So if you want something to change start with yourself and see what happens.

    And even if you don’t really mind what happens and don’t have a goal or many strong desires, many of these ideas can help just improve your life and way of thinking sort of like an upgrade.