My Vision for Success and How I’m Going To Move Forward To Make It A Reality.

Current dissatisfaction

Lack of focus

- Distractions due to having no place private to concentrate or get away from the volume of a loud television

- Distractions due to dog sitting a demanding little dog, who is suffering from separation anxiety while his master is away and in hospital

- Distractions in regards to looking for a job

- Distraction of others who live in the house and want to do their own thing, which because I am a guest and she resides in the house is her right to be able to move and do what she wants.

Lack of time

- Working on a book series

- Having two blogs

- Blog 1

- Blog 2

- A Facebook page

- Short stories leading back to the book series leaves me feeling as though, I am being pulled in too many directions

All these distractions bring me to a very tough question that requires an honest deep probing answer. Are the distractions I am facing each day, the real reason for my having trouble writing or are they simply excuses I am using to try to gain sympathy for my own private pity party? I can encourage myself to fall further and further into my slump of being distracted and discouraged and then not accomplish what needs to be done or I can change my pity party and get back into good vibrations.

My Vision

Regaining focus

- As of this morning, I have a job, which does not start for two weeks, but it is a job, I know I will enjoy

- For the next two weeks, I have the house to myself so I can gauge the volume of the television

- The dog is quietly sleeping at my feet so while he is quiet I can focus on what I need to do in regards to writing.

Regaining time

- Setting aside an hour for each blog, short story and book writing, until I start my job will help me to get things done

- Not letting distractions come in and sway me away from what needs to be done

As I work on and write this blogging assignment, I feel joy rising up in me. Being willing to ask hard questions and honestly answer them, no matter how the answer makes me feel, actually makes me feel empowered and encouraged to be honest with myself and with my readers. If my readers can see I am willing to ask myself hard questions and answer them honestly, my hope would be that they too would be able to face their own hard questions and answer them with bravery and honesty.

Being successful means not being afraid to answer the hard questions. It also means having the strength and courage to recognize what the distractions really are and having the ability to push them aside to make way for the rewards that come with hard work and living in joy instead of fear.