Life hits us hard sometimes. We go broke, we lose our family, lose our jobs. Life happens. Now, you can sit there and cry about it, and go right back on the plantation, swallow plenty of blue pills, and life as you know it is back to "normal." Is that what you want? Normal? Odds are, you do not!

But where do you start?

  • Set goals for yourself; WRITE THEM DOWN
  • accept nothing but success, failure is NOT an option
  • this is your finest hour to prove yourself right, and every one else wrong
  • be the man that lives up to the adage, he who laughs last, laughs the best

Mental Stimulation: Read books

Archived Thread with a book list

Book of Zed the Zen

The Art of War, by Sun Tzu

Physical Stimulation: Exercise, aka, get off your ass!

Ever done push ups or sit ups? Ever took a walk for 20 minutes a day? No? Well, start! You don't need to join a gym.

Start learning a martial art or something that will bring focus to your mind. There are tons of resources on Google, and YouTube. The good part? It is free!

People

Eliminate Toxic People and those who distract you from your goal!

Associate with people with similar goals or like minded individuals

Money

Follow this simple formula from Dave Ramsey called the Baby Steps; it is simple and just takes you to begin the initiative.

But what you need, and not what you want; it is okay to buy something, but it should not break the bank and keep it simple.

Don't lend money! I have done this, and the people who you thought were responsible are really quick to disappoint.

General Thoughts

It is okay to feel pain and to cry! The pain is the reminder that you are alive, and you have work to do; the tears are a reminder you are human, it is okay. No one said it was going to be easy!

Be free, and live for yourself and never return to the plantation

A quote to live by:

Yea though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no challenge or evil because I am the baddest motherfucker in the Valley!