Monday Inspiration: 5 ways to stay motivated

The race is not given to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the  brilliant or favor to the learned, but time and chance happened to them all

ECCLESIASTES 9:11

January is  over. Feburary is in full effect.  Before we know it spring will be here. We have all more than likely set resolutions and goals for all of things we want to accomplish. Now the question is who is still movtivated, working hard to reach those goals? Or did we set them for the sake of setting them and push them to the back of our minds. Have we grown tired of striving for greatness?  We must remember that the race is not given to the likely winner but the one who perseveres to the end.

Here are 5 ways to keep you working toward that goal:

Start the day out reviewing your goals and tracking your progress.

Break your goal into small action steps and plan to accomplish one action step per day.

Reward yourself after every goal you achieve. Give yourself something great ( spa day, new bag, or shoes)

Visualize your goals using a vision board or vision journal. The pictures will help motivate you, or just remind you of what your working toward.

At the end of each month or the begining of the next month evaluate your goal, you never know you may find that one on the list may not be important to you, or it may need a bit of tweaking. This is the time to remind yourself why the goal is important to you. You want to make sure that you know exactly why you want to achieve the goal.

How do you stay motiviated? Leave a comment and let me know what works for you.

Shameka

<3 2012

Happy Birthday Dr. King

The Ultimate Measure of a Man is not Where he Stands in Moments of Comfort and Convenience, but Where he Stands in Times of Challenge and Controversy...MLK

As the years roll by, it is easy to forget the sacrifices of the men and women who gave their lives so we can have the lives we deserve, or even simple luxuries we take for granted each and everyday. Living in Charleston , S.C. where at times I can feel the hardship and the set backs that have plagued the area for generations I wonder what it would have been like to live during a time when dreaming seemed impossible. A time when all you had was education, and determination. The years have spoiled us and made us lazy, allowed us to make excuses and lower out standards, loose our values. I wonder what Dr. King would think of us now? I don't think he would be very proud of how we tear each other down. Like crabs in a barrel. I was just as proud as any other African American as I watched President Obama and Michelle dance at the Inauguration, I felt as if we had crossed a major hurdle, which we have. But still I wonder if we as individuals have done all we can to make sure that we are letting Dr. King know that we appreciate all that he has done for us.

Here are a few ways you can keep the legacy alive:

1. Make education a symbol of wealth, and become a life long learner.
2. Challenge the status quo, dare to be different
3. Use your life to inspire others, get out there an volunteer
4. Be the change that you want to see, don't just complain about something...change it.
5. Leave your mark on the world, the next generation needs something to grab onto.

Don't get comfortable for you will never grow....

Happy Birthday Martin Luther King, I appreciate you!

Shameka
<3 2012