Hello Monday, Let's be Friends?

Tomorrow is the beginning of a brand new week. With the new week looming it might feel like we need a new batch of motivation. Keeping up with this positive attitude and habits can be tiring and at times draining. Just remember that "We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same" -Carlos Castaneda. Getting out there and doing something, achieving something is always better than the alternative. Remember that your life is happening right now. Live each day in the present. Don't worry about the past; you can't change it. Don't worry about the future; it has yet to happen. Each day is new and special, and you can't worry about something that hasn't even begun. Today is the day to focus on. Blink and you'll miss it. You always have a choice. Be happy, be motivated, or be miserable. Force yourself to be the former; the latter is equally as tiring and draining, and far less rewarding.

I've discovered recently that a positive attitude really does change everything. Your perspective changes and everything is truly better. I've started looking at things with an "I want to do this, and I enjoy it" attitude and it makes whatever it is that I have to do actually enjoyable. My readings for my classes are suddenly really rather interesting. My assignments look less daunting, and I'm enjoying them. This is what school should be like; actually caring about what we are studying, and putting the effort in and giving the course a chance to pull us in and allow us to fall in love. I've never felt so giddy about a massive history paper, and it's because I'm writing about something that I truly care about. I want to know more, and I want to put my pen to the paper and unravel something new. It it important to remember that this is the type of thing that we are striving for in life. To truly be immersed in something we love and care about. It doesn't happen over night, and it does take a lot of hard work, but don't give up; you will get there one day and it will be just as great as you picture it to be.

I've said it before, and I'll continue to say it: never give up on yourself and your dreams. You can get through anything with a positive attitude, motivation, support and drive. And trust me, you'll get there. As Bill Cosby once said: "Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it".

Start this week with a positive energy, and don't let anyone or anything take it from you. You can do anything that you set your mind to. Now you just have to prove that to yourself.

And here we go.