The feeling you get when you finally accomplish something you’ve been working so hard toward is like none other.Īnd remember, the sacrifices you’re making now are only temporary. Stop expecting instant results and start practicing delayed gratification. If you want something you have to be willing to work hard for it. YOU are the only person who can change your life. It might be creatively spending $200 a month on groceries so that you can build your emergency fund.ĭelayed gratification is hard since we live in a society of instant gratification. This wouldn’t have been possible had I went out purchased a house right after getting divorced just because I didn’t want to live in a trailer.ĭelayed gratification for you might be working 60 hours per week for two months so you can get your bills caught up and put money in the bank. Now I’m happy to report that I just bought my “forever” house. I didn’t want to live in a trailer but I knew that there was no way I’d find rent lower than the $226 trailer payment I was making. Practice Delayed Gratificationĭelayed gratification is the practice of making short term sacrifices for a long term goal.Īn example from my life would be purchasing an old trailer to live in so that I could build my emergency fund and work on building an online business. Make sure the people you surround yourself with boost your self-confidence not tear it to shreds.Īt the very least you need to start slowly spending less time with the people who always doubt and insult you and find your support group.
If you’re always surrounded by people who encourage you and believe in you, you’ll be affected by that as well. If you’re always surrounding yourself with people who doubt you and drag you down you will be affected by it. If you don’t have confidence and faith in your ability to get yourself out of the situation you’re in, then you won’t get yourself out of the situation that you’re in.
You need people who lift you up and believe in you – not people who tear you down.Ĭonfidence is an underestimated trait in a person. When you’re just-barely scraping by or hating where you’re at in life and beating yourself up for the mistakes you’ve made, the people you surround yourself with are crucial. You need people who uplift you and not people who tear you down for being human. I can’t even begin to tell you how much of a blessing it is to have people like this in your life.
You can tell them anything and while they’ll offer advice, they will not make you feel bad about anything you’ve done. The other great thing about my Grandma, Dad, and brothers – they don’t judge. It didn’t matter if I was having a nervous breakdown, crying my eyes out, or if I was super happy and ready to go hang out. My youngest brother was by my side literally every – single –day after I got divorced. In fact, I think he was extremely happy that the girls and I would be so close to him. My Dad welcomed me in after I got divorced. If I did not have my Dad and brothers when I got divorced I wouldn’t be where I’m at today.
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