Now, you have two choices: Spend the rest of your life buried under your problems and dream your days away, or buckle up your courage and determination and change things around! I don’t know about you, but no matter how hard it is to create a better life, I’d rather try than admit defeat! Buy a notebook and grab a pen, this is your first step to having a better life. Give it an empowering title like, “My life from this moment on”, or, “From dreams to reality.” I titled mine, “This is who I am.” It may sound cheesy, but having that title on your notebook helps to imprint this new life into your mind since you’ll read it each time you pick the tablet up.

Getting down to work. On the first page make a list of where your life isn’t working. On the next page make a list of your dreams. Now…each consecutive page will hold the title of one problem and one dream. So, one page may be titled: Getting out of debt. Another may be titled: Going back to school. Under each title find ways to overcome the problem or make the dream into reality. Whether getting out of a rut, overcoming a problem, or making a dream come true, all it takes is determination, courage, and a step-by-step plan. The biggest obstacle to achieving what you set out to do is lack of focus. By breaking big projects or problems down into small steps you can overcome just about anything, and begin living the life of your dreams! Also try to smile and laugh more than anything else. Even if you don’t feel like smiling or laughing, do it anyway. Think back to the times of your life when you were happiest. Nothing in this world is greater or more important than having fun and enjoying oneself. Go back to the days when you were a child, before you started having worries about debt or relationships or health. Do you remember the things that made you happy as a child? The carefree innocence and the fun? Do those things again. Trust me, the world will be a better place for you again. I promise it will be. Start to watch your favourite childhood cartoons or shows on You tube. Play your favourite childhood games. Find the child in you again and you will be a far happier person.