The start of the year 2010 has opened many doors for me. I feel incredibly grateful for the shift my life is beginning to take. Roughly two months ago, I committed myself to several dreams and goals. I secretly started writing whenever I could. I read like crazy (I will forever be in love with books), and looked up every self-help, motivational article I could put my eyes on. As I mentioned in my first post, Arianna Huffington's Sleep Challenge touched me. In exactly 11 days, I managed to broaden my list of dreams and raise the bar on my goals.
Fear, a ghoulish monster, held me prisoner along with sleep deprivation. Once I chose to free myself from weariness, I started a staring contest against fear. I am proud to say: I won!
I decided to stop settling for less than I want. Period. I will not tune-in to the millions of voices shouting: unemployment, famine, disease, failure...
I choose to live a better life. I choose to dream. I choose to hope.
I put fear behind me; it will push me forward. In these times, I quit my job. (Oh, yes. I did.) Why? Because I can do so much better!
After cutting down on coffee, starting this wonderful book, meditating and sleeping at least eight hours each night, I still felt unhappy. I began asking myself dozens of questions. What makes me happy? Why am I not doing that? How do others do it? And so forth. A simple truth -- fear got in the way and rest helped me figure it out.
For those of you who find yourselves wondering the whats? whys? and hows?, go ahead, take a good long sleep.
As for me, I will move to New York City before my 25th birthday, and I will pursue a career in writing. Am I scared? Yes. Does it matter? Sure. How will I succeed? That's easy. Days filled with action and nights full of sleep.
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