Number 3

I don't know about you, but I sometimes find it very easy to get bogged down in the monotony of life. Whether it's housework (will laundry and dishes never cease?) or problems at work, or not being able to have the life you want right now.

It can get frustrating.

 When I was teaching this last year things just got harder and harder. Students, grading, tests, pressure, and worry, all the time worry, about our jobs, budgets, and changes. It was my second year teaching and the first year had been hard. They tell you to expect it. I never went into this profession with my eyes closed but it's hard to keep your heart open when you keep getting beat down.

There was one thing that helped me during my first year and that was going to workshops. To be honest I would schedule them once a month if possible, to give my self a break and to wash my brain with new ideas, to talk to the workshop leaders, ask questions, and remember why I had chosen to do this in the first place. My second year of teaching I was told that I couldn't go to anymore workshops because they weren't in the budget anymore. I felt stagnated.

Here's your third tip:

Whatever you want to become in your life, find someone who's already doing it and build that relationship. Those that burn together burn brighter. 

You know the feeling you get when you have a really good conversation with a person you just met and that conversation made you feel like you were not alone? Your blood pumping a little harder because you felt the sky open up and whatever oppression (or depression) you were feeling lifted? And you can't stop smiling, you drive a little faster, you can't get your brain to shut up. And it's not even about networking anymore, it's about you just met someone who happens to be the person you want to be when you grow up.

If you haven't found anyone like that yet keep your eyes open. If you pay attention you could find them anywhere, in moments of opportunity, enough light to take your next step.






photo credits go to  http://getyourbizsavvy.com/2010/04/how-to-find-a-mentor/ with an excellent article on how to find a mentor for business people. it's true for life as well.