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How I deal with discouragement

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I missed my goals again!

For some reason, I’ve been feeling bummed this week in my outrageous retirement lifestyle quest. . Maybe it is the idea of a new year with the plans and goals that I want to achieve that is overwhelming me. Maybe it is the realization that I didn’t accomplish as much as I wanted last year. Maybe I’m coming down with a cold. I don’t know the explanation but it makes it hard to sit down and focus. I start telling myself “What’s the use?” because I’m not going to accomplish what I want to do anyway. It is hard to fight those feelings. I have fallen far short of the goals I set. Why would I ever think of trying again? [continue reading…]

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Revisiting Obstacles

A year ago I wrote about the proper way to think about obstacles.  They aren’t reasons to change course.  They may be lessons we need to learn or tests for our convictions.  If you are committed to reaching your goals then  you need to be  overcoming  obstacles instead of avoiding them.

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