{"id":17483,"date":"2013-02-09T04:15:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T12:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lmlrn.com\/?p=404"},"modified":"2020-09-15T07:23:52","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T07:23:52","slug":"5-ways-to-make-a-positive-change-in-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/life\/5-ways-to-make-a-positive-change-in-your-life","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways To Make A Positive Change In Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This post is for YOU if:<\/strong><\/h5>\n
– You wake up in the morning dreading going to work<\/strong><\/h5>\n
– You find your job unfulfilling and unchallenging<\/strong><\/h5>\n
– You never seem to have enough free time to do what you love to do<\/strong><\/h5>\n
– You have many dreams and aspirations that you procrastinate until a future date when all these perfect conditions are aligned\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 before you pursue them<\/strong><\/h5>\n

There are a lot more but you get the general idea\u2026<\/p>\n

We all get to a point in our lives where nothing seems to be stimulating or exciting for us. Having a job is absolutely fantastic, but not when it has become monotonous and you really aren\u2019t learning anything.<\/p>

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So in fact, you\u2019re earning money to go home and spend that money on actually enjoying yourself. You have to spend more money to compensate for the miserable time you had at work, so the fact that you have a job means you end up spending more to make up for it.<\/p>\n

Therefore, having a job means you are always Just Over Broke (Job). You just have enough to live slightly comfortably but for this privilege, you have to give up the best hours of your day, use up all of your energy, and neglect YOU.<\/p>\n

If, like so many employees out there you feel like this, it\u2019s time for a change.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The are two books that have inspired me to make a change and to write this post are The $100 Start Up<\/strong> by Chris Guillebeau and The 4-Hour Workweek<\/strong> by Tim Ferris.<\/p>\n

I have always been someone who doesn\u2019t stick around if I\u2019m not having fun or if I don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m working towards my goals in a particular role. Why would I spend my days miserable just to pay my bills and end up spending more money cheering myself up because I have a job that makes me miserable? Seems like a vicious cycle to me.<\/p>\n

We all have hobbies. We all have passions. Fear and anxiety are there because the outcome is unknown and it\u2019s a natural feeling to have. The trick is to face it and do it anyway.<\/p>\n

I took these steps and made a positive change in my life. How?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. Take some time and really think about what it is you love in your life<\/strong><\/h4>\n

What do you love spending your time doing? What hobbies do you have that you wish you could spend all day doing? What dreams do you have for your future? Where do you want to be in 5 years? All these questions are important to think about and by exploring them, you\u2019ll slowly realize that you can create a life around the things you love, without having to spend another day making someone else rich and sacrificing your future for it. Your dream life really doesn\u2019t have to be a dream anymore.<\/p>

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2. Spend your free time more effectively<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Like I said earlier, we make up for the time we spend at work by enjoying ourselves as much as we can during our time off. There is nothing wrong with this, but if you want to start designing your life without having to have a job, you need to spend this time thinking productively about what you could be doing and exploring these options. Explore any skills that you have and try to think about how they could generate revenue for you. There must be someone out there willing to pay for what you can do. It\u2019s time to open yourself up to all the possibilities and focus all of your attention on them.<\/p>\n

3. Tune your mind to think of opportunities everywhere<\/strong><\/h4>\n

While you\u2019re in this mindset, you will start to see possibilities all around you. There will be holes in the services that the businesses in your area provide. There will be something that you want done, but there isn\u2019t a company that does it or they don’t do it the way you want it done. If you\u2019re experiencing something, someone else out there might be just as disgruntled as you. As well as this, its good to remember that you don\u2019t have to invent the next Mac, so if there\u2019s someone already doing it, you can do it too if you think you can do it better in any way. Even Apple released the iPod over a year after the first MP3 players. That changed everything and so can you.<\/p>\n

4. Pursue every avenue as far as you can<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Its time to stop the procrastination and focus on every idea that you have. Focus on finishing every project you come up with and do all of your homework. You will never know if something is going to work unless you put the hours in, work at developing the skills you need and promote what you\u2019re working on. See what other people in the new industry do and learn their methods. Add your personal touch and take it as far as you can.<\/p>\n

5. Start to reduce your ’employee’ hours<\/strong><\/h4>\n

There will come a time that your job is holding you back in your freelance endeavor. You know that your time will be more productive if you weren\u2019t at work and the best part is, you could be earning more money if you were focusing on your new venture. This is the time to discuss reducing your hours. You can start working part-time or take some time off as a career break. Some employers allow you to take a break without losing your job and if you don\u2019t, use up all the vacation you have. When it\u2019s over, you can re-evaluate and decide if you want to continue this.<\/p>\n

This process helped me and I am continuing to develop my passions into a lifestyle that I love. There are some resources that have helped me and continue to do so, both in finding freelance work and hiring freelancers to bring some of my projects to life. I found them useful and I hope they help you make a positive change in your life.<\/p>\n

And check out The $100 Start Up<\/strong> and The 4 Hour Workweek<\/strong> to inspire you.<\/p>\n

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