*AKA OBLIGATORY NEW YEAR POST
Sooooooooooooooooooooo…..Drumroll……. We are OFFICIALLY, OFFICIALLY WITHIN TWENTY-ONE-EIGHT (That’s 2018 for anyone who didn’t get that!). Why do we get so excited about a new year? Well, I don’t know *insert shrugging emoji here* but we do so hey… I am excited to be seeing another year and I am excited to grow further – and deeper – this year…
Well, while we are at the growth thing, I figured why not partake in this “new year, new slayage” excitement and share some of my personal “quotes to live by”… Well, not really, you can live by whatever you want to live by… But, here’ are 12 quotes for every month of twenty-eighteen (I don’t know why I just typed the year out like that but oh well).
(*) Indicate Nosi thoughts because you know I had to add some Nosi thoughts to everything, right? ahaha
January
“Whenever we frame our problems as things being done TO us we fall prey to the trap our ego has set for us” – Ayodeji Awosika
*Don’t let your ego define your purpose. You’re not the victim fam!!!
February
“Love gets messy and in order for a relationship to work, the people involved need to learn how to handle their own unique brand of messy” – Stella J. McKenna
*Aka stay out of people’s relationships this year… Just kidding… More like, relationships don’t have a one-size-fits-all approach. If you’re in it, be in it to win it and work your butt off for it!
March
“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but your thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking” – Eckhart Tolle
*Your thoughts matter, the things you think about the most will be amplified
April
“Start your day with your number 1 priority” – Benjamin P. Hardy
*This is motivation y’all. One way to be excited about waking up in the AM is knowing that the first thing you’re going to do is the thing that is central to everything else.
May
“Find your boundary – then push it” – (Y’all I can’t remember who wrote this one)
*Ask yourself, how far do I think I can go? Then work at getting far beyond your predictions. Overdeliver, for yourself
June
“The normal Christian life is one of energy, enthusiasm, faithful effort and patient hard work” – N.T Wright
*Translate this across the board with ALL you do
July
“As long as you are living you’ve got to keep moving, keep trying, keep rising up” – Chef Leah Chase
*There is no room to be stagnant, you are above that.
August
“You will not always be successful at getting it right but keep trying” – John W Gray III
*Failing a couple of times is not a reason to quit
September
“Be willing to wait” – John W Gray III
*Speaks for itself, the best fruit comes when you wait. Think fine wine/triple distilled whiskey… You get my point.
October
“Everything you do with no real purpose is a waste of your precious time” – Thomas Oppong
*Ask yourself what the purpose/ your purpose is before you do anything. Then, ask yourself if the “thing” you are about to do aligns with your purpose
November
“Stand by your dreams. Embrace them. Believe them, and don’t let anyone mock you for them” – John Westenberg
*Dream loud, dream wild, then go ahead and live your dreams
December
“Don’t put your life off. It takes a while to figure things out. But that doesn’t mean you should quit” – Darius Foroux
*Simply put, today might be rough but it’ll get better IF you work at it.
Bonus quote
“No matter what you want to achieve in life, your actions must back up your words. If not, you will never achieve anything [worthwhile]” – Darius Foroux
*If you want to achieve something, put in the work
One more thing…. As we get into the new year, let us never forget that EVERY SINGLE DAY is a good day for us to press the restart button. It’s fun to set “New Years Resolutions”, aka the thing that I am not doing this year, but I hope that we never let a mere clock dictate how we live our lives!!!
P.S. I know someone out there was waiting for “that thing part 2” to come through, my bad fam…. My bad
#Thriving 