Faced with the task of improving our life, we perpetually stumble across myriad of advice out there that says what should our approach be like, what should we consciously engage ourselves into, what kind of habits should we adopt along the road.

We have the feeling that there is nothing we can do that can immediately change our current position in the game of self-improvement. The thing is, there is.

Instead of worrying ourselves with all the things we should do in the beginning, we should start worrying about all the things that we shouldn’t do.

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No amount of time or certain linearity may be prescribed for personal growth or success in any area of life. Hence, from that point of view, a time frame of one year would be as wrong as any as to start with. However, the idea of using the rest of the 365 days as to get closer towards where you want to be in life is empowering in its own way. The one year period implies the possibility that everything is possible if you would set your mind up for it.

And this brings me to the question of why asking the blogosphere for advice. The answer is simple, really. These people got to where they are now thanks to astonishing work ethics, doing what they love, and having a

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Dealing in absolutes was probably the thing that has always driven me away from personal development. I would have started at a younger age otherwise I suppose.

And unable to decide whether my stubbornness or despise of authority, or at least questionable ones for that matter, led to me being curious and questioning everything, I just couldn’t settle for the notion that there is only one way of doing things.

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True inspiration may come in many forms. Sometimes it needs a complex set of emotions, sometimes it may require only a glance at something which was created with the utmost of care and sense of aesthetics. In both cases, I urge realizing that it comes haphazardly.

My point being, we are sometimes trying too hard to get inspired, whereas the act of inspiration never requires details at a crisp rate.

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Being a firm believer into the looser-turned-winner narrative and restlessly advocating it over and over, I stay behind the notion that every person can transcend himself in terms of becoming more, achieving more. Our potential is unlimited; it’s only the development part, or lack of it thereof, that makes us prone to evolving or retaining status quo.

What you currently experience in terms of used potential is merely a result of everyday practices that have been going on for quite a while. The progress is then apparent – change those practices and more importantly state of mind, and you will see a very different outcome.

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