Choose your heart, not your ego.

Period.

You are your compass in life

Don’t check out what other people find doing so is “charming”, “successful”, or “fulfilled”, in order to decide what you want to do the rest of your life.

“My mother said being a lawyer will give me a good life (with money, reputation, etc.) and would make her proud. Guess I’ll do it.”

How familiar are you with these types of expressions?

Maybe you even expressed them yourself.

However, no matter how well you excel in this (if you manage to make it), you will never feel fulfiled from doing so.

Because that is not what fulfils you. That’s what may fulfil your mother, if she lives your life.

What does it mean?

Well, that means if your mother is a lawyer (which she may be) she may be fulfilled living that life.

However, it may not be true if that “lawyer” thing is not what her heart truly desires, but just some egotistical things (i.e. what others told her would fulfil her and she simple took that as truth, without really questioning herself is that true for her.)

Let’s be honest. You don’t necessarily want what other people want.

Others may say that studying art is only gonna make you a starving artist and no one would find that impressive.

What they are actually saying, is they don’t find that impressive.

You know the “no one” would find that impressive is not true because you do.

Then why would you still fall for their stupid traps?

If they cannot read your mind and understand that that’s what you would find impressive, they also cannot read other’s mind and find out studying art impresses those other people.

Only YOU know what you want.

Don’t be foolish and try to seek the answer looking outward.

Look inward.

What should you do now?

There are two types of people: one instantly understand what they should be doing now, one got confused.

If you’re the first type, congradulations!

You can close this tab now and start working on your dreams.

But let’s say you’re the second type…

“Well, if I don’t listen to other people, I don’t know what should I do now.”

The answer is inspiration.

Where do you get inspiration?

Other people.

No, it’s not asking what fulfils them (I’ve just told you not to!).

It is exploring the possibilities in real-world.

If you didn’t know what you could possibly do, how do you choose from them??

Your imagination is limited by your perception.

If you haven’t seen those things in your life, if you haven’t seen those things possible for other people, you will not see those things as possible for YOU.

You need to know what’s possible first.

Cuz at the end of the day, your vision is too limited.

There are certainly things that you want to do in life yet you think you don’t have.

The only 2 possible reasons, are

1- What you want to do has not yet entered your perception.

i.e. You are unaware of the existence of such thing.

For example, everything in your head about money involves a 9 to 5 job, which involves your physical presence.

You absolutely hate that idea but have never think about how can you escape it.

You completely ignored (or are unaware of) the fact that tons of people are starting online businesses nowadays.

They make (a lot more) money, they don’t have a fixed schedule, and they don’t even need to meet their customers!

If this is your thing, once you discovered that, you would shout “hell yeah that’s exactly what I’d want!”.

But if you have no feelings that’s not your thing.

Keep exploring.

Now the second reason.

2- You know what you want; but you don’t think you can do it, so you completely reject that idea.

Maybe you want to start that business.

You want to become a lawyer/pilot/medical doctor, etc.

You want to create that money and lifestyle.

You want that design that look (style) for yourself.

But you are too afraid.

You are afraid that you will fail.

You are afraid that your ego will get hurt.

You are afraid that other people will judge you. You don’t want to become a joke to them.

But are you afraid of spending your life on things you don’t care about (or even hate) at all?

This, my friend, is your life.

Other people don’t give a damn about you.

They don’t care if you are happy, or fulfiled, or burnt out, or depressed, etc., at all.

Because they don’t have to be you.

Only you have to be you, only you have to live your life.

Do you really want to be unhappy for “other people”, aka people that are completely irrelevant to your life?

You have one life and it’s temporary.

You have no idea how fast life passes.

The person talking to you yesterday could have died from a car crash, or a heart attack today.

Not everyone has tomorrow.

Life is a luxury; you better live like you know it.

Lots of people don’t understand life and they spend their time on stupid things and stupid people and feel nothing about it.

You need not to be like them.

You can live differently- you can be you.

You don’t have to fit in, you can stand out.

Nothing can make you happier than being you.

Discover yourself

Look into the mirror. Who do you see?

Yes, a complete stranger!

“What are you talking about?” you may wonder, “I know myself.”

No, you don’t.

No, you really don’t.

Afterall, you don’t even know what you really want.

You don’t know what you really like.

You don’t know what really fulfils you.

All you know is what you think you want. What you think you like. What you think fulfils you.

Thinking doesn’t work.

No more thinking; start feeling.

You know what you want, deep down in your heart.

You just haven’t take the time to feel it, to receive your answer.

Once you do, you will feel like you’ve never lived, you’ve never seen this world, and everything starts opening up to you.

Of course, you can’t just sit there and do nothing.

You gotta act.

The first step I highly recommend you to take is read the book “don’t believe everything you think” by Joseph Nguyen.

Seriously, go read it.

If you find this post valuable, you will find that book life changing.

It’s a short book… A really easy to read and digest one.

And the most importantly, reading it can instantly shift your mindset.

Don’t buy paper back and wait for the shipping.

Buy the ebook and read it NOW.

Literally NOW.

If you don’t do it now, I highly doubt would you ever read it.

You literally have the highest motivation now! And you choose not to do it?

Oh boy/girl.

(Of course I am not saying it will change your life.

No. Never.

Cuz nothing, no one, other than you, can do that for you.

You will change your life, if you’re willing to.

You have work to do.

But would it hurt to read a little bit more, since you’re already reading this blog post?)

I will leave that decision up to you.

An ordinary day, or a turning point?

It’s in your palm.