The Answer Key

No matter how scary the unknown may be, commit and prepare today to go for what you really want this new year. If things could be better, you need a change, or you know you took a wrong turn somewhere, this coming year is your time to make it right and adjust accordingly. Do not let your fear of the unknown debilitate you. Do not be stifled by the comfort of the monotony you know and let the reward of a little discomfort in effort and hard work pass you by.  The beauty of this life is the freedom and power you possess to make it as you wish with no excuses or explanations needed.   This year, you can choose to make the moves that best serve you and do not apologize for it. Let that be the first difference you make between this year and the last; having no excuses, explanations or apologies for aligning yourself with the intentional energy, attention, and effort to invest, create, and start living the life of your choosing. Life is cyclical so in choosing to give your life your...

Some people spend their whole lives searching for their gift unsure of what it is they are suppose to bring to this life, but the fact is you, your presence in itself is its own gift to the world. What you have to offer your relationships, your job, your experiences could not be the same without you in it. The biggest obstacle you have to conquer is your own self-doubt, trepidation, and fear. Meet those inhibitions with great courage; be brave in your actions, make peace with your past, and know that everything is as much a gift to you as you are to it. Your intention to bring the calm, the joy, and the understanding to your experiences will only invite more of those things into your life. From now on, show up in the world just as you are knowing that you are a gift to everyone and everything around you- be the gift. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily!

What you say to yourself everyday determines what you do, when, how long, and how well you do it. It is time for you to get excited about the goals in your life. Own your right to become all you have ever dreamed of being and do whatever you must to succeed. Know that and no one can stop you but you. You are your own biggest critic for sure; it is time to become your own biggest cheerleader. Believe in your dreams, believe in yourself, believe with all your heart that your dreams are worth your time and commitment. Decide that you will not let your light go out without shining it upon the world. Show up for yourself as much as you would anyone else, refuse to put off your dreams for another day, and do not be afraid to go after what you really want. Muster up the nerve to give it all you have got and finally choose to make all of your dreams come true- it is your move. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me at www.twitter.com/_TheAnswerKey daily!

Whatever you do, live with your eyes wide open. Intentionally surround yourself with the kind of people you admire. Appreciate and exchange the goodness that comes with having them in your life and the privilege of being apart of theirs. Not everyone will show up with positivity, passion, consideration, love, and trust-worthiness as their contribution to your experience, but in those instances, your only job is to notice. Accept people as they are, from where they are, and respect their limitations. Then, create a firm enough buffer around yourself that their limits do not adversely affect your life or how you are living it. Smile, play, laugh, relax, and enjoy your life as much as you can. Choose what kind of experience you want to have and whole-heartedly pursue it everyday. Be an example of the kind of person everyone should and wants to have in their corner and be grateful for the ones that live up to the task for you. Life can be short or long so make sure you are in good company....

Take ownership of sweeping around the welcome mat of your life. Everyone that needs something or could benefit in some way from you is not necessarily for you so choose wisely.  Make deliberate investments in people and things that you believe in. Being selective about your investments is a matter of protecting yourself: your resources, your energy, your time. Draft people into your circle that you can trust, confide in, and rely on just as much as you meet those expectations for them.  There is nothing wrong with being choosy about the benefactors of your investments. It can be a risky business, some of them may or may not pan out, but you will at least have made the choice to be or not to be involved.   Eliminate any relationships that feel one-sided, fake, phony, or forced.  Your draft is directly connected to the fullness of your life so remember that you have the option to pass, opt-out, and walk from the table where you are not being best served. Now, you shoul...

Be conscious of who you expose, exhaust, or invest your gifts and awesomeness in. When giving yourself away be aware of who, what, and why first and that you may be pouring into an empty well. Just because you have the knowledge, ability, or convenience (which is often simply assumed by the other party) does not mean you are required to do anything despite what may be expected. Your awesomeness is best served concentrated. Sprinkling like confetti sounds good but can feel more like spreading yourself too thin.  All the time, intellect, and energy you spend is immeasurable because those are the most valuable commodities you possess and can not be recouped. Therefore, when in doubt choose what is best for you, what you love, what you can be proud of and invest in yourself; you will never be disappointed. ~For more positive posts stop by  fb.me/TheAnswerKey  & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Decide that you will find the opportunity, possibility, and probability that life is handing you the key to success, happiness, and fulfillment through every experience. Be, do, and seek the practices, things, and people that multiply the positivity in your life. Take every moment in stride; choose to believe in a future that showers your path with light under all circumstances even when you are in the rain. Keep walking, love every forward motion as an individual blessing. Even when it is most difficult to find, determine what you are being gifted in each moment, even if it is just a stormy soundtrack to walk to. Refuse to be slowed down by any negativity that presents itself. Remember to seek the positive possibilities under all circumstances; that will always minimize your burdens and multiply your joy. Make the most of each moment you are in and make the experience worth the life and energy you give to it. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_Th...

Dream of where you want to be and the steps you will take to get there. Start with small goals for your big dreams, and remember that success takes time, but most importantly, it takes your consistent effort. Everyday, do the best you can with the 24 hours you have been given. Accomplishing small goals creates a trend and provides the drive to success. Remember that the path to success lies in your daily habits. Make choices that bring you closer to your goals, and eventually make your dreams a reality. "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit," says Aristotle. Start a new success-driven habit for yourself today. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me  @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Choose to consciously affirm the most positive thought, approach, reaction, and result, that will stimulate the circumstance that best benefits you. Give your time. Focus on the way life has dealt you not the bad hand or the hand you did not hope for but the one you simply did not expect. Trust that there is purpose, potential, and opportunity escorting that circumstance into your life. Do not get distracted by its unexpected, unfamiliar, or unattractive package. Give every situation permission to bless you. While you are aware, acknowledge, and accept that life experiences will not be peachy all of the time, know they never have to devastate you either. Be open to whatever is meant to saturate, strengthen, or stretch you, and let it. Release whatever version of fear stalls you from being fully open, authentic, or free and fall in love with genuinely living every moment your life- now. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily!  ...

This is your life. If you don't like something in it; remove it. If you don't see the purpose something serves; don't give your energy to it. If you don't like the way you are going; change direction. Life goes by too quickly to live with any regrets, apologies, or excuses for living your life to the fullest- whatever that means to you. You are the pilot of your jet. You are the author of your book. You are the conductor of your symphony so if you don't like how it sounds; change the music. From one moment to the next the choice is always yours. Live the life you want on your own terms. In whatever you do, live with purpose, live with passion, live your life well, and live it your way. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Everyday, while getting your priorities in order make sure your passion is one of them. Do not leave what matters most to you off the list of things to do. Everyday recommit yourself to find that little extra umph to get your passion off the ground. You do not have to stay up all night or lock yourself in a dark room to be serious about it, but be serious enough to muster up some effort to contribute to it every single day knowing every little bit goes a long way. Only you can determine how much time you can afford to give, but everyday give some of your time to it and give it all you got. Your future self is counting on you today to become all you dreamed of tomorrow. ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey & tweet me  @_TheAnswerKey daily!

Your passion that you observe bubbling over your activity, event, or experience may be bashfully unveiling your purpose. Mindfully participate in the construct of what your life should look and feel like to you and your passion will become clearer. Do more of what feels good to you over what is expected; that which stirs up joy down in the depths of you is the purpose you seek. Start every day with the intention to move closer to the future you have envisioned for your life with that in mind, and actively pursue it in some way every single day. Stay persistent, but do so with the understanding that patience is a crucial  part of the process as well, but the time you need for exploration, cultivation, and maturation is not meant to be a deterrent. Your passion will need you to live through that growth -stick with it. Greatness often times does not come over night, but success is never late for the persistent, patient, passionate partner, so be ready. ~For more positive posts stop by...

When you can, take it up a notch. Put in some work but do it in high gear. Give your passion some extra time; go a little longer, a little harder, a little deeper. Putting the necessary work into the things you love is a must, but the next level needs some extra elbow grease from time to time: another day out of the week, another hour out of the day, another minute out of the hour. That extra, when called upon, reminds you and everyone watching that you are still grinding. Be an example of what the grind looks like. Keep working on what it is you do, have, or want, and take it up a notch. What you do and how you do it matters. It should matter to you that you are persistent. It should matter to you that you always do your best. It should matter to you, that no matter what anyone else says, you are working on something important to you, it is in progress and by putting your best effort into everything you do and going hard for what you want, you and your dream should not be taken lightl...

Keep your hopes, dreams, and the actions you take to achieving them close to the front of your mind daily, but minimize the pressure. Have an appreciation for the place you are in right now. Understand that there is a purpose for where you are and a reason for why you are not where you would like to be. Make a plan and act on that plan daily and accordingly, but also with the acceptance that your place right now is likely meant to teach and prepare you to be and stay where you want to go. Make the most of every day you are in and remember that doing so should not always consist of reviewing the many ways you 'have not yet' but the many ways 'you have' made the most of life; the good, the bad, the awesome, and the challenging and commit to continue making the most of the day you are in. That is all. The pressure you sometimes feel is self-inflicted. Let it go, doing what you can when you can do it, and knowing that the place you are in is right where you are supposed ...

Still working on your plan, putting it to action, stumbling through the darkness and unknown, trying and trying once more? It may be taking longer than you thought, have more challenges than you prepared for, and requiring more time than you planned, but your journey and all that you learn, experience, and endure along the way is just as important as the satisfaction of reaching your destination. Every step is lined with the necessary components you will need at one point or another that will add to your growth, experience, and wisdom that can only come to be having lived through your commitment, constant effort, challenges, and progress. As long as you maintain that commitment you will continue to get up, get going, and reap the benefits of every milestone you reach. Embrace each part of the journey even the pace in which they come because the pace is not the key, but what you gain at each turn and that is what brings you closer to the destiny that is already yours and every milestone...

Focus on prioritizing your day around your goal noting every milestone as a taste of your future success and fuel to keep going. Learn to accept whatever part of the process you are in. Stay disciplined but do not obsess, push but do not rush, refuse to recoil into your anxieties and fears, rather embrace the opportunity and wisdom in every challenge and let them be the wind to your back. Find your balance. Invest in your goal daily with a commitment to the actions necessary to get where you want to go, doing what you want to do, and becoming who you want to be, mindfully holding yourself accountable for your progress yet allowing yourself to develop and proceed organically. Actively invest your time and energy in your goal every day, but also remember to take time to appreciate what you have, how far you have come, and who you are right now. Know that all parts are working together to create the version of yourself best fit to live the life you are reaching for. Get comfortable being ...

Do something today that will make you smile, make you laugh, make you proud, or bring your dreams closer to fruition. With the right attitude, persistence, and focus you can do any and everything you ever hoped to do, be who you have been dreaming to be, and achieve all that you have been longing to achieve. Do it, do it now, do it for yourself. Prove to you that you can. Leave all your fears in your wake. Get started today- a new week, a new dawn, a new day. Be positively driven in the direction of your dreams and watch them show up in your life. Believe. Start believing right now. There is no better moment, minute, or day to start believing in you than the one you are in.  ~For more positive posts stop by fb.me/TheAnswerKey   & tweet me @ _TheAnswerKey  daily!

The things that trouble you most, that you fear, that you avoid, or worry about; face them head on. Let today be the day you look all of your obstacles, trials, hurts, and disappointments in the face. Choose to rise like the sun and break the constant, stillness of night over your life. Find the courage to let the brave warrior within lead you through your difficulties. Know that you can bear, handle, and conquer all that plagues you. Know that you are stronger than you think, more capable than you were, and more equipped than you have been before. Boss up. Let today be the first of many days that you take, make, and create a win for yourself. Win over your pain, win over your concerns, win over your stress and trepidation knowing that every challenge you face comes bearing its own gift if you are willing to walk confidently through it; your gift will be waiting on the other side. Your job is to be determined to find it, and rising to that challenge alone means you have already won som...

This is your life. Give yourself permission to seek, find, and experience your life truly fulfilled. Prioritize your life around what you want to see in it. Do not be afraid to remove the negative, unnecessary, or ineffective. Your reception of the things and people that you allow into your space is just as important as the intention, influence, and energy you bring with you. So, if there is anything in your life today not quite holding up to snuff, have the courage to let it go. Take charge. Take ownership. Take a stand for yourself. Begin to lead a life you can live with, and do not waste another minute doing anything less than that. You are the pilot of your jet. You are the author of your book. You are the conductor of your symphony so if you no longer like how it sounds; change the music. Whatever you do, do it with the intention to live your life with purpose, live your life with passion, and live your life doing as best you can by first doing the best you can do for you...

Make more room for yourself in your life. Sure, everyone and everything that needs you, needs you, but you need some of you too. Unapologetically, take care of yourself. Be mindfully, aware, motivated, and committed to you. Invest in yourself just as much as you would anyone else. Own your time. Once you decide to carve out time for yourself, you really see just how much of your daily agenda is filled with all of the things that are dependent on you and you alone, but are in no way for you. However, as you see how difficult it is to squeeze you in, challenge yourself to prioritize your day, week, and month's worth of responsibilities. Do not let your grade A commitment to others allow you to ignore your own needs. Put yourself at the top of your priority list everyday, and let everything and everyone else be second, falling in line behind you. Put on your own oxygen mask before you assist others on a plane and in life. In most cases, second is just as good as first, and in all even...