My Bucket List Journey

Motivation is something that can make your dreams come true…or not. It is completely natural for your ambition to be at different stages during the lifetime of your goal. But, it is important to dig deep and press on, especially when the outcome is not initially what you expect. Even though I consider myself a highly motivated person, there are days when I have to refer to this list for inspiration.

1. Think positive. Challenge all your negative thoughts, replace them with positive ones. Try to stay away from dream squashers.

2. Journal. Keep a daily journal of the progress you have made and the thoughts related to that progress.

3. Be clear. Define your goals so they are not "fuzzy". Make your direction clear and concise.

4. Go public. Make you commitment public so there is some accountability involved. You can do this by telling your friends & family or announcing it on a social website, such as Facebook.

5. Commit. Make a commitment to do one step a day towards achieving your goal, no matter how big or small.

6. Get support. Connect with someone who has your same goal or is a support system for you and share your experiences.

7. Reward. Give yourself kudos for even the slightest progress.

8. Persistence. Realize that hard work is the way to achieve goals. Be persistent in your efforts.

9. Find inspiration. Read about others who have achieved what you are trying to do.

10. Share progress. Choose a forum to share your progress.

11. Mini-goals. Break your one big goal into several littles goals.

12. Dream. Keep dreaming and visualize what your goal will look like when it becomes a reality.

13. Be proactive. Don't wait for the goal to magically happen, make it happen.

14. Escape. Take a break from your goal every now and then.

15. Have consequences. Decide what they will be for not moving forward towards your goal.

16. Stick with it. Even when your motivation is lacking, pull through it. The motivation will eventually come back.

1. Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible. Doug Larson

2. History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill

3. The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss, but that it is too low and we reach it. Michelangelo

4. Never tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon. Unkown

5. As soon as anyone starts telling you to be realistic, cross that person off your invitation list. John Eliot

6. Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was. Robert Louis Stevenson

7. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar

8. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who's going to stop me. Ayn Rand

9. If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. Thomas Edison

10. Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Unkown

11. A pessimist sees the difficult in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

12. Many of life's failures are people who had not realized how close they were to success when they gave up. Thomas Edison

13. If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. Will Rogers

14. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Waldo Emerson

15. We all have two choices; we can make a living or we can design a life. Jim Rohn

16. Goals that are not written down are just wishes. Unknown

17. Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done. Louis D. Brandeis

18. I haven't failed. I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. Thomas Edison

19. Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. Michael Jordan

20. Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. Unknown

21. Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomlish anything if you're willing to pay the price. Vince Lombardi

22. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals. Unkown

23. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Mark Victore Hansen

24. Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing. Adolph Monod

25. When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucious

26. If you're bored with life & you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don't have enough goals. Lou Holtz

27. People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing – that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar

28. Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn

29. If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page. Mark Houlahan

30. The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work. Oprah Winfrey

31. The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another. Alexander Graham Bell

32. An average person with average talents and ambition and average education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals. Mary Kay Ash

33. The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it. Charles DeLint

34. You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have. Zig Ziglar

35. We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. C. Malesherbes

36. Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie

37. Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein. Life's Little Instruction Book

38. The future you see is the future you get. Robert G Allen

39. To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. Anatole France

40. You see things and you say 'Why?' But I dream things that never were and I say 'Why not?' George Bernard Shaw

41. I don't dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living. Steven Spielberg

42. At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable. Christopher Reeve

43. If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone. Author Unknown

44. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt

45. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucious

46. The greates mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. Elbert Hubbard

47. Remember, you can earn more money, but when time is spent it is gone forever. Zig Ziglar

48. The harder you fall, the higher you bounce. Author Unknown

49. There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation. Jim Rohn

50. if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Dr. Wayne Dyer

51. Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude. Zig Ziglar

52. Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. Les Brown

53. This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us. Western Union internal memo 1876

54. Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing, that we see too late the one that is open. Alexander Graham Bell

55. The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money. Author Unkown

56. Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordan

57. For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson

QUOTE BOOKS

159. Sew something you can wear
I have taken one 6-week sewing class in my life where I learned how to make a shirt that I never wore. I'm hoping with these limited skills that I can actually create something wearable and maybe even attractive!

160. Create your own cocktail
I am strictly a red wine girl, so this may be challenging for me. My head is already racing with ideas of what liquor I can mix with my favorite vino to make it a cocktail.

161. Visit a butterfly sanctuary
Having hundreds of these delicate creatures flying about your head sounds like a dream to me.

162. Go to the movies by yourself
This doesn't  terrify me terribly, but I will be sitting in the back row…maybe even wearing a hat and sunglasses!

163. Learn how to create the perfect "smokey eye"
Every time I put makeup on I feel like a clown, though I long to create the perfect nighttime eye that I have seen so many famous ladies have.

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