Category: Self Improvement

GoldiLocks searches within for answers to self improvement. She’s in search of a life that is “just right”.

Goldilocks Rocks American Idol Haley Reinhart

USA Today reported yesterday that on Haley Reinhart’s home town visit,  a sign was held up saying, “Goldilocks Rocks”.  That caught my attention 😉 And, for some reason I’m a little embarrassed to say this,…but, I love watching American Idol, and Haley from the beginning, has been one of my favorites. And, it’s not because we have the same hair. 🙂  What moves me watching Haley and American Idol, is that it’s everyday people living their dream.

If you’ve been reading my blog, then you know that’s what I’m all about.  I want all of us, to live our dream life. What moves you?  What brings you joy? What does your perfect life look like? If you haven’t created it yet, I think you can learn a thing or two from watching Haley. She didn’t make the cut the first year she tried out for American Idol.  She was almost sent home early during Hollywood week.  She was in the bottom two several times during earlier eliminations, and who says after finding out that she’s been eliminated, “This is only the beginning”!

Remember we all start out beginners, it’s what you do from there that makes you succeed. Keep moving forward.  Keep making choices and taking actions, no matter how small, in the direction of living your “just right” life. If you stumble, or pause, or slip up, just get up and continue on.

Haley, continued on, to sing and rock the song Bennie and the Jets, and at the end shouted “You’ll be seeing me! This ain’t the end of this! This ain’t the end of this thing! Shindig – See ya Later!”  And, I’m sure we will.

Just a thought…

 

Love, Goldi

 

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Rule Your Life

Rule your life and set your own standards. The other day three friends and I were walking by a piece of equipment made to increase your stomach strength.  One of us said; “Let’s see how long we can hold ourselves in this position”, and one by one we kept just slightly beat the other one out on time. Athletes are known to get better if they have competition, and in our daily live we do the same.  We tend to want more than our neighbor or friend, we want the nicer car, the bigger house, or the most recognition.  It’s the thrill of competition. The satisfaction of success.

Most of us go to school, graduate, get married, work, and have 2.5 kids, while a few trek across Europe.  When asked “most” say that they did what they thought they were supposed to do, and didn’t give a thought to what they would want to do.  “Most” have been conditioned to conform.

I recently became engaged.  My man said, when he proposed, that he didn’t want to pick out a ring that I would wear for the rest of my life without me.  He said; I could have whatever I wanted.  I thought about it and said that I didn’t think I wanted an engagement ring. I’m not sure that an expensive piece of rock means that much to me anymore. I would rather travel and spend time with family. The comments that we have both received, about our decision, have been more along the lines that we need to change.  We are not living up to normal standards, and we’re diverting from the norm.

The new norm should be that we all just strive to be the best that we can be, and not limit ourselves by what another is doing. In fact, we should look past and well beyond, concentrating only on our efforts, on what we want to accomplish.

When we think about our futures we should evaluate our own lives and determine what the right direction is for each of us individually.  What is it that we want to do, where do we want to live, and how do we want to live it.

The new norm should let us be content with “self satisfaction” in that we, rule our lives, and set our own standards.

 

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

 

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The Joy of Everything

Imagine a life that you would feel joyful with your whole being.  Joyous when eating. Full of glee while taking a walk. Delighted in conversation. Happy washing the dishes.  Well, that might be stretching it a little bit. But what if in every task, in every little moment that we were awake, great pleasure was felt.  Wouldn’t that be a great life… and, can’t we live that life now! ?

Just a thought…

Love, Goldi

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