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Aggregated Advice: September + October

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Fall is in full swing and the days seem to be dropping away as quickly as the leaves. I have compiled some quotes that have inspired me for the past two months.

La meilleure façon de réaliser ses rêves est de se réveiller.

– Paul Valery

(The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.)

Seen on @frenchwords 

En art comme en amour, l’instinct suffit.

-Anatole France

(In art as in love, instinct is enough.)

Seen on @frenchwords 

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

-Adlai Stevenson

Seen on my daily calendar

To live on purpose follow your heart and live your dreams.

-Marcia Wieder

Seen on my daily calendar

Insane people are always sure they’re just fine. It’s only the sane people who are willing to admit they’re crazy.

-Nora Ephron, Heartburn

Seen on my daily calendar

It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

-Albert Einstein

Seen on my daily calendar

 

Aggregated Advice: August

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If you Google “quotes about life” about 191 million results will come up. And while it’s hard to boil down This Thing We Call Life into a nice bitesize quote, these are a few of my favorites that I have encountered over the past month. Everyone has a different approach to life: “Don’t look back”, “Have a five year plan”, “YOLO” etc. I think the most important thing to remember is there is no right way to live your life because at the end of the day it’s yours.

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I suddenly realize it’s no coincidence the two middle letters of life are if.

– Michael Faudet

A year from now what will you wish you had done today?

– Liam Linisong

Source: quotablecards magnet

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

Source: Daily inspiration desk calendar

img_4626For weekday motivation I have been loving Shine, which texts (or Facebook messages)  you inspirational messages in the morning. It’s the perfect way to start the day and it’s not just a static piece of advice, oh no, it includes links to more relevant information and “why” and “how” you can accomplish their suggestions.

 

 

Aggregated Advice: June

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It’s the first days of July, which I can hardly believe-the pieces below carried me through May and June. In these past two months there has been many transitions and changes in my life and I’m trying to figure out how to remain steady when the waves of life get a little high.

When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on.

– Franklin D. Roosevelt

Seen on Soulpancake’s tumblr

The most satisfying pleasures are the surprising ones, the ones that can’t be engineered.

– Adam Phillips

Seen in  Rookie’s Issue 57 Editor’s Letter

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single minute before starting to improve the world.

-Anne Frank

Seen on my mom’s daily inspirational calendar

Procrastination is the thief of time. Collar him!

-Charles Dickens (David Copperfield) 

Seen in this useful article  on how to stop procrastinating

Great things happen when you have the courage to be yourself.

-Michael Sam

Seen on Refinery29’s Instagram

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Aggregated Advice: April

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This month I have been thinking about doing the work, looking towards the future and being sure of yourself.

“Mes plus beaux souvenirs sont ceux du futur.” – Salvador Dalí

Seen at the Espace Dalí in Paris. (My fondest memories are those of the future.) 

“You better back up that beauty with hard work.” – Rosanna Scotto

This quote caught my attention while reading about the patterns of successful people.

“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.” – Rosa Parks 

Seen on Glamour’s Tumblr.

“We thrive not when we’ve done it all, but when we still have more to do.” – Sarah Lewis

Seen on the TEDxNYU Instagram.

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work.” – Thomas Edison

Aggregated Advice: February

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A bit delayed I know, but better late than never, right? February had this fantastic energy and it really felt like society was making strides towards improving issues with equality. Hopefully, this positive tone continues for the rest of the year! Plus, some advice about love because Valentine’s Day happened. To me, February shouldn’t just be a month about celebrating your love for others, but your love for yourself, so there’s some words to encourage you to be who you are.

“We have permission to be anything.” – Gwyneth Paltrow 

Seen in her interview with Glamour. 

“If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.” – Steve Maraboli
“People say I love you all the time – when they say, ‘take an umbrella, it’s raining,’ or ‘hurry back,’ or even ‘watch out, you’ll break your neck.’ There are hundreds of ways of wording it – you just have to listen for it, my dear.” – John Patrick

Seen on Soul Pancake’s tumblr.

Don’t you dare
Shrink yourself
For someone else’s comfort
Do not become small
For people who refuse to grow.

Seen on my tumblr dashboard, it reminded me of something Amandla Stenberg said in her interview with Solange for her Teen Vogue cover. 

“The truth is this: No one stays the same forever. Girls grow up, and sometimes we do it with a bang.”

Seen on Crushing the Teen Dream on rookiemag.com.

Aggregated Advice: January

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I read and hear a lot of things and think, I should probably write those things down. This will help me in the future. Then I thought, I should collect all of this information and put it on my blog to help other people. So here is the first “Aggregated Advice” post, which will be posted at the end of the month. Be sure to check out the links, as they might be the source of the content or something else that ties in nicely with the piece of advice.

“You are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.” – Jim Rohn 

Taken from this Lifehack article on finding your passion.

“The standards by which you live must be your own standards, your own values, your own convictions in regard is right and wrong, what is true and false, what is important and what is trivial. When you adopt the standards and values of someone else or a community or a pressure group, you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.” – Eleanor Roosevelt 

Taken from the February 2015 Rookie Editor Letter.

“To make living itself an art, that is the goal.” – Henry Miller 
“If you don’t imagine, nothing will ever happen at all.” -John Green 

Seen on Upworthy’s Facebook.

“Goals are dreams with deadlines.”

My mom sent me and my sister an e-mail to encourage us to go after our dreams and make them come true by turning them into goals. (Thanks, Mom!) I encourage you to do the same and make 2016 your most successful year.

What to Do If You Have Already Broken Your Resolutions

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…(And it’s only a week into 2016)

The first step is not to panic/give up/have an existential crisis, you haven’t failed. It’s only been a week, and maybe you are trying to do something you have never done before, which is really hard. So give yourself a break. It is commendable that you have decided to make changes (most likely positive) to your life, and you should give yourself a pat on the back for that. Have your feelings of panic been eased? Great, let’s move on to the second step. Continue reading →