Why you're stuck

Here's the thing; if you're not pushing yourself beyond the boundaries of your abilities and beyond what you can do comfortably, you're not growing. If you stay there long enough you will begin to resent it.

The feeling of being stuck comes because you have reached a local maxima. I remember those words when I was learning Machine Learning in University. We had to learn about hill climbing algorithms, and stuff. It sounds interesting now but it was not back then.

When you reach a plateau in your life, it comes with the feeling of being stuck. Being stuck comes with feelings of resentment, confusion, anger and irritation with everything around you. You can't explain it, you desire more but can't reach it.

How do you get unstuck?

Widen your sphere.

Do something you have never done before.

Meet new people.

Try new things.

Keep an open mind.

Join new communities and engage with all your heart.

When you open your heart to new experiences, you will find that without changing anything else, your outlook in life improves. 

Try it.

Do it, even if you have to do it scared.

-ONWARD!

Just be free

Avoidance is procrastination.

It's better to face it than allow it to linger.

One thing introverts do is avoid uncomfortable situations. 

Uncomfortable conversations, uncomfortable phone calls, uncomfortable people.

When you combine that with a people-pleaser character trait then you're basically a ninja; hiding and dodging, lurking in the background hoping no one notices you. Maybe you're a shadow, not a ninja.

I've learned that it's better to face the awkward situation quickly, get it over with and move on. It will sting for a while but it's far better than having something ominous looking and lurking around because you don't want to deal with it.

Take a deep breath, be brave for 2 seconds, say the difficult words and be free.

-ONWARD!

Stand out

You are not weird.

You are not strange.

Stop trying to fit in.

Stop trying to be like everyone else.

Be you.

Your true you.

Your true authentic self is the exact thing that makes you special.

It's your differentiator.

Your uniqueness is your superpower.

Stand out, don't fall in.

Keep moving.

-ONWARD!

What I've discovered

The world has changed.

I've discovered that in this new economy, where there is an abundance of vendors and service providers in each niche, you need to find something that's unique about you to stand out.

What makes you stand out is not only your skill, ability to actually do the job but also how you are able to market yourself and your services.

The loudest, more convincing voice wins.

What unique life experiences, perspectives, quirks, can you combine together with your skills and services to sell to your audience?

That's how you make it in this new economy.

-ONWARD!

When somebody gets you

I think I'll just show up here and start typing and see where we go.

So I've been watching this youtuber recently and she makes these 3 minute videos where she talks about different things.

The more I listen to her the more I see a lot of myself in her story. I can relate to a lot of what she talks about and I can't wait to watch the next one.

I think introverts have really rich and interesting lives but they can't share the all of it with everyone because, people don't just understand or care about everything we care about. So we have to reveal the common, popular side that people can get. This means that a lot of our lives are locked up waiting for someone who gets it for it to be shared.

Anyway, I've been thinking about this youtube thing, whether to stick a camera in my face and start talking, kind of like what I do here but I can't __yet__ bring myself to doing it. 

-ONWARD!