As we approach the doorstep of 2025, we pause to reflect on 2024 and prepare for the new year. We decide if this is a new chapter, if we continue to live as we have in the past, or if we write a new chapter for our story. We have the opportunity to design theContinue reading “Writing Your Legacy: Becoming the Author of Your Life in 2025”
Category Archives: Design Your Life
2025 and Beyond – Aligning Your Core – Setting Goals
This essay is about setting goals to help us design a better version of ourselves, the version we always wanted to be. Setting meaningful goals for the New Year involves a thoughtful and balanced approach. Empower yourself and take responsibility with zero excuses. Today, we will determine what truly matters, which helps us set ourContinue reading “2025 and Beyond – Aligning Your Core – Setting Goals”
2025 and Beyond, Mapping Your Present: What Truly Matters; and Why!
Where are you today? Take an Inventory/Self-Assessment “What the new year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year.” – Vern McLellan We are working toward personal and professional growth to build a stronger version of who you are today. This essay aims to help you takeContinue reading “2025 and Beyond, Mapping Your Present: What Truly Matters; and Why!”
Finding Your True North: Setting Your Direction for 2025
The theme for December 2024 is to establish goals for 2025 and beyond. So, we are starting some preparations for setting goals: find our true north, map our present, align our core, and write our legacy. This essay is to set the stage, so please follow along every Friday for more on how to establishContinue reading “Finding Your True North: Setting Your Direction for 2025”
What If Self-Authorship Redefines Your Existence?
Let’s have a philosophical discussion about “What if.” How can changing your mental attitude help you see the opportunities in your future? Our thoughts and attitudes shape our reality. An ongoing process of self-definition and self-creation characterizes human existence; we are constantly faced with choices that shape our identity and future possibilities. The ability toContinue reading “What If Self-Authorship Redefines Your Existence?”
A Philosophical Perspective – Who Am I?
I think therefore, I am – Descartes I wrote this poem at the beginning of my journey to define myself. At sixteen, I had not learned that we hold the strings. At sixteen, others (my parents) controlled my life. It takes a lifetime to understand that we are the authors of our story. Asking deepContinue reading “A Philosophical Perspective – Who Am I?”
A Philosophical Inquiry. What Does It Mean To Exist?
What does it mean to be human? What is the purpose of our life? Why do we need meaning? How does meaning affect us? What even is meaning? Philosophers have spent countless hours considering the concept of meaning, as well as the “meaning of meaning.” Existence is having a presence in the world, an awarenessContinue reading “A Philosophical Inquiry. What Does It Mean To Exist?”
Beyond the Eye: Philosophical Reflections on Perception and Reality
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell The focus of my blog is personal growth and development. This growth requires getting in touch with yourself through analysis, taking inventory, and spending time in deep self-reflection. Then, define who you are today, who you want toContinue reading “Beyond the Eye: Philosophical Reflections on Perception and Reality”
Echoes of Identity: The Layers of Senses and Emotions
“Self-awareness is your awareness of the world, which you experience through the five senses (sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell). Pay attention to your sensory impressions and be aware of those five ways that the world comes to you.” – Deepak Chopra Our emotions and senses play an important role in shaping our identities. BothContinue reading “Echoes of Identity: The Layers of Senses and Emotions”
Peeling Back the Layers: Perception and Identity
“The difference of who you are today and who you want to be is what you do.” – Bill Phillips Ask yourself the following questions: “Who am I?” and “What defines me?” We may think these are easy questions to answer and that we have a good grasp on our identity and what comprises it.Continue reading “Peeling Back the Layers: Perception and Identity”