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What Is Success?

What is success to you? Most of us strive to be considered successful by our family and peers. But, what is success? If you interviewed 10 people on the street what success meant to them, you would most likely end up with some very different answers depending on what street you were on. You will probably find that what you think is successful, is not what someone else thinks it is. More importantly, if you don’t know what success means to you, how will you know if you’re successful? Let’s discuss what success really means, and how you can find out what success truly means for you and how to get there.

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Having Community

Having Community to support you is essential to living a healthy happy life! Especially when you are living with chronic illness, you need people around you who you can trust. Often, once the illness has really set in, our instinct is to shut ourselves away. Here is why it’s so important for you to continue to reach out to your friend groups, or find new groups you can join!

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Saying No!

Saying no is something that comes very easily when we are toddlers, but gets harder as we grow up. It’s this inability to say no, that leads to us over scheduling and overdoing things in order to impress others and get ahead. This also leads to not taking care of ourselves, and leads to chronic illness and sometimes even Fibromyalgia. Here is why it’s so important to learn to say no again, and be ok with it.

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What’s The Point?

Ever woken up wondering “what’s the point?” This happened to me today, and here is why journaling was so important to turn the day around.

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Unlocking Creativity

Unlocking Creativity for me, has been like a champagne cork being shot across the room! I have always been a creative person, but my bout with depression shut down that creativity. The last 4 years have been a long journey in releasing my creativity from the bottle it was contained in. I’m not sure where in my brain it was locked up in, but unlocking it again feels like I’m entering a whole new world! Here are some steps you can take for unlocking creativity in your life!

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Stop Being A Victim

Stop being a victim. We have more power than society wants us to believe. Many don’t realize being a victim is a choice, but it is. Choosing to be a victim allows us to play small, and not go after our dreams. It allows us to blame everyone else but ourselves for our position in the world. When we let go of being a victim, the whole world opens up to us. Nothing is out of our reach, nothing is impossible. Here is what being a victim costs you, and how to put it behind you for good!

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How Important Is Intelligence?

How important is intelligence? Obviously intelligence is important, but it’s how you use that intelligence that’s the defining factor. Just because you don’t get straight A’s doesn’t mean you aren’t smart. You may have a different form of intelligence, or learning style then your peers. You may be a genius, but if you put others down thinking that makes you better than them, you have proven that you are not smart at all. Here are some other ways that intelligence can shine through!

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