It’s Not Whether You Get Knocked Down, It’s Whether You Get Up.” – V. 
Lombardi
Do you ever feel like you have hit a plateau in your life? What ever it is that you may be pursuing in life? Man, I feel like I HIT THAT this past week! No matter how hard I attempted to pull myself out of it, I was absolutely UNSUCCESSFUL!
Funny how drastic things typically have to occur in order for you to realign your priorities (again), get that fire under your ass and keep going, huh? As you all know, my grandfather recently passed away. To be honest, out of my father’s side of the family he was the only one truly interested in my future and my career plans. Anytime I spoke with him about my goals, he would reply, “Well you need to get your Master’s degree Bianca.” Here I am little ole’ me just thinking small like, “Yeah, i’ll get my bachelors degree and work and see how things go from there.” He was such a well-rounded man. He never had his own house he desired with a backyard that had a garden he could take care of, but if he were at any friend or relatives home, he would get out there and trim some roses and just stimulate your mind with some badass knowledge.
So how do we get back up after being knocked down? I mean, it HAS to be easy, right? –WRONG! Oh man, the struggle is real sometimes.
Here are some helpful tips:
- Take a step back and evaluate what you have been doing the past week; what have you been spending your time on?
- Is it related to what you need to do in order for you to achieve your maximum potential in the future?
- If not, then go ahead and eliminate that off your “to-do” list, whether that being hanging out with friends, or scrolling through social media for hours.
- Start from scratch and create a NEW schedule.
- Make sure you make use of every HOUR of your day.(I really believe that people don’t recognize how much one can really get accomplished in a day if they just learn how to manage their time wisely.)
- Dedicate a couple of hours a day to your work! -I say a couple of hours a day because I’m a mother of 3, so sometimes it’s hard to pull away for an extended amount of time without the house falling apart rather quickly.
- Once you are done with that PLANNEDout schedule for your week, do a test run and see if there are any changes you think you need to implement.
- LASTLY, keep in mind that it takes TIMEto adjust to new schedules, just like a sleep schedule takes a minimum of two weeks for your body to adjust to those set times you have placed.
After getting back from my grandfather’s funeral and discovering that I have a good amount of family members in the medical field, my desires to achieve that maximum potential in my life have SKYROCKETED!–You can catch me studying, while trying to blog, and be a good mom all at once. Let’s see how well I can manage.
I hope this helps you some! Weigh in and add what you think should be on this list of tips as well. Can’t wait to hear from you all!