Another week is well on its way, maybe you are working, perhaps not, but either way, the year is certainly galloping on. So, stop for just a second, look around you and ask yourself if this is the quality of life you were hoping for. How has this week been for you, are you still waiting to get the New Year resolutions going?
If not, a lot has changed for you for the better since this time last year then my question to you is “why not?” “What are you doing to change your life?” Many people who have been asked what they’ve done to change their lives say, “it’s no use because….” and so it goes….
But it doesn’t have to be that way. The first step in getting out of the rut is to assume responsibility for the quality of your life. You can change a lot of things starting right now. There will always be obstacles such as lack of money for many of your dreams to be fulfilled and limitations due to health issues, but none that can’t be overcome albeit with some adaptions. The only requirement is the desire to change. Mark Twain once said, “It's not the size of the dog in the fight; it's the size of the fight in the dog.” If your “want to” is strong enough, you can achieve almost anything you set your mind to.
The second step to getting out of the rut is step out in faith, whatever you put that in and “Just do it”. There is no time like the present to change course. You might not succeed the first time but keep trying. Success will come with persistence. Remember the old saying “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Don’t worry about making a mistake. Albert Einstein once said, “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
So, step out. Take a chance, and as William Durant, the founder of General Motors said “Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.”
Was one of your new year resolutions back on January 1st to start a home business? For many it is a resolution made frequently each New Year and soon forgotten about and shelved as being too difficult, then dug out again next time the resolutions are to be made …
However, what if right now you do not have a job and cannot seem to get one? What if you are an older and or disabled person or have health conditions that make it very difficult to do as the social security systems are forcing people to do? to work on regardless of health, age and physical ability until approaching 70, with more increases in the age at which state pensions can be claimed. You may well be one of the many needing a home business to take them into later life
Even the home business market has suffered losses as well as high Street businesses. Home businesses that have gone include Kleeneze, Bettaware and Phoenix cards, though the latter has started up again under a new name, but while the home business market is as risky in its long-term security as a traditional job may be, to start an independent business of your own, not dependent on another company. This can be done with your own products for sale e.g. crafts or affiliate links selling other people’s products, and a website or blog and or selling on social media..
Valerie Hartland
