Take Charge of Your Life

You will be a happier person if you learn how to take charge of your life. Unless you are the duly elected governor of the day with a mandate to change the law and order in your sphere of influence, you will not be in a position to dictate your circumstances.

Thus, you will find yourself bombarded by externalities and pulled ever so often in so many ways by the different demands exerted on you. For example, if you commute by train or drive your car to work during peak hours it would be a no-brainer that you would have to jostle with the crowd or get stuck in a traffic jam. 

You have the power to choose. You can intentionally form a new habit of, say, sleeping earlier and getting up earlier so that you can get to work breezily way before the sleepyheads make their presence felt. 

What if a garbage truck came by in the morning and dumped its filth on your front door? This literally means a bad day where an irritable someone (anyone for that matter who got up on the wrong side of the bed) come by your desk and blast you with a piece of his mind for the slightest of reasons and you are left wondering "What was that all about?!". Worse still, you might find yourself reacting with a fistful of insults, as well.

You take charge of your life when you decide on your game plan for the day and focus on getting your things done. In this way, when you can avoid disruptions or interruptions (e.g. traffic jam and crowded train) or remain unruffled by the nonsense that is thrown at you so that you can achieve what you want while staying calm and composed (Think: "Keep Calm").

In other words, if you remain a sailboat, you will be tossed and turned by the wind while working frantically to tack your sails so that you can stay on course. Why not be like a powerboat instead where you are oblivious to the wind as you have the ability to plough straight through the waves towards your port of call?

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If you are aimless and clueless as to what you need to tackle for the day or what you want in your life, you will be distracted all around and will not be able to operate at full capacity. In this operating environment of your brain, you have no pre-determine priorities and life's goals; you are merely reacting to circumstances, including the priorities and wishes of other people. 

When you plan your life (one day at a time) with medium and long term goals at the back of your mind, you will get to where you want to go and be the person you wanna become. You are like a powerboat that is pro-active and self-disciplined. Even when other people need your help, you are able to schedule in their needs into your next available time slot unless it is something that is both urgent and critical, in which case, you will have to attend immediately.  

The choice is clear. Choose wisely and make the change you want to see in your life. You have the power to change, and it's all up to you. Change for the better and you will emerge as a happy person!

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