Okay, I have a lot of stuff to share in this post, but it all ties in together.

As the year comes to an end I see many people making plans and ready to go boldly into the future. I also see a number of people who are still afraid or who expect different results but continue to do the same old things. And there’s also those that simply let life happen to them.

Now there is nothing wrong with any of that, but if you want something better…do something about it! If you keep doing the same things you are now, you’ll keep getting the same results. If you’re getting good results, then by all means, keep it up. But if you’d like to change your results, change what you’re doing.

Let’s say you keep painting a wall green, but you really want a blue wall. As long as you keep painting it green, it’ll be green. You can’t change the color of that wall until you go buy a different color of paint and use it.

Many people are worried about the economy. Well, the only thing wrong with the economy is what “they” want you to think is wrong with it. I don’t watch the news, I don’t buy into that bullshit or hype and my economy is no worse off than it was a year ago—it’s actually better and I have a story for that.

At this time last year, Kevin and I were in a very scary and dark situation. We followed a “too good to be true deal” and it flopped. We knew we had to move from the place we had ended up and try to get back to Branson. However, we didn’t have the money. All we knew at that time was that we could afford a storage building to store all of our belongings in and we could live in our car if we had too. We accepted that realization and it lifted the world off our shoulders. We thought of the worst possible outcome, which was living in a car, and we decided it wouldn’t be that bad.
If this was our path, if this was an experience we were supposed to have in life, then so be it. So what?

So what if we don’t have a house or an apartment? So what if we live in our car? We’d be together through it and our stuff would be just fine in storage.

Most people would worry about how they can do this or that, like take a bath or do laundry. You know what? There are truck stops all over the US where you can pay to take a shower. This isn’t a problem. There are laundry facilities all over the US where you can do your laundry. This isn’t a problem. Many stores have a deli now so you can go and buy a hot meal, usually cheaper or as cheap as fast food.

A can of Vienna sausages and a box of crackers is less than $2. It may not be the greatest meal in the world, but it will sustain life for awhile.

Once you put those things into perspective and accept that it’s not as bad as it sounds, your whole life changes. It’s really not as bad as it sounds. No, we didn’t have to live in our car, but we decided we’d make the best of it if we had to. It’s about perspective.
Would it be easy? Hell no, but it’s very doable.

Failure is not the worst thing that can happen to you. You can choose to fail forward. You only truly fail if you stop trying.

When I feel like giving up, I watch this video. It changes your whole outlook.
Finish Strong:

Suppose you have to live in your car. Is that really the worse thing that could happen to you? No, it’s not. If you will look around, you will find that some of the richest people in the US were homeless at one time in their life. People like Joe Vitale and Dani Johnson. Did they let that stop them from going for their dreams? Apparently not, they both live in nice homes now and are able to give to charity and help others.

Maybe you think you aren’t like those people, you can’t do it. They must have something you don’t. Well the truth is, the only thing they now have that you don’t is extra money. They are no different than you, they just found their drive, their will and their why.

Lynn Terry recently shared her thoughts on it in this video. I was also mentioned in it because I had shared some of my thoughts on one of her websites. (Yes, shameless plug!)

Rags to Riches:

So, what do YOU have to lose? Your house? It’s just a house. Maybe it has sentimental value to you, but it’s just a house. Home is what’s in your heart and you carry that with you everywhere you go. At least you should.

Your stuff? Surely you can afford $50 per month to store your things until you get on your feet and find another house. Borrow it if you have to.

What if you have medical conditions? You figure out a way to make it work. And I am not implying that it’s easy. But when things are bad, you find a way to make them better! Whatever it takes, right?

If you continue to accept that life just happens and you continue to believe the “perceptions” that other people have tried to pound into your head, you’re going to keep getting the same shit! And yes, it is shit. Create your own perception, create your own success. Stop waiting for something to come along that will change it. It won’t come along until YOU make it come along.

You have nothing to lose by trying! You have everything to lose by not trying. It’s your choice. Choose to try or choose to do nothing. It’s that simple. It may not be easy, but it is that simple.