update and work

Life is nothing if not lived, right?

I'm safe in Logan, once again. This time I don't plan on leaving. I visited Arizona for one of my best friend's wedding and one of my sister's wedding. I was suppose to be maid of honor in my sister's wedding, but she flipped and kicked me out two day before the wedding. In turn, I get to spend some quality time with my family. 

On to new beginnings! 

Update with me (for those that do not follow me on facebook):

I am still LDS (come on people, it's the true church!) 

I have been dating someone (Isaac) for almost two months now

Me and Isaac in front of the Salt Lake Temple


I plan to live in Logan until further notice

Fountain at Temple Square

I love working out here because I love the people and the weather

Currently my biggest struggle in life is just getting out the door and going to work. I love my friends and family, my health is good and everything is going great, but for some reason, I just have a hard time starting work and continuing to work. Discipline is a struggle. 

Solution? Well, there have been many things I have done to try and "solve" my issue, bottom line is I need to hold myself accountable, and my family is joining in to help me as well... meaning they support what I do 100%. It's great knowing that people believe in me and what I can do. It's like an ego boost. There are days when my confidence is low, these are the days when sleep is way more appealing, but knowing my family is counting on me to do what I say I am going to do, well, that means a lot more to me than my own self pity. 

I know I am good at what I do so long as I go to work, so what holds me back? Nothing. Now is my time to shine. I'm blogging about this for a reason as well. Someone once said, "when you write something down it give it more meaning." My work should be, and is, meaningful to me. When I am working consistantly I LOVE my job. I love the day-to-day interaction I have with people, the stories that are created, the lives that are changed because of what I do. I sell cancer insurance and other supplemental insurance through cold calling (knocking on doors) and referrals. Sure, I have bad days, but what job doesn't have bad days? I actually have a really cool job. However, because not everyone can see themselves doing what I do I often get, "I could never do that or wold never do that, how do you do it?" Simple, I love people, and people love me for what I do. 

Life is really simple if you just love a little bit more than the day before.

If you look at everyone like you love them, how different would the world look?

Eminem

As weird as this might sound, Marshall Mathers is like a hero to me. Rather, he is an inspiration. Do you really know this guy? . 

Let's get the obvious out of the way: He is very crude, ruthless, and has a potty mouth (and many other bad things, yes yes, I know).

BUT Look at what he has come through to get to where he is today. 

The very first time I heard him (not of him), but actually listened to the guy was at a Van's Warp Tour concert the summer going into my 8th grade year of school (I was 13 years old, 1998). I went my with my sister Heather, and it was either her or me that won the tickets from a radio station. I really wanted to go because Blink 182 was playing. I had no idea who the other bands were, except Dr. Dre, but I didn't really care for him at the time. Little did I know, that performing with Dr. Dre was Eminem. When this little white rapper stood up on stage, the crowd went crazy; screaming at him to get off the stage and booing at him. hahaha, I think I booed too, not even knowing what was going on. And yes, he ended up being taken off stage because everyone was getting so rowdy, and the crowd cheered

Bottom line reason I like Eminem: He doesn't give up!! There is a lot of "stuff" he's been through. From a bad upbringing, to many adversities and backlashing while making his albums. He just doesn't care what other people think of him. Now, I'm not saying everyone needs to go around acting like this kid, NO WAY. I take away three things:

#1 Don't give up no matter what

#2 Keep going regardless of what others might say or think

#3 Use what you've got to pull you to the top 

I love the song I've heard on the radio: "Airplanes" by B.O.B featuring Hayley Williams, and an added verse from Eminem. 

It talks about what life would have been like if these guys hadn't had dreams they acted on. It's great to have dreams, but what are dreams without action? Not just action, but persistence no matter what the adversity may be. 

These verses from the King James version of the bible explain that it is not enough to hope and dream for something, but you must prove that you believe strongly enough through your actions. It's not enough to just believe (or dream). 

James 2: 18, 20, 26

  18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 

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  20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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  26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.