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I just returned from Blissdom 2012, an awesome blogger conference that encourages us to “follow our bliss”. I had an awesome time, and learned SO much. I will be referring to many of the lessons I learned in upcoming posts!
I love personal development books, seminars and speakers*. I love that they encourage you to go out and grab your dreams by the horns. The problem for many of us is what we don’t know which bull we want to boldly grab.
Many of us talk all the time about things that would be nice to do.
Things like:
- Run a marathon. (or 5K, 10k, or walk around the block!)
- Learn to play the piano
- Go back to school to finally be a teacher or a nurse
- Remodel the house
- Homeschool my kids
- Learn to eat healthier
- Start a business
- Take my blog/business to the next level
While many of us say things we’d “like to do” on a regular basis, we never take the necessary steps to move us in that direction.
Most of the time what we are really saying is that it would be cool if we could do those things. It doesn’t actually MEAN we really want to DO them.
And that is okay. Many of us, while we really think it would be pretty amazing to learn to play the piano, we don’t REALLY have the deep desire and commitment to do what it would take to learn to play the piano, beyond Chopsticks and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.
Or while a marathon sounds challenging, most if us can’t or will choose not to, because it is not a pressing passion.
For me personally, while a marathon would be an awesome way to get in shape, I honestly don’t want to work that hard on this project as there are other things more pressing to me. However, getting in decent shape, where I have energy, flexibility and stamina IS important to me and what I’d like to accomplish.
So while I will not be running for 5, 8, 10 miles a day, I do plan to walk/run on a daily basis, starting with 15 minutes s day.
After attending Blissdom, I also came home with a determination to take my blogs/business in a certain direction. It is more than a desire, it is a bull I plan to grab hold of.
We have to search our souls and decide “what are those 2 or 3 things that are SUPER important to you right now?”
What things would you look back from your deathbed and regret not even trying?
Those are the things you must focus on, must you must build action plans for and work to fit baby steps into your daily life.
Those my friends, are the bulls you need to go after!
* This post was inspired by a session I attended at Blissdom, given by Michael Hyatt, Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers. He has an awesome FREE ebook, How to Create Your Life Plan, go download it now!
Linking up this post with Shell’s Pour Your Heart Out.
Great thoughts! This is something I’ve been thinking about a lot with my graduation from college looming ever closer. There are many things I could do after graduation, but what do I really WANT to do?! Your question at the end,”What things will you look back from your deathbed and regret not even trying?” puts it into perspective!
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Oh gracious! Another session missed that would have added one more layer to the inspiration that I carried home from Blissdom!
Looking forward to Blissdom at Home. You did a great recap here and now I shall be thinking about which bulls to dodge, and which to grab hold of, for the rest of the day! Problem is … continue to hold on while they try to shake us loose! Awesome analogy! 
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GREAT post, Bernice. I think one of the best things I took away from Blissdom is the realization that the only person I have to measure myself against is ME, and in order to do that, I need to know what I really want.
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Thank you SO much for including a link to the ebook! I wanted to attend this session and had in fact planned to do so, but was feeling so tired and under the weather at that point, the idea of a short nap was more appealing.
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Great post! The desire factor is huge. When I don’t know what I want, it’s nearly impossible to set goals, let alone take action to achieve them. My thing to tackle is getting really connected to what I want and knowing with certainty it’s God-given.
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I do believe that trying is learning, if you don’t try a single thing, how would you know it? I am a person which consider different factors in which probably can bring good things to me…
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That was a session I wished I had gone to. I love the image of running with the bulls. I think Blissdom should have chaps in the swag bag so we can all go bull riding after the conference. Great post!
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I think my list is too vague right now, of what I want to accomplish. I think I need to do a specific list.
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Great thought-provoking title. Getting that direction is so critical. And if I just follow my whims, I can waste tons of time (don’t ask how I know!) I wrote a whole mini book about the deception and disappointment of chasing dreams, if they aren’t the God-given. Personal experience included — and I don’t mean just disappointment with dreams not achieved! So to decide what I really want — and will still want after I get it — I’m looking to God for the cues. (But sure am hoping it’s not running the bulls! Yike!)
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Thank you for the link. The title of your post is exactly what I’ve been feeling – I can do anything I want…if I only knew what that was.
Those 3 questions you have at the end are great ones! Thanks.
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Life is a matter of discovering, trying with new things and learn from it rather, this is how life circulation is… If you want to grow up with success, you need to ride with the flow of life…
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Grab those horns lady! After BlissDom my mantra is to grab fewer horns…and focus a little more on the ride.
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I totally agree with what you’ve said here, once you’ve identified what you’d like to do, it’s time to break the task into manageable parts and start working on them, seems much less intimidating that way. A free tool I use to help me with this is Simpleology, like an online to do list but better, and helps you to break your goals down.
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Life has always ups and downs and one thing is for sure, if you know how to handle neagtive and positive things that come to you, you will definitely love your life…
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Hi there. Thanks a lot for sharing this with us, Bernice! It’s a very great thought. Inspiring!
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Wonderful post. Loved it!
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I really love this post you have for us…Well for me this is very inspiring…
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