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DETERMINATION: ALL YOU CAN DO, IS WHAT YOU CAN DO

"Oh Imma do that anyway, Imma do that anyway cause that's how I am." -The Internet Auntie First of all, shout out to all of the people that only need one alarm to wake them up in the morning and never hit the snooze button. That's some different kind of drive & determination. We will not be discussing that kind here, today. Do you ever feel like you just have about one more fail left in you before you give up? Or like you must be doing something wrong because you're not where you thought you should be? Or that you're just not getting anywhere so what's the point anyway, right? Yeah. Same here. But, I got news for you, if you were supposed to give up, then you wouldn't have been given one more day to get up and try again. Photo: Sierra Campbell When I was a Sophmore in college, I had an end of the year evaluation with one of my acting professors. In this meeting, she told me "Acting might not be for you. Maybe you should consid...

FOCUS: REMEMBER YOUR "WHY"

"What's the point?" After you discipline yourself to get on the path to achieve certain goals, you must remain focused on the prize. Whatever that may be. That's why I chose FOCUS as this week's word. I have always had a problem in this area of my life. I mean, from the time I was a little girl. It would really wear my parents out. Them: "Britney, go downstairs, look on the table, grab the envelope inside of the book that's on the table and bring it to me." Me: *Goes downstairs* "Where ya'll say the book was?" My mind drifted off somewhere between them saying go downstairs and bring it to me . As I've gotten older, I've gotten a little better. But now, my lack of focus shows in different ways. Sometimes, I can't concentrate on my craft because I'm to busy thinking about the negative aspects of it. " I don't know why I'm doing this, it's not getting me anywhere " or " This is pointle...