Do Your Job Well

Do Your Job Well

That way, you are less likely be to laid off, will get stronger recommendations, and have greater opportunities for future jobs. Know the standards by which your work is judged, and meet or exceed them.

Avoid thoughts like, "Losing my job is just terrible," or "If I don't do well at work, I'm a failure."

Think "I am worthy as a person, regardless of my achievements at work," "Finding another job is a challenge"

Escape reality

People want to escape reality, because reality is too painful or nightmarish to emotionally/physically/mentally deal with in a functional way.

Reasons as to why each person wants this escape, whether it is escape from an unhealthy relationship, from a responsibility, from memories, or from unresolved conflict and grief from one's family of origin.

Sometimes a temporary escape from reality is healthy, although there is a risk of addiction or destruction to the method of escape from reality. Addiction and death provoke a cycle of painful reality to those around the person wanting to escape reality.

Knowing that escape is only temporary is imparative to everyone's health.

For many people, the world of video games is a perfect break from a reality filled with deadlines, stress and responsibilities. People play them because they are fun, interesting and a way to relax. Often, they are used to pursue certain passions. Sports fans love to play football and baseball video games. Many chess lovers who cannot find enough human opponents to compete with will play computer chess or even seek competition from online chess players.

Computer and video games are often used to help people focus on something other than life’s daunting problems. For a few fleeting moments, the players “lose themselves” in the games as they feel the bliss and release of being in control. They are in a virtual world that makes sense to them—a place where they can be whoever or whatever they choose, without worrying about how they look or act, and without having to deal with real-life problems.

For some, this escape is just a passing fascination—but for others, video games are much more.

Do I Want Or Need To Do

A need is something you have to have or do
something you can't do without. Food. If you don't eat, you won't survive for long. Many people have gone days without eating, but they eventually ate a lot of food. You might not need a whole lot of food, but you do need to eat and to eat you need to work.
A want is something you would like to have or do.
It is not absolutely necessary, but it would be a good thing to have. Doing something great. Now, some people might argue that Doing something great is a need because they think they can't do without being someone important, recognised. But you don't need to Do something great to survive. You do need to eat.

Poetry: An 11-year-old's octogenarian wisdom

By MICHAEL HOOVER
For The Evening Sun


GREAT GREED

Why does everybody have a want for

things they do not need?

Why are people so obsessed for money

and great greed?

For is it something so unsaid, it tears us

all apart?

Or is it something going wrong with

people in their heart?

Why can't we all just want the things we need?

And, not obsess in certain things that

give most people greed?

I wish I could do something great with my life

So many people say to Trevor Romain “I wish I could do something great with my life.” Or, “I wish I could collect enough money to build twenty orphanages in Pakistan.” Someone actually said to me today, “I want to make a BIG difference. I don’t want to waste my time on small piddly stuff.”

We often forget that sometimes the smallest difference can have the biggest impact.

We don’t need a mammoth mission in life to do something incredible with our time here on earth.

Being a good friend, a great parent, a compassionate bystander, a good listener and even simply just being there for someone who is scared and lonely, can have a huge impact.

Not everyone is destined to be Mother Theresa or Nelson Mandela but so many people feel that their life will be of little value unless they do something on a large scale. This is not true. Often it comes down to one act of kindness, one word of encouragement, one expression of gratitude.

It reminds Trevor of a story his mum once shared with him about a beautiful new church that was built somewhere in Europe. People came from far and wide to marvel at its magnificence.

On the roof, a little nail heard the people praising everything about the lovely edifice except the nail. No one even knew he was there. He became so disillusioned that he decided to quit. So he let go of his hold, slid down the roof and fell into the mud. That night it rained heavily and the shingle that had no nail blew away, and the roof began to leak. The water streaked the walls. The plaster began to fall, the carpet was ruined and the prayer books got so soaked they were unusable. All because a little nail didn't realize the big difference it made.

This text comes from Trevor Romain but it made a big impact on us.
We want to pursue this topic, to improve ourselves