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12 Steps to Make a Dream a Reality

I’ve spent a lot of time over the last year and a half reflecting on who I am and taking measures to create the life I want for myself. I quit my job of over 9 years at the beginning of 2010 to spend more time with my family and start my own business. It has been slow, but it has been a huge learning experience for me. I’ve learned that I know more than I thought I did about a lot of things…and nothing at all about some other things.

Even though I am not a frequent church goer, I am a very spiritual person…and have been able to open up more spiritually due to various circumstances in my life. I have been given many gifts and I am thankful for these gifts and blessings. This past year has not been without despair and heartache – and the ones closest to me have seen sides of me that I prefer to never show again.

However, I refuse to give up on my dreams and my hope to live a better life – a life that I want to live; a life the encompasses the lifestyle I envision for myself and my family – not how someone else thinks I should live.

I am fortunate to have a wonderful support system and feel forever indebted and grateful to them for being there for me. They see a side of me that I’m not sure I will ever truly see, always seeing the positive and never the negative…which is not an easy for me to do, when it comes to myself.

I found a site recently called Marc and Angel Hack Life and love reading it. My most recent find on the site is 12 Steps to Make a Dream a Reality. It really hit home and I wanted to share!

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice – Kahlil Gibran

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ESFP – What’s Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type?

According to the “”What’s Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type?” quiz I took … my personality type is an ESFP. I’ve taken the actual test before and I believe I came up with the same result. What’s yours your personality type?

ESFPs live in the moment, experiencing life to the fullest. They enjoy people, as well as material comforts. Rarely allowing conventions to interfere with their lives, they find creative ways to meet human needs. ESFPs are excellent team players, focused on completing the task at hand with maximum fun and minimum discord. Active types, they find pleasure in new experiences.ESFPs take a hands-on approach in most things. Because they learn more by doing than by studying or reading, they tend to rush into things, learning by interacting with their environment. They usually dislike theory and written explanations. Traditional schools can be difficult for ESFPs, although they tend to do well when the subject of study interests them, or when they see the relevance of a subject and are allowed to interact with people.Observant, practical, realistic, and specific, ESFPs make decisions according to their own personal standards. They use their Feeling judgment internally to identify and empathize with others. Naturally attentive to the world around them, ESFPs are keen observers of human behavior. They quickly sense what is happening with other people and immediately respond to their individual needs. They are especially good at mobilizing people to deal with crises. Generous, optimistic, and persuasive, they are good at interpersonal interactions. They often play the role of peacemaker due to their warm, sympathetic, and tactful nature.ESFPs love being around people and having new experiences. Living in the here-and-now, they often do not think about long term effects or the consequences of their actions. While very practical, they generally despise routines, instead desiring to ‘go with the flow.’ They are, in fact, very play minded. Because ESFPs learn better through hands-on experience, classroom learning may be troublesome for many of them, especially those with a very underdeveloped intuitive side. [3]

via ESFP – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

What Sign Are You?

I love this site. I’ve had it bookmarked for years and go back to it occassionally to read about myself… or others. It is amazingly accurate, at least for me. Check it out!