Comments on: Getting What You Want Out of Life – Angelina Jolie http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/getting-what-you-want-out-of-life-angelina-jolie/ Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lilly Sortino http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/getting-what-you-want-out-of-life-angelina-jolie/comment-page-1/#comment-2302 Lilly Sortino Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:02:57 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/?p=515#comment-2302 I have always simply loved watching A. Jolie in her shows. Thanks for the post! I have always simply loved watching A. Jolie in her shows. Thanks for the post!

]]> By: Laurie PK http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/getting-what-you-want-out-of-life-angelina-jolie/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Laurie PK Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:44:33 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/?p=515#comment-462 Your life sounds absolutely wonderful, Linda! Good for you for taking the bull by the horns and getting what you want out of life....I'm very happy for you. I love that you're finding your self-identity, and reconnecting with your old self. I hope you had a great time with the journalist -- and even if you didn't, I know you'll forge ahead with enthusiasm and energy :-) Laurie .-= Laurie PK´s last blog post..<a href="http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/coping-with-negative-coworkers-who-drain-your-energy-anais-nin/" rel="nofollow">Coping With Negative Coworkers Who Drain Your Energy - Anais Nin</a> =-. Your life sounds absolutely wonderful, Linda! Good for you for taking the bull by the horns and getting what you want out of life….I’m very happy for you.

I love that you’re finding your self-identity, and reconnecting with your old self. I hope you had a great time with the journalist — and even if you didn’t, I know you’ll forge ahead with enthusiasm and energy :-)

Laurie
.-= Laurie PK´s last blog post..Coping With Negative Coworkers Who Drain Your Energy – Anais Nin =-.

]]> By: Linda http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/getting-what-you-want-out-of-life-angelina-jolie/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Linda Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:10:51 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/?p=515#comment-453 Wow, I'm in the right place today! In order to even think about what I wanted out of life, I had to file for divorce. In this deal, I now have a home of my own that I can clean and decorate at my own pace, and every other week with my sons -which I thought I would hate, but my husband never took the reins and gave me a break from being with the kids -even when I asked, he just said -get a sitter. I'm now devoting much more of my time to self and friendships with women who haven't had enough of my time since I've been married. They are the ones who will see me through the hard times and keep me laughing. I'm so empowered to start imagining life as a teacher, author, artist, etc. and get back to being the happy and confident person I once was. And it doesn't hurt to throw out a new net in the dating department. Tonight I'm meeting an encouraging man who writes full-time and travels abroad as a journalist. So, never say never! Wow, I’m in the right place today! In order to even think about what I wanted out of life, I had to file for divorce. In this deal, I now have a home of my own that I can clean and decorate at my own pace, and every other week with my sons -which I thought I would hate, but my husband never took the reins and gave me a break from being with the kids -even when I asked, he just said -get a sitter. I’m now devoting much more of my time to self and friendships with women who haven’t had enough of my time since I’ve been married. They are the ones who will see me through the hard times and keep me laughing. I’m so empowered to start imagining life as a teacher, author, artist, etc. and get back to being the happy and confident person I once was. And it doesn’t hurt to throw out a new net in the dating department. Tonight I’m meeting an encouraging man who writes full-time and travels abroad as a journalist. So, never say never!

]]> By: Laurie PK http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/getting-what-you-want-out-of-life-angelina-jolie/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Laurie PK Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:32:38 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/?p=515#comment-306 Your comment made me laugh out loud, Gini! You summed my struggle up perfectly -- the whole money/writing books/writing articles/blogging struggle. What do I want to do?? I want to do it all!! It's nice to know I'm not the only one :-) I've been thinking about life coaching, but don't want to go the in-person route. I love helping people online because others can benefit. Of course, when you coach one person, he/she can change others' lives and so you're benefitting many people by helping that one person (domino effect).....but I'm just drawn to the idea of guiding people via my blogs. And, I love the idea that these words will exist for years to come. In a year, someone could read this and be inspired or motivated -- or just feel understood, or like they're not alone. I'm glad you're taking time off of coaching. I think taking a break from something brings clarity....taking 2 months to focus on your book and articles will help you find your true direction. And maybe that's what we need to remember: there's a season for everything. A season for writing books, a season for coaching, a season for writing articles...and even a season for doing nothing. Talk to you soon, my friend! Laurie Your comment made me laugh out loud, Gini! You summed my struggle up perfectly — the whole money/writing books/writing articles/blogging struggle. What do I want to do?? I want to do it all!! It’s nice to know I’m not the only one :-)

I’ve been thinking about life coaching, but don’t want to go the in-person route. I love helping people online because others can benefit. Of course, when you coach one person, he/she can change others’ lives and so you’re benefitting many people by helping that one person (domino effect)…..but I’m just drawn to the idea of guiding people via my blogs. And, I love the idea that these words will exist for years to come. In a year, someone could read this and be inspired or motivated — or just feel understood, or like they’re not alone.

I’m glad you’re taking time off of coaching. I think taking a break from something brings clarity….taking 2 months to focus on your book and articles will help you find your true direction.

And maybe that’s what we need to remember: there’s a season for everything. A season for writing books, a season for coaching, a season for writing articles…and even a season for doing nothing.

Talk to you soon, my friend!

Laurie

]]> By: Gini Grey http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/getting-what-you-want-out-of-life-angelina-jolie/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Gini Grey Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:43:39 +0000 http://theadventurouswriter.com/soar/?p=515#comment-305 Oh, how I can relate to the waffling you mentioned in tip no. 1 Laurie (figure out what you want). Some days I want to coach people, other days I want to write articles and other days just books (and then there are the days I want to do nothing, nothing, nothing). When I get into this place of confusion - not knowing what I want (which prevents me from focusing and getting anything done) - I meditate on it. Within that stillness I ask all the parts of myself what I want. I ask my mind/analyzer what it wants (usually it wants something very practical and orderly), then I ask my body (which is the emotional part of me and like a child wants safety and fun most of the time), then I put my hand on my heart and ask what my heart wants (here I get closer to the truth), and finally, when I am really centered, I ask my soul what it wants, and this is where the truth comes. The problem with getting my 'soul' truth is that my mind and body don't always agree. My soul has many times said "just focus on your current book", but my mind barks in with concerns about earning money which triggers my body's insecurities and so on. So, I end up waffling again unless I just trust my soul's intuition which is what I'm doing this summer - no coaching, just focusing on my book with a little article writing thrown in. Oh, how I can relate to the waffling you mentioned in tip no. 1 Laurie (figure out what you want). Some days I want to coach people, other days I want to write articles and other days just books (and then there are the days I want to do nothing, nothing, nothing). When I get into this place of confusion – not knowing what I want (which prevents me from focusing and getting anything done) – I meditate on it.

Within that stillness I ask all the parts of myself what I want. I ask my mind/analyzer what it wants (usually it wants something very practical and orderly), then I ask my body (which is the emotional part of me and like a child wants safety and fun most of the time), then I put my hand on my heart and ask what my heart wants (here I get closer to the truth), and finally, when I am really centered, I ask my soul what it wants, and this is where the truth comes.

The problem with getting my ‘soul’ truth is that my mind and body don’t always agree. My soul has many times said “just focus on your current book”, but my mind barks in with concerns about earning money which triggers my body’s insecurities and so on. So, I end up waffling again unless I just trust my soul’s intuition which is what I’m doing this summer – no coaching, just focusing on my book with a little article writing thrown in.

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