#20-Do Things Differently In Your Life

The topic of doing things differently in your life is a
really interesting one and you’ll understand what I
mean.

I’ve always been the kind of person that I've always tried to do things a little differently in my life.  I think it started from when I was a little girl because I can remember when I was a kid having that thought and feeling of wanting to do things how I wanted to do it
and when I wanted to do it.  You might want to call it rebellion kind of sounds like rebellion, I think I did become rebellious when I was a pre-teen(I hope it
didn’t start when I was a kid in elementary, that
wouldn’t be good!)    

(Sorry Mom!) 

I have to apologize to my mom because I'm pretty
sure I gave my Mom and other family members a lot of stress at times or shall I say quite often.  As I think about it now, I think I felt and acted that way because of the amount of creative energy that I had from a really young age.

As a kid I always went with that creative energy that was moving and flowing, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?  We’re supposed to go with that flow, that we’re feeling.  

I have to thank my Mom because she was the one that was always doing something creative with my siblings and me.  I am so grateful for that!  We were always doing crafts, I did a lot of sewing, she did a lot of sewing and we were always just creating - working with clay and things like that.

Why is it that, it always seems the case that we don’t appreciate our moms until we get much, much older, and then we have to suffer in our own lives before we wake up and appreciate our moms!

I’m glad at least I woke and started appreciating all the things that she did for me.

What I've come to realize is that you have to find out who you are, all the way down to the depths of your very soul.  When you do that it becomes very evident that we are all different on every level.  And what I've seen from so many people is that they sometimes don't 
really know who they are, or, are a little afraid of what they know about themselves and that’s a natural feeling - so don’t feel bad if you find out things about yourself that you don’t like or you’re a little afraid of it.

I am here to tell you that being different and doing things differently is one of the many great things that you can do for yourself, and for those people who are closest to you because they’re actually the one’s 
who reap the benefits of who you are - whether it’s good or bad.

Now, I'm not talkin' about being the weird kind of different that people will be turned off by.  I'm just talking about being you, which is different.  
There is only one “you”, one of you on this planet,
there is no one else like you.

So, when you become comfortable with being different, then doing things differently becomes a breeze!  You'll start to notice that things start to get better in your life.  Now I know that this idea is not easy for a lot of people, but, I do know that it’s well worth it.

One thing that you can do today to start to do things differently is:

~Decide that this is what you want to do and commit 
to know that this is going to be a fantastic thing
for you.

There are so many benefits of doing things differently.  
I just want to let you know that I love the fact that I
do things differently than a lot of other people that I know.  I'm not afraid of it.  If a thought or idea that comes to me, then I go with the flow.  It has helped me in so many ways that it's impossible to really mention it all, right here.

I want to talk more about the benefits of doing things differently in your life and maybe you can see what I mean.

One of the benefits is:

~You start to feel like you’re special, and this is great if you don’t
already feel like that.

Now, I'm not sure if you have even thought about
feeling like you're special or that you even care to
feel like that.  But, I will say that when you start to
care about how you feel about yourself, everyone 
around you will start to notice and even make a comment or two.  
I want to challenge you to start thinking about that.

Another benefit:

~Your sense of awareness becomes greater because you're not focusing on trying to be or become like someone else.

Greater awareness is always a good thing that's for sure.  Who wouldn't want to notice things around us that can benefit us, or those that we care about.  It's when we are paying attention that we can enjoy the benefits of that newfound sense of awareness.  

So, basically, it’s all about awareness of you and your surroundings and the benefits will definitely be different for everyone, so you won’t really know until you try it out.

One more benefit:

~You'll find that your level of confidence starts to grow.  You know something very interesting that I've noticed for many years now, is that as peoples' confidence level starts to grow they start to realize that they aren't so: dumb, stupid, unworthy, ridiculous, foolish, or … (you
fill in the blank).

You start to have a lot of small little accomplishments that lead you straight to a higher level of confidence
as you keep plugging away and doing these things a little differently (like in your own special way).  
If you keep at it every day, you’ll start to notice your confidence starting to grow and who wouldn’t want to be confident, right!

I know that all of these things do take time and it will take time.  
This is not something that happens overnight (unfortunately, sometimes I wish it did) but I want to encourage you to hang in there, keep going, keep moving forward in the pursuit of 'being who you really are” doing things differently.  

We’re all striving to be happy.  If you do things differently in your life (and you could incorporate this into all areas of your life) it doesn’t have to be only one specific thing or one specific way, just start off by focusing on one area and think about how you can do something different - even starting right now.

Write it down, I always talk about pencil and paper. Write things down.  
Just jot down an idea or two that you might have about what you could do differently in your life, it really will have a big impact on your life but you’ll never know
until you get started.  You will definitely reap all of 
the benefits that are waiting for you when you do 
things differently and find out who you really are.  

I want you to start today, I’m cheering for you!
(Rah! Rah!)

I want to be in your corner and cheer you on and if
you need my help, I would love for you to connect
with me at [e-mail] 

I would love for you to share this podcast with other people that you know who you think would be able
to benefit from the things that I’m sharing.

All the things that I share are all the things that I’ve learned and gone through in my life and learned by experience and so please share this message with
other people, you’ll be amazed at how it could really 
help someone when you didn’t think it could.  So let them know. 

I would appreciate it if you would go to Apple
Podcasts and give me an honest rating and an
honest review, I would really appreciate that and it
lets me know what you folks are liking and not liking 
and if you think it’s of value.  I only want to share value,
I don’t want to share anything that’s not worth your
time because it wouldn’t benefit me or you!

I would love to help you in your pursuit of Doing Things Differently In Your Life.

I thank you so much, I really appreciate you being here because there are so many things to do and life is busy and I’m thankful that you chose this podcast.

I want to send out some wonderful Hawaiian sunshine to all of you.

It really makes my day to know that I’m helping other people out there and enriching their lives, to help them to grow and learn and have a much more fulfilling life.

I want to thank you, a hui hou malama pono -
until next time, take care!

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Aloha, Janin 

 

Music by: Dennis Pavao
Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album: Wale No
Produced by: Pilialoha Production