Alternative Paths - #Trust30 Day 14

I'm not sure if you can really write about today's challenge but I guess I could start by defining my current (or one of my current) quests. 

Here it is: To understand how to make more efficient decisions. 

Yes, this sounds very lofty ... perhaps unrealistic ... but then again, how else could one describe a quest?

I find the latter half of today's challenge very oxymoronic ... how are you able to define a path that you cannot see? I guess the lesson here really is to try and actually not define it but rather figure out what it is first. 

Once I have ideas about how one potentially can make more efficient decisions, I will certainly share them with you. 

Until then, on with the quest. 

Fear - #Trust30 Day 12

Once again, I feel as though today's challenge has been in many ways echoed by previous challenges; however, instead of resisting it ... here's my answer:

Probably the greatest insecurity I have about becoming my future self, is the time it will take to get there. Time is probably the most valuable thing we have (I believe I wrote about this in the first challenge) and so whenever I feel I'm wasting or have wasted time ... my insecurity arises. 

There truly is only one solution ... spend each moment purposefully. Sometimes, there will be moments you purposefully spend doing nothing, and that's fine. Actually, many times that's needed. 

What fear is holding you back? 

Divine Idea - #Trust30 Day 11

Today's challenge was probably one of the hardest thus far. 

The notion of uniqueness or having original thoughts (or divine ideas) is one I personally find to be extremely challenging to verify. How can you know for sure that you are the only person in the world with such a thought or idea? ... I guess that depends on how you define 'the world.' 

My answer to today's challenge is in a way broken down into two parts. Firstly, I'll be honest and admit that I don't think I necessarily have one single glaring aspect of my life that is not in some way, shape or form an imitation. I think it's extremely hard to find an area where you are completely alone (do not have something or someone to seek as a guide ... or imitate) and once (if) you've found that area, I think it can be very hard to live it. With that said ...

I think in some small way my divine idea has been to create ... when I could have consumed. 

Creation and consumption is like filling a glass with water. Everyday you start with an empty glass ... you fill it with water (consumption) and then it's time for you to create (a mess because water has flowed over the brim of the glass). 

Again, I don't really think this is a 'divine' idea but I believe in it and I try to stick to it everyday. This challenge is certainly helping. 

Your Personal Message - #Trust30 Day 10

I think it would be super cool to create an app out of today's challenge. The app would simply serve up a random answer to today's challenge, which will hopefully inspire people to do something, or at the very least invoke some kind of emotion. 

Here is my answer: It's very simple and I've tried to live by this principle for a very long time (it's paid off for me at least twice in the recent past with my iPad2 stories) ...

persistence pays. 

There's a line between persistence and insanity. I believe it was Einstein who said that insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. The difference with being persistent is ... hope really. By being persistent you are hoping that at some point the result will change and I am a strong believer that if you try hard enough at something, eventually you will achieve your desired result. 

Keep trying my friends, don't ever stop. 

Afraid to do #Trust30 Day 9

Today's challenge was disappointing. It was disappointing because of how similar it was to another very recent challenge. 

The concept between the two is essentially the same, always doing what you are afraid to do is in essence being bold. 

I guess if I had to answer the question though, I would say it's scares me to be uncomfortable; however, sometimes ... it hurts to stay comfortable. 

Five Years - #Trust30 Day 8

Today's challenge was by far the most interesting to me. 

The sheer simplicity of the question is masked by the potential depth and complexity of the answer. Even if you are not participating in the challenge, it's worth taking a look at today's question(s) and answering them for yourself. 

Here are my answers:

1. To me five years ago: You're about to go to school, but don't let that get in the way of your education (funnily enough a friend of mine from University said that to me in my final year). 

2. To me five years from now: Are you still learning as much as you were five years ago? If not, you better change that. 

Dare to be bold - #Trust30 Day 7

Although all these challenges are quite personal, today's felt extra personal for some reason. I really think that anyone, regardless of what stage they are at in life, can come up with a response to today's challenge. I invite you to please jot down yours in the comment section below because I am quite curious to see what other people come up with. 

One of my dreams has always been to learn a new language. The underlying reason being simply that I love learning.

A couple of the biggest things holding me back from doing this are: The time commitment and of course ... the actual decision to choose a single language to learn. Do I go for a local language like French (being Canadian) or a dialect of Chinese, or Hindi or Spanish? Sheena Iyengar was most certainly right when she said that too much choice can lead to no action. 

I guess these are just variations of the resistance talking though. Rational thought (when will I ever really need to know how to speak another language, when the world is increasingly trying to better understand English) is clearly getting in the way here. 

Perhaps, just this once... it's time to abandon rational thought.