Change Your Life | Rock the World

Not too long ago I was reading an article by a fitness instructor named Mike Geary about energy drinks and how they work and what’s in them and if they’re really good for you or not, and you probably won’ be surprised to find out that most of them are utter garbage and in fact really bad for you, even fattening and therefore have the opposite effect that they’re supposed to have.

Here’s a link to that article: http://www.truthaboutabs.com/energy-drink-mind-body-connection.html

Like I said, it wasn’t really a surprise to read that, but at the same time, it did get me to thinking about how easily we can be convinced of something’s validity just by hearing that it’s so, and without searching for any facts on our own.

You often hear it said that people believe what they want to believe, and I agree with that idea, but it still throws me off a bit when I see it on such a large scale.  Read more...

Here in the United States, we celebrate Independence Day every year on the 4th of July, which just passed, and a lot of people here got a 3-day holiday weekend out of it this year, which was super swell.

I decided ahead of time that I was going to make the most of my weekend, come hell or high water. So I did. My wife and I attended a few different get togethers and events with our friends and family over the course of 3 1/2 days or so. And frankly, we had the best time.

Now I want to point out that we didn’t do anything that would necessarily be considered spectacular, like skydiving or riding in the space shuttle. But we don’t always need to ride the space shuttle to have a good time.

Because we have excellent friends. The best, frankly. And we can have a ton of fun just doing something as simple as spending a few hours with them at a barbecue or a restaurant or a bar, and eating and drinking and chatting.  Read more...

For the most part, people are douche bags. For the most part, they’d rather rant and complain than try learning anything new or discovering facts about whatever they’re ranting about. For the most part, they just want to bitch about things being the way they are and then at the same time ridicule anything that’s different.

What they don’t realize, and will most likely never realize, is how scared they are. Yup, that’s right, scared. Like whiny, cry baby little girls who didn’t get enough love from mommy today.

There, I said it.

What are they scared of? Well frankly, anything that doesn’t fit into their idea of how things should be.

So why should you care? Well, because what they do and how they think affects you.

We can’t really help but have the people around us influence us, at least to some degree. It’s just sort of the nature of things. So it’ll often happen that when we’re faced with someone, or more likely many people, who don’t want us to be different than what they’re used to, a lot of us will just give up and do as they say, rather than go against the group.  Read more...

I might be stating the obvious here, but from what I’ve seen, I’d say that there’s a direct correlation between how responsible and capable someone is and how giving they are towards others.

I sort of see it as a long line, kind of like a string. On one end are the people who take care of their own shit, are helpful and supportive towards the people they care about, and generally have a very positive attitude. On the other end are the people who are lazy, selfish and negative. And then, of course, there are the varying degrees in between.

What the people at the negative end don’t seem to understand is that when they selfishly hoard more stuff for themselves, they actually end up with less than they would have if they were more willing to give it away.

Let me explain. First of all, I’m not talking about some some vague theory about the universe bringing you what you want when you’re creating good energy and being in tune with the world, or something like that. I don’t know anything about that stuff.  Read more...

It probably sounds weird to hear someone tell you to take a vacation, since we all love vacations so much, and look forward to them almost all of the time, but believe it or not, there are still a lot of folks who need to be told.

You might be surprised by the number of people who never actually get around to taking any free time. And you might be surprised by the negative effects that can have on you.

How do I know? Because that was me. That was me for many years.

I worked a job where I was given 5 weeks of vacation time each year. And each year I’d use maybe 3 or 4 days. And even those were hard to get out of me.

I figured that if I missed a day of work, then who was going to do my job for me while I was gone? No one. And so it wouldn’t get done, and when I got back from vacation, I’d have that much more work to do to catch up.

And that was a giant pile of horse shit.  Read more...