Today, February 10th is a glorious day. I mean, every day is a glorious day, but today is significantly special. Not only did Christian made his long-awaited return to WWE on the ECW brand (albeit uninspiring commentary from Todd Grisham) four years ago today, and not only did I reunite with a close friend of mine (see Aspire To Inspire for more details) two years ago today, but it was this day one year ago that forever changed the rest of my life. As I've discussed various times in past posts, I went through a strange couple of years in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. My entire life was basically a roller coaster: with each rise and drop occurring at the most inopportune of times. Sure, the rises were fun, but the drops were far from it. This period in my life has been come to known as my "dark days". I didn't like who I was or who I was becoming as time progressed. In late 2011, after seemingly overcoming every obstacle set in front of me, I finally achieved ultimate happiness... or so I thought. Long story short, the girl who I supposably really liked ending up turning her back on me shortly thereafter, so I was back to where I started. I was in a bad place before, but now it grew ten times worse. I was sick of getting screwed over and not being happy all the time. I grew extremely frustrated with everyone, especially myself. I dwelled on the past too much to the point that I was either trying to recreate it or thinking of things that I could've of done to change it. By January of last year, I came to the conclusion that I needed to end it all. No, I'm not talking about suicide, despite the fact that's what most people thought it was. I received texts and tweets for weeks inquiring about what I was going to do after I began promoting FINAL.FRIDAY.21012 in all of my posts. Could I have told them what I was planning? Sure, but that would've taken away from the big surprise. As previously stated, it was never intended to be anything bad. The whole purpose of FINAL.FRIDAY.21012 was the finally move on and become a happier and more positive person. I grew tired of always being angry and unhappy. I was never depressed or suicidal or anything along those lines, but I was never truly satisfied with myself. Hell, even the girl who turned her back on me a few weeks prior started talking to me again, asking me about what I was doing on FINAL.FRIDAY.21012. On February 10th, 2012 (21012 was the date), I took a break from social networking and put my entire past behind me. It was from that point forward that I realized that life is too short to be anything but happy. Adopting a new optimistic attitude along with a new positive attitude was what helped me accomplish that. Once that girl found out what the true intentions of FINAL.FRIDAY.21012 were, we hardly spoke after that and still don't to this day. That simply proved she wasn't a real friend to begin with. The "final" aspect of it wasn't meant to indicate that it was my last day alive or anything terrible like that, but rather my "final" day as an unhappy person.
Now 366 days later, I find myself in an even better position than I was in a year ago, but still happy nonetheless. Another thing that I realized was that you will never need someone to make you happy. The only person you'll ever need to make you happy is yourself. I've managed to stay single (get at me, ladies) over the last 366 days and much happier because of it. Solely speaking for myself here, I underwent way too much stress whenever I was in talks with a certain someone. So, why not just be single? Without anyone holding me back, I've managed to accomplish things I never thought I would over the course of 2012 and into 2013. I met a number of amazing people and weeded out the weak links. But the most important part of that whole event one year ago today was that I set a goal, a goal that still remains the same today. I wanted to use my experiences as a learning tool for others possibly going through the same thing that I did. I want to prevent those bad things from happening to other people and instead improve their lives to the point where they, too, look forward to waking up each day and striving for greatness. My ultimate goal, however, is to inspire, entertain and enlighten others, which is pretty much why this whole blog was created. I want to do so through any form possible, including social networking, my writings, podcasts, videos and more. I aspire to inspire, and nothing less. If you're at a point in your life where you feel like nothing will ever get better, think again. It will always get better, which is something most people tend to forget. Adopting a positive attitude and outlook on life may be hard at first, but it will come to you in due time. Find something that makes you happy and work from there. You have the ability to not only make yourself happy, but also to do anything you want to do as long as you stay motivated and determined. Forget the sky, there is no limit. |
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