Comments on: Whose Life Are You Living? http://uncertainchange.com/2009/12/10/whose-life-are-you-living/ Accepting And Embracing Change In Our Lives Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tomas Stonkus http://uncertainchange.com/2009/12/10/whose-life-are-you-living/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Tomas Stonkus Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:29:14 +0000 http://uncertainchange.com/?p=744#comment-199 Hey Jared! Love to see you back! I love the energy and passion that I saw in your writing! Amazing! I agree that we need more people to wake up and look around and see what is going on around us! It's up to us to create our own structure our own path in life. No wonder there are so many self help books out there. I feel like the topic of self-development should be thought in schools along with many other subjects instead of making more working class bees! But the best thing we can do is change our selves and lead by example! Best, Toma Hey Jared!

Love to see you back! I love the energy and passion that I saw in your writing! Amazing!

I agree that we need more people to wake up and look around and see what is going on around us! It’s up to us to create our own structure our own path in life. No wonder there are so many self help books out there. I feel like the topic of self-development should be thought in schools along with many other subjects instead of making more working class bees!

But the best thing we can do is change our selves and lead by example!

Best,

Toma

]]> By: Jared-BRANDENTITY http://uncertainchange.com/2009/12/10/whose-life-are-you-living/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Jared-BRANDENTITY Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:53:26 +0000 http://uncertainchange.com/?p=744#comment-198 I could speak for hours and maybe even days about my opinions of the education system, but I will leave that for a public debate in the future. The words you displayed in this message are unfortunately true because even though we spend at least 16 years of our lives in school, most people learn more the year that they entered the "real world," than all of the prior years. We are throw into a system, SIMILAR TO HEALTHCARE, where everything is predetermined and our choices are few and far between. We are told to think a certain way, follow a particular path, and live a "comfortable" lifestyle. In essence, we are TRAINED to be ordinary. But I am here to proclaim that the world is overpopulated with ordinary people and we must now make the CHOICE to separate ourselves from what the educational system has brainwashed us to think and begin living on our own terms, by our own rules, and thinking the way we want to think so that we can become EXTRAORDINARY and change the landscape for generations to come! WOAHH...I could go on and on, but this will suffice for the purpose of your blog. I could speak for hours and maybe even days about my opinions of the education system, but I will leave that for a public debate in the future. The words you displayed in this message are unfortunately true because even though we spend at least 16 years of our lives in school, most people learn more the year that they entered the “real world,” than all of the prior years. We are throw into a system, SIMILAR TO HEALTHCARE, where everything is predetermined and our choices are few and far between. We are told to think a certain way, follow a particular path, and live a “comfortable” lifestyle. In essence, we are TRAINED to be ordinary. But I am here to proclaim that the world is overpopulated with ordinary people and we must now make the CHOICE to separate ourselves from what the educational system has brainwashed us to think and begin living on our own terms, by our own rules, and thinking the way we want to think so that we can become EXTRAORDINARY and change the landscape for generations to come!

WOAHH…I could go on and on, but this will suffice for the purpose of your blog.

]]> By: Tomas Stonkus http://uncertainchange.com/2009/12/10/whose-life-are-you-living/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Tomas Stonkus Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:00:03 +0000 http://uncertainchange.com/?p=744#comment-197 Hey Oleg: Thoughtful comment as always. Very much appreciated! I think this correlated very well with the article that you wrote about freerunning and how people should choose their own path or way of doing things. Become unique by doing the things that you like instead of trying to fit somebody else shoes! Best, Tomas Hey Oleg:

Thoughtful comment as always. Very much appreciated! I think this correlated very well with the article that you wrote about freerunning and how people should choose their own path or way of doing things.

Become unique by doing the things that you like instead of trying to fit somebody else shoes!

Best,
Tomas

]]> By: Oleg Mokhov http://uncertainchange.com/2009/12/10/whose-life-are-you-living/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Oleg Mokhov Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:28:46 +0000 http://uncertainchange.com/?p=744#comment-196 Hey Tom, This cuts through like a knife to our college generation. We got so used to knowing that next year we had summer vacation + job, then another 2 semesters of college (groan), and we were so tired from all the studying that we wanted to unwind and not study what we actually want to know. Unemployment after college is a blessing in disguise. It snaps you out of that routine you've gotten comfortable in. All of a sudden, each day because unique - anything can happen. Sure, it's scary, but so is anything new. But growth only happens when we step outside our comfort zone (or in this case, being pushed out). And growth results in new experiences, new opportunities, and a more exciting and fulfilling life of doing what you really want to, rather than simply taking the pre-determined path that best fits you (and it doesn't fit well for most people, even if they delude themselves into thinking so). Well put regarding slowing down. This slowing down makes you assess what you want out of life, and you most likely come to realize that you weren't living your own genuine life, but rather trying to fit yourself into a life of a checked-off box that's not truly fulfilling. Best, Oleg Hey Tom,

This cuts through like a knife to our college generation. We got so used to knowing that next year we had summer vacation + job, then another 2 semesters of college (groan), and we were so tired from all the studying that we wanted to unwind and not study what we actually want to know.

Unemployment after college is a blessing in disguise. It snaps you out of that routine you’ve gotten comfortable in.

All of a sudden, each day because unique – anything can happen. Sure, it’s scary, but so is anything new. But growth only happens when we step outside our comfort zone (or in this case, being pushed out). And growth results in new experiences, new opportunities, and a more exciting and fulfilling life of doing what you really want to, rather than simply taking the pre-determined path that best fits you (and it doesn’t fit well for most people, even if they delude themselves into thinking so).

Well put regarding slowing down. This slowing down makes you assess what you want out of life, and you most likely come to realize that you weren’t living your own genuine life, but rather trying to fit yourself into a life of a checked-off box that’s not truly fulfilling.

Best,
Oleg

]]> By: Tomas Stonkus http://uncertainchange.com/2009/12/10/whose-life-are-you-living/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Tomas Stonkus Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:58:21 +0000 http://uncertainchange.com/?p=744#comment-195 Hey Caesar: Thanks for reading! Yea, maybe I should become the new alma matter, what do you think? Best, Tomas Hey Caesar:

Thanks for reading! Yea, maybe I should become the new alma matter, what do you think?

Best,
Tomas

]]> By: Caesar http://uncertainchange.com/2009/12/10/whose-life-are-you-living/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Caesar Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:57:03 +0000 http://uncertainchange.com/?p=744#comment-194 Thank you - I enjoyed this post. On a more humorous note, I'm not surprised your arms are the same length as the Alma mater. Thank you – I enjoyed this post.

On a more humorous note, I’m not surprised your arms are the same length as the Alma mater.

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