10 Signs You Really Want Something

Sign 1: You are willing to work for it

You’re ready to give it all you’ve got.  You are willing to put in the time, you are willing to put in the effort, you are willing to commit the resources.  You will not back down at the first sign of pain or discomfort. You will not give up because progress is slow or delayed.

Sign 2: You’re willing to save for it

If you have to live below your means and desired level of convenience, comfort, and security, until you have saved enough money, you are willing to do it.  You are willing to hunker down, live simply, live uncomfortably, and deny yourself, until you reach you reach your financial target – the one necessary to making your dream come true, or your plan a reality.

Sign 3: You are willing to make time for it

You don’t let busyness and excuses get in the way.  You make it a habit to stop everything else and commit your time to it.

Sign 4: You are willing to try and try again

You don’t give up easily.  You don't throw up your hands. You are back to it after the first attempt, the second attempt, the third attempt, even the umpteenth one, Colonel Sanders style. You persist. You go for it again and again, refining your process and methods with every try, learning something from each attempt.

Sign 5: You’re willing to do the extensive spadework for it

You are up for the studying, the researching, the practice, the training, whatever it takes, for however long. You don’t get skittish because of the time and effort, and level of difficulty involved.

Sign 6: You are willing to seek all the advice and help you can get

You are willing to get input from others to bear on your efforts. You are ready to make the effort, to invest the time and resources, and you have the humility.

Sign 7: You are willing to sacrifice for it

You are willing to give up some things, it may be a little, it may be a lot.  Even if it’s a lot, it is worth it to you. Sacrifice isn’t a denial to you. It is a glorious, focused, and meaningful way to achieve your goal.

Sign 8: You are willing to change your ways and habits for it

You are willing to stop doing what's obstructing your progress, give up habits that are getting in your way, or spoiling your chances. You are ready to start doing the right things in place of those habits. You are willing to bring a new you to the table, because you know a new you is what it will take. A new you is the key to success.

Sign 9: You are willing to risk being looked down at, or being laughed and scorned at

This frightening thought keeps many people from doing what they really want to do, but you are willing to ignore it and pursue your dream. You feel strong enough not to get discouraged or depressed by "other people's opinions"  and "other people's criticisms" of you.

Sign 10: You really believe in what you want

This is the ultimate sign.  What you want is a living, breathing vision for you.  It consumes your waking hours, and has become part and parcel of who you are. To turn your back on your dream, is to turn your back on yourself.

There - these are 10 signs you really want something. 

You may say you really want something. You may even be a stuck record on what you say you want. 

But, objectively, if you are not willing to save for it, to sacrifice for it, to change your ways for it, to do the spadework for it, to make it a living, breathing vision, as described in the signs above, you have to question your motivation.

Your motivation is just not that strong, certainly not strong enough.

Want to increase your motivation?

Then get a piece of paper.

Write down something you think you really want.

Then write down what you think you need to do in order to achieve that.

Now, looking at the paper on which you have scribbled your thoughts, what does it tell you?

Let me guess - you've got work to be done? Yes?

Well then, I won’t let this post keep you.

Because if you really, really want something, my sincere wish is you see it happen.

I will be cheering for you.

I will end this post by saying - love your goal, sacrifice for your goal, work for your goal.

Your best days are ahead!

x

Acknowledgements

Thanks for the feedback, (comments, likes, shares) on some of my recent posts Was It Luck, Was It By Design, Seek Inspiration and (Information) and (Consolation) for Where You Are in Life, Lessons From My Life(10 Things You Can Learn From My Experience).  I appreciate the affirmations that I am on the right track from old friends and new friends, and relatives who have become friends. You keep me going.

NEXT, Thanks to all readers, current and future, for sharing my Journey to Wisdom, Meaning and a Better Life.  Like you, I am trying to find my way through this complex maze we call life, and I am honored to have you share my journey, as I continue to seek the wisdom hidden in plain sight.

FINALLY, A Happy Birthday shout-out:  to those with May birthdays.  Hope you use your birthday month - a milestone month - to revisit your dreams, and how strongly you are motivated to achieve them - and to make a commitment to save for them, work hard for them, sacrifice for them, make them a living, breathing vision.

P.S. Not sure if you have time, but if you do, you may enjoy these other posts:

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