Taking Responsibility

A lot of people complain about not being able to do something and have several reasons in which they can't do it, me included, in fact I do this so often I don't even realise I am doing it. This is not to say, sometimes there is a genuine reason that is out of your control but most times you do have a choice. 

Fear, for instance (one of my main reasons) may seem like a good reason not to do something, sometimes, yes, indeed fear is a natural instinct that is telling you to avoid but other times, could it be that the fear is fabricated or exaggerate? 

Have you ever wanted to do something but not really done it still? and when someone asks 'why?' your response is along the lines of 'I don't know', or 'no time'. But actually when you truly ask yourself why, only you would see if the answer you give is actually within your control.

Which leads me to an article I read, which I have taken a few of the steps:
Source: http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-stop-being-a-victim-and-start-creating-your-life/

Steps to take to begin taking responsibility for our life:

1. Decide you're going to take on this new way of thinking.
2. Make the conscious decision that it's up to you
3. Pick one thing and decide you're going to respond differently
4. Put a visual stop sign up in your mind when you feel yourself becoming defensive and ready to blame
5. Apologie for something sincerely without attaching any 'and' or 'but' to it
6. Take an action step, however small or inconsequential it may seem, towards something you want to attain
7. Empower yourself with 'I can' and 'I will' statements
8. Adopt the attitude, 'change begins with me'
9. Step outside your comfort zone
10. keep yourself motivated on the positive feelings
11. Try again if you fail

The Drift Bar & Restaurant

Location: The Drift Bar & Restaurant, London

Meal: Prawn Lollipop (£ 5.95) Lamb burger, served skinny, unless with salad instead with fries () 

Price: Roughly £20pp

The drift bar is located at the bottom of the Heron Tower in London. The prawn lollipops leave you wanting more! They were extremely tasty and very worth the money! I enjoyed the mains and without the burger buns, I felt the alternative was just as good. 

An overall rating 7/10.

Starters

Lamb Burger, skinny option

Believe in your dreams

- Eleanor Roosevelt

About 10 years ago in my last year of college, I was wrecking my brain for a quote I could use in my year book. I was hoping for something I could look back on in 10 years time and actually have something to reflect back on. In the end, I chose a quote that stuck to me. I have always been ambitious but always too lazy or too scared to do what I really wanted to. Excuses was the enemy, I had so many, they were so easy to use, so easy to come up with and most of all, they were the best things to blame. I can't do this because... 

The stories that touch me the most are those who struggle and work hard to achieve yet remain humble and true to their values. There is something about those stories and those people who inspire me.

There will always be people who will try to put you down, people who don't believe you can, people who will try to scare you away from your dream or tell you, you can't do it. But belief is the start of this journey...