Brad H.'s Perspective

Saturday, March 19, 2022

The Importance Of Finding The Strength To Keep Positive Activities Despite Hardships.

We all know how it feels to go through various hardships at times. Hardships can come in so many different variations, and the context in which they can be viewed comes down to us as individuals view them. One important aspect of hardships is that they do not have a time limit as to when they will end. All of us will endure hardships that only last a few days. We will also all have to face while other forms of hardship that will carry on for an extended length of time. While it is important to take into consideration how length of hardships matter, the most important effect of hardships is how they affect our health. Going through hardships on a regular basis is in no way good for us both mentally and physically. They can lead us into a state of depression, which can create a slew of other issues on top of the ones we're already facing. Going through hardships can have a way of sapping our morale to the point where we can begin to neglect the positive aspects of our lives. Take a person that accustomed to meeting up with their friends a few times a week for pickup basketball. That same person may lose that desire to engage with their friends if they're going through a rough time in their life. Having a loss of desire from hardships can be a tough thing, and it isn't hard to imagine how this could happen. This is especially true when in this day and age. Despite all of that being a factor, we must always remember the importance of maintaining positive activities during hardships.

Welcome back everyone! This is Brad H., and I am here to bring you all another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am here to once again give my perspective on a topic that I feel would be beneficial towards helping us in our everyday lives. I hope that you all have been doing well since the last topic. This week's topic is a week later than normal. I celebrated another birthday last week, so I figured that I would just use that weekend to enjoy myself. Thank you once again to those of you that follow me on Twitter that acknowledged my birthday! You all are great people that I appreciate so much. So for my soapbox this week, I'm going quickly talk about the state of the world and not feeling bad if you're in a rough spot right now. We all know that there has been so many changes that many of us aren't accustomed to in the past couple of years. A lot of people are struggling mentally, physically and financially these days, and it's something that is becoming more prevalent than in previous years. I just want to encourage anyone that may be going through something to not feel bad about it. We all are facing issues in our own ways, and only people that are dishonest with themselves will deny that. If you are in a situation and need help, don't be afraid to ask people that care about you for help. Pride is one of the biggest hindrances that we face. It's okay to put your pride to the side sometimes. That's just something I wanted to point out before getting into this week's topic. So with that being said, lets talk more about the importance of finding the strength to maintain positive activities.

In the opening I talked about how hardships can detach us from positive activities. I want to state ahead that this is not always the case when it comes to facing challenges in our lives. What I mean by this is that some people have the mental toughness to keep up positive habits and activities regardless of the hardship they may be facing. It is kinda similar to a person that finds a way to smile regardless of how tough their life may be. This week's topic is mainly geared towards people like myself that may sometimes have struggles with handling the issues that pop up in our lives in regards to positive activities. Now if you are a person that has ever been in love before; whoa, let me rephrase that. We all have been in love at some point in our lives before, which means that we all have endured a breakup before. In the event that you've never been through a breakup before, consider yourself to be lucky. For anyone that has experienced this before, you know how difficult it can be to want to do other things. Of course everyone is different when it comes to how they handle something of this nature. However, most people go through the phase of not wanting to do much of anything due to the pain they're feeling. The main point that I am trying to make with this example is that losing motivation really isn't that hard during rough patches in life.

So now that we've established how easily it can be to lose the strength for those activities, what kind of activities that I am using as a reference point here you may wonder? We all have different things that we enjoy doing that keep us thinking and feeling positively. I mentioned earlier how playing a pickup game of basketball with your friends can be a positive activity. Generally speaking, anything that makes you feel good and brings balance to your life can be classified as a positive activity. Other activities like going to the gym, hanging with friends, or going to events are activities that I view as being positive. The way in which these things relate to this week's topic comes down to how most of these activities require added energy to do. When a person is in a situation where they are facing some form of hardship, that makes it even harder to do the activities they enjoy. From my perspective, I believe the reason for this comes down to how much energy and emphasis that we put towards the individual hardships we're dealing with. You have a negative energy, which is a hardship, and the positive energy that is the positive activities. Whichever one a person chooses to put the most energy towards is the one that will be the dominant activity in their life, which is why we must choose wisely where our energy tends to go. A hardship is going to take your time and energy by default, but finding ways to allow the positive activities to dominate is the key.

We've brought up examples of positive activities, and we have touched on hardships and how they relate to positive activities. So why is it of importance to find the strength to maintain those positive activities despite the occasional hardships that we may face? I personally believe the key point with this topic is strength. Often times when we are dealing with hardships, the strength to do things diminishes. However, while the strength may diminish and take a hit, it doesn't completely go away. That is what the key focus should be. Sometimes we just have to muster up the strength and courage to do certain things because we know that not doing them will be more harmful than helpful. I believe that we as people need to try and have this type of mentality when comes to facing the hardships we endure. Now this is way more easier said that done; I do recognize this. However, it is not impossible to do so, and trying to become perfect at doing so shouldn't be the goal. This is something that we have to view in the context of building blocks. If you're facing some type of hardship and find a lack of motivation, try to think of the positive aspects of whatever is hindering you to being motivated. The goal we should have is to create new habits that we can implement on a regular basis. Definitely won't be easy, and definitely won't be a perfect journey. However, that strength is always there to be tapped into if need be.

Well that is what I got for you all this go round. I hope that you all found this topic to be helpful in your life's walk. Thank you once again to those of you that have made it this far. I appreciate your viewership very much. This has been another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective' brought to you all by Brad H. If any of you have any feedback that you would like to contribute, please do so in the comment section. All feedback, both good and bad is appreciated. Time for me to dip out now, so I will see you all in a couple of weeks with the next topic. Till next time, I wish you all the best. Have a great week ahead, and peace out!

Saturday, February 19, 2022

The Difficulty Of Doing What Is Best For You In Today's World.

One of the things that I can truly say that I miss from my days of growing up is how people embraced what it meant to be unique. It just appeared to me that people accepted and embraced what it meant to be an individual. Now I'm speaking solely on my own perspective of what I saw, and I am positive there were exceptions to this back then. However, just generally speaking, it just seemed to me that people understood the importance of individuality. I'm not sure exactly when I noticed the shift, but at some point I believe that there was a shift away from individuality. Again, I am speaking strictly from a general perspective, but I do believe that most of us will admit that being unique has become rare over the past few decades. In today's world, it seems that everyone wants to be accepted by everyone despite how unrealistic of a thing that is. We have developed into a society of people pleasing to the point where it feels like everyone is doing whatever they think is the popular thing. How many people can truly say that they are happy and content with being that way? Generally speaking, so many people in this world are way too concerned with opinions of others, and it is causing many to neglect doing what is in their own best interest. All of this coincides with how difficult it has become doing what is best for you in today's society.

Yo! What's up everybody? It is your boy Brad H. back to once again present you all with another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am here to give my perspective on a topic that will hopefully serve as motivation for us to keep progressing in our lives. I hope that you all have been doing well since the last topic, and I hope that this week's topic will be of value to you all! So for my soapbox this week, I wanna get into some basketball talk real quick. I just finished watching the NBA All Star Saturday night festivities. Boy, talk about a huge disappointment! The Slam Dunk Contest this year was so horrible in my opinion. While I was watching the competition, all I could think about was how much I miss the 90s and even the early to late 2000s when it came to this competition. At least during those times they had some of the best players in the league competing. Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Julius Erving, Kobe Bryant are a few names that have competed and won. Nothing against the competitors they had this year, but most of these players are guys that only hardcore fans know about. I hope they can find a way to made All Star Saturday night more appealing like it once was. Hopefully the All Star game tomorrow is good, but I really don't know. Congrats to Obi Toppin on winning this year, as well as Karl-Anthony Towns winning the Three Point Shootout! Well now that I've addressed that, lets go ahead and get into the difficulty of doing what is best for us in today's society.

Now before we get more in depth with this week's topic at hand, I want to begin by stating that I do realize that a topic of this nature will not apply to everyone. I do understand that not everyone struggles with doing what they perceive is best for them. This week's topic is mainly geared towards those that have problems of this nature. It also will hopefully serve as continued inspiration for those that are strong enough to not get caught up in the opinions of others. Now I spoke earlier of how from a solely general perspective, society at large seemed to value individualism. Again, I'm not suggesting that the concept of embracing what it means to be an individual is completely gone. There are many areas, as well as people in life that accept people for whom they are regardless of how unique it may be to society. However, we would be lying to ourselves if we were to say that we've become a world filled with followers over leaders. What I mean by this is that so many of us are too willing to follow and do what others think we should do, or we are too caught up in wanting to do what we perceive is the popular things. This is a followers mentality from my perspective. People that are leaders tend to do what they want regardless of what is the "in" thing, and they certainly do not get caught up in the opinions of others. As I alluded to earlier, this was generally lacking in past decades.

So now that I have given an overview of how I feel that individualism has changed over the years, lets get into how it relates to today for so many people. From my perspective, and because we live in a world that lacks individuality, there are too many of us that aren't doing the things that are best for us. What I mean by saying this is that too many of us are neglecting the things that are best for our lives because we are worried about the opinions of others. We have developed into a society where so many people think first about how something will look to others, rather than thinking about how it will benefit us first and foremost. When you couple that with the increasing pressure from society to do what everyone else is doing to fit in, then you have a recipe for a society filled with people that are unfulfilled. As an example, think of a person that constantly posts selfies of themselves online constantly. I'm sure that most of us know people like this if we aren't doing it ourselves. Again, I'm not here to judge, but just trying to set up an example of where I'm going with this. For the people that are always posting these pictures, do you really believe that they would be doing it unless they were worried about what others think? It's a total form of self validation from others, and though it may be something I personally do not do always, I can understand how it has become so relevant in today's world.

I hope that by this point I have established how difficult that it can be for a person to do what's best for them in today's world. What is left to ponder on is why has our society developed into a place where there are people just following what others do? I don't believe that there is a single answer to this question due to the fact that there are so many variables that go into the state of our world today. What I do know is that probably now more than ever is the time where we as a people have to fight. What I mean by this is that we have to be vigilant in making sure that we are living as individuals and not as a collective from a worldly standpoint. It almost reminds me of when we were kids and there was constant peer pressure to do what we thought would make our peers like us more. We're in a society where there are adults acting this way, which is why we have to live and govern ourselves accordingly. I really didn't want to use this topic as a way to find solutions as to why doing what is best can be so difficult. The main goal that I have with this topic is to let those of you that may be facing this in your lives know that you are not alone. I'm sure that it is difficult for many in this world, but we have to hold the line and continue to do the things that bring us joy in this life. Sometimes doing those things may go against the grain, but finding true happiness sometimes means that you're willing to do the opposite of the majority.

Well that about wraps it up for this week's topic on the difficulty of doing what is best for you in today's world. I hope that you all found this topic to be encouraging and beneficial to your life. This has once again been another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective' brought to you by Brad H. I want to thank those of you that stopped by once again. I appreciate all the support and feedback. Please feel free to leave any feedback on this particular post in the comment box, and I will be sure to read what you all think. I'm signing off for now, so I hope you all have a great rest of your weekend and an even better week ahead. I'll see you all on the next topic! Take care folks and peace out!

Saturday, January 29, 2022

How Conquering Distractions Can Help Make You A Better Person.

Distractions! Every single person that is breathing will deal with distractions throughout the run of a day. Distractions are something that is practically impossible to escape from. If you take a moment and think about the amount of things that the average person does in the run of a day, it really isn't that hard to imagine how easy it is for a person to become distracted. Add in the idea that distractions can come in many different forms, and you have a recipe for a world that is filled with scatterbrain individuals. Now I do not have any scientific evidence to back up what I'm about to say, but I think that most people would agree with my sentiment here. I believe that a person that less distracted is a more focused person. Most of us would agree with that, right? The truth is that while distractions is something that we all face, there are levels as to how distracted an individual can become. In other words, there are some people that are going to be more focused than others due to their ability to minimize distractions in their lives. For a person that has a life filled with distractions, overcoming those distractions will likely be a daunting challenge to undertake. However, I believe that anyone that is willing to at least climb in the ring and battle with their distractions can make great strides towards conquering their distractions. I believe that by conquering our distractions, we can greatly improve ourselves as individuals.

What's going on good people? I am Brad H., and I would like to welcome you all to another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am here to hopefully provide some inspiration that could be helpful towards us staying motivated in our lives. I hope you all have been doing well since we began this new year of 2022. To be perfectly honest with you all, the new year hasn't gotten off to the best of start for me personally. I started out the year telling myself that I would work hard to conquer certain habits that I feel hindered me last year. I started out doing pretty well for a couple of weeks, and then ultimately ended up falling back into them. In saying this, there are two things I'd like to point out before we get into this week's topic. First off, if you've fallen short of any goals that you've set for yourself this year, you are not a failure. The year is still new, and everyday you wake up breathing is an opportunity to improve. Secondly, a date changing on a calendar doesn't guarantee that things will change for you. It takes effort on our part first and foremost, but we also need circumstances to work out in our favor. Those are a couple of points that I wanted to make here on my soapbox before we go into this week's main topic. Again, I hope that you all have been doing well, so now lets get into how conquering distractions can help us to become better people.

Now what are distractions? We all have our own individual definitions of what distractions are, but the official definition that I found is "a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else". I would say that is a pretty standard and straightforward way to describe distractions. Now what stands out for e personally with that definition is that they are referred to as "a thing". This is a very generalized way of describing it, which means what exactly? Ah yes, it means that ANYTHING can be classified as being a distraction. Since anything can be a distraction to us, it isn't very hard to imagine how hard it is for us as people to be focused. Furthermore, it is important for us as individuals to be able to pinpoint the things that are distractions for us. I point this out all the time in these topics, but we are all different when it comes to what and how certain things affect us. There are much deeper levels to this topic that could be expounded upon, and I'd probably be able to write a novel about it. However, for the sake of keeping this topic much shorter, I felt it necessary to point out that levels do exist. In order to conquer your distractions and take that first step towards hopefully becoming a better person, we have to be able to identify our individual distractions.

Now that we've established that the individual distractions in our lives need to be identified first, how exactly do we defeat these distractions out of our lives? To be frank with you all, I honestly don't know how to completely eradicate distractions. I'm not even entirely sure that distractions can completely be defeated, but what I do know if that though some things cannot be eradicated completely, there are ways to improve. From my own perspective, I believe that one of the best ways to improve upon distractions begins with setting goals for yourself. I know that the word goals is very general, but we have to remember that everyone has different goals for themselves. Setting goals for ourselves gives us an added meaning for wanting to achieve something. If you set a goal for yourself that is reasonable and achievable, it can help towards keeping your mind locked in on what you're trying to achieve. If you're mentally locked in on your goal, it is much easier to not be distracted. I also want to point out that removing the distractions that you're aware of can be helpful towards conquering them. If you know that your phone for example is a distraction when you're studying or something of that nature, you can put your phone in another room to avoid be distracted by it. This is just one example of many, but the important thing is to identify your distractions first. Secondly, be realistic about your expectations of conquering your distractions.

We've touched on the importance of identifying our individual distractions, and we've talked about setting realistic goals toward helping to defeat distractions. So how does conquering our distractions help us to become better people? To begin with from my perspective, anything that has a hold on you that you try weaning yourself from is going to help you become mentally stronger. However, I believe the biggest benefit that comes from eliminating distractions is added focus and mental clarity. One of the sayings that I heard a guy say a couple of years back was that a focused person is a dangerous person. Not a dangerous person from the perspective of meaning others harm, but dangerous from the perspective of the lack of focus among people in this world. I believe that a person that is focused and has minimized distractions in their life is going to have an edge that most people do not. I believe that this is ultimately why conquering your distractions can help towards making you a better person. Now as I pointed out earlier, this is not an easy battle to win. Distractions are everywhere, which means it is very difficult to totally defeat them. However, as I stated earlier, improvement is always better than no improvement. Keep in mind that sometimes winning the small battles is how the war is ultimately won, and that may be the key towards conquering our distractions.

Well that is all I got for you all this time around. I hope that you all found this topic to be both enjoyable and helpful. Thank you all once again for tuning into another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am going to do my best to keep the positive vibes coming via these topics. Feel free to leave any comments you may have down below in the comment section. I hope you all are currently having a great weekend so far, and I wish you a great week ahead. I'll see you all back in a couple of weeks with the next time. Take care everyone, and be safe! Peace!

Saturday, January 8, 2022

The Importance Of Giving Fuel To Your Purpose.

I can't remember exactly the year and date when I done so, but a couple of years back I wrote a post about the importance of a person staying on their purpose. That particular topic mainly dealt with not only a person defining what their purpose is, but also the importance of a person staying on their purpose. One of the things that I didn't touch on in that topic is how does a person fuel their purpose. Now when most people think of fuel, you probably think instantly of a car or some other type of vehicle that is operated by gas. I totally get it, and though there is a huge difference between a vehicle and a person's purpose, there are some similarities as well. Now in order for any type of instrument that runs by gasoline to work, it must be fed fuel, right? Though it may be different in terms of how different a vehicle is from a person's purpose, the same logic applies when it comes to an individual giving fuel to their purpose. A person can claim that they know what their purpose is, but it doesn't mean anything if that person isn't taking the necessary steps to fuel their purpose. Because I personally feel that a person's purpose is so important in life, I think that addressing the importance of giving fuel to your purpose can add an aspect of purpose that isn't often talked about.

Happy 2022 everyone! I go by the name of Brad H., and I'd like to welcome you all to another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am here to once more give my perspective on a topic that I think that would be beneficial towards keeping us motivated in our daily lives. I'd like to extend a thank you to those of you that have came through for another one of my topics. I hope that the new year has been treating you all well so far. We are only 8 days into the year 2022, so we have to be mindful to temper our expectations on what we think this new year will bring. Try not to let your highs get too high, and vice versa with the lows you may face. I really don't have much of a topic to contribute to my soapbox for this week. I just watched my Dallas Cowboys beat down the Philadelphia Eagles, and I am pretty pleased with that. Since I don't really have a topic to add to this section, I will just use it to say thank you to everyone once again. I know I say it a lot, but I believe any and everyone that reads these topics deserve it. This year marks 12 years of my maintaining this blog! I'm just truly grateful for the people that have spent time reading over the years. Like I heard the rapper Big Remo say in one of his songs; "If I could I'd hug all y'all at the same time!" Seriously though, thank you all! So now that we've addressed that, lets get into the importance of fueling our purpose.

Now as I pointed out earlier in this topic, the primary goal with this week's topic isn't to focus on what you purpose may be. We are coming into this topic with the idea that we have already defined what our purpose, or purposes if you have more than one are. So hopefully for everyone that may be reading this has already found what their purpose is. Now I previously defined in past topics what I believe it means to have a purpose in life. I personally think it's a fairly straightforward definition, but I will go ahead and reiterate what it means to me for anyone that hasn't read previous topics. From my own perspective, I feel that purpose is the thing or things that give us a reason for want to exist in this life. Your purpose is basically all the things that motivate you to want to get out of bed every single day. Purpose isn't limited to only one thing, and can include a multitude of various aspects of our lives. We all may have similar purposes when it comes to certain facets of life, but we also have different things that we define as our purpose. Most of can see that having a purpose is very important in life, and I would dare say that many people probably would lack desire and motivation with having a purpose.

Now we're all aware that if you do not put any energy towards anything you're passionate about in life, then you will likely not get anything back in return. There is always going to be effort that is required on our parts for the things that we want to work out in our favor to work for us. You may wonder how does this relate to purpose? From my perspective, many of us start off fueling our purpose, but as time carries on, many of us allow the purpose gas tank to run completely empty. Now I'm in no way saying that this applies to everyone, but I can admit myself that I have had the problem of allowing my tank of purpose to run on E. There can be many reasons as to why a person can lose fuel for their purpose. One of the biggest reasons is becoming too results oriented. If we don't see the results that we want when we feel we want, the motivation can dry up. Stagnation is another potential reason why a person can lose interest in their purpose. Again, there are many reasons that can be specific to a person and their circumstances. I believe that in order for purpose to work for us, we have to consistently work at fueling it. This can be extremely difficult to do if and when that desire begins to dry up. However, there is something key that we need to remember when it comes purpose, which is why I think it is of importance to fuel that purpose.

Fueling your purpose; why it is so important for us to fuel our purpose? There are numerous reasons as to why I believe it is of importance for us to fuel our purposes. However, one of the things that sticks out to me is how purpose can sometimes be all that we have. What I mean by this is that there are some people in this world that would be nothing without their purpose, or a purpose in general. Whether that is real or imagine is solely up to the individual. I touched on this earlier, but without a purpose, many people would likely cease to have a reason to want to live. From my perspective, if a person's purpose can be that great of magnitude to a person's life, then it is something that needs to given utmost attention. I personally believe that this is the main reason as to why it is so important for us to fuel our purposes. For some people it comes down to have reason to want to live, so in order for people that view it in this way to survive, they have to constantly fuel their purpose. This means that we have to be willing and able to always give the proper attention to our purposes. Just like the car analogy that I used earlier, you can't allow your tank to run on empty. You have to always refill and refuel, otherwise there is that possibility that life can come to a screeching halt is more than one way.

That's what I got for you all with the first topic of 2022. I hope that you all found it to be both helpful and enjoyable. If you found it to be of some sort of benefit to you, please let me know down below in the comment box. Any other questions or concerns can be left in the box as well. If you've read this far, thank you once again for coming by for another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I hope that you all are enjoying 2022 so far, and I hope that this year brings you all the happiness that you desire. I'll see you all in a couple of weeks with the next topic on deck! Have a great rest of the weekend, and an even better week ahead! Peace out!

Saturday, December 11, 2021

The Importance Of Staying Motivated During Trying Times.

One of the main themes that this blog revolves around is a word coined as "perspective'. After all, the word perspective is the title of this blog, so therefore it would make sense that it would make a regular appearance on here. There is however a reason as to why I am beginning this week's topic off with the idea of what perspective means. There is something that many people refer to as "trying times" that describe the various hardships and challenges that an individual may face in their life. Now I would say that we all have been experiencing trying times over the past year and a half, but it all comes down to a person's perspective on what trying times may mean to them. Now I myself will admit that I have been experiencing trying times in recent years. I'm sure that many of you that may be reading this have as well, and I'm sure that some that happen to come across this may not be able to relate. Hey, that is okay, and I am happy for anyone that can handle themselves in a manner where certain things that may affect others doesn't so the same for them. However, for those of us that have dealt with trying times in not only recent years, but at various other times in our lives as well, finding ways to stay motivated in the midst of those times can be a daunting challenge. Despite the challenges that may come along with trying to stay motivated in trying times, it is of great importance for us to find a way to do so.

What's going on everybody? This is Brad H. back once more to bring you all another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! We are back for another installment of motivation that will hopefully help us to keep progressing in our lives. Thank you all for joining me for another topic that will likely be the last one for 2021. It is so hard to believe that we have made it to the month of December once again. I just wanted to use my soapbox to express how grateful I am to everyone that have been continually coming here to read my thoughts. Even though I get a great deal of gratification and personal benefit by sharing my thoughts, knowing that there are other people in this world that find value in what I share means way more to me. I know that this has been a year where I have slacked off from how I had been doing things in the past several years, and that is something that I will likely address in the first topic for the upcoming year. However, I had quite a few personal challenges just like pretty much everyone has this year that forced me to not be as attentive to this blog. All that said, I appreciate everyone that has stuck with me, and I am hopeful that we can head into 2022 with a positive mindset. So now that I have addressed all of that and gotten on my soapbox for a bit, lets go ahead and talk about the importance of staying motivated during trying times.

So I talked in the opening about perspective and how it relates to coping with trying times. One of the reasons for me wanting to write about this topic deals with the state of our world. I pointed out earlier how the past couple of years have been challenging for so many people. Those challenges are much of the inspiration behind this. For the most part, everything that I am going to address in this post will all come down to everyone's personal perspective. Trying times will mean different things for different people, but the main theme is that we want to focus on within this topic is how to get through those tough times. Now due to the fact that trying times are going to mean different things for different people, it would make sense that motivation would also, right? For example, there are some people in this world that are able to navigate through trying times without being affected by it much. Then there are those of us that may find ourselves struggling with staying motivated during trying times. You know when you suffer a setback on something that you may be passionate about, it can be hard sometimes to maintain that desire to keep pursuing it. The latter is what we're going to be giving credence to with this topic of staying motivated during trying times.

Before going into the importance of staying motivated during trying times, I think we must first give a few examples of how to stay motivated. Staying motivated with anything is a challenge in and of itself, let alone trying to do so in an ever changing world. I pondered on this earlier this week, and here is what I was able to come up with. First off, keeping up with good habits during trying times help in keeping us motivated. A lot of times we has people use setbacks and hardships as reasons to give up. We have to stay on top of the good things in our lives regardless of what's happening. Secondly, thinking about the people that depend on you helps with motivation. No matter who you are in this world, you probably have someone or a group of people that rely on you. Maybe you have kids that rely on you, or a elderly parent, etc. For most people, letting down others that depend on them is not an option. We have to always be mindful of them despite any hardships we're facing. Finally, set some daily goals for yourself. So many of us get so caught up in having big goals that we forget that the small goals matter also. Setting small goals regardless of what they may be gives us something to look forward to daily. From my perspective, I believe this is helpful when it comes to dealing with trying times.

So I've defined what I believe trying times to be, and I've given a few techniques that I believe that help with staying motivated during trying times. So why do I believe it is of importance for us to stay motivated during trying time? The obvious answer would be that if you choose not to stay motivated, you are going to likely get swept away by life. While I believe that this is definitely true, I personally believe the importance of staying motivated during hard times stems from hard times themselves. What I mean by this is that trying times are always going to be a part of our lives for as long as we live. As long as you are breathing, you are going to be challenged by life in some way or another. Trying times are inevitable, and they are always lurking around the corner. I believe from my own perspective that finding ways to stay motivated during trying times help us to better cope with them in the future. One thing about trying times is that they come in so many ways that are often unique to us as individuals. There are going to be moments where they are tougher compared to other times, but the constant is that they are always going to exist. I believe that if there is something in this life that you can't stop completely, you have to learn how to adapt. So to sum it all up, you have to try and stay motivate during trying times because your next obstacle is always waiting for you. In order to prepare ourselves, we have to work towards staying motivated.

That is what I got for you all this time around. I hope that you all were able to take some positive away from this topic. I also hope that I presented it in a way that had meaning and understanding. I'd like to thank you all once again for stopping through for another topic on 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! Before I go, I want to thank you all once again for the continued support and feedback over this year. 2021 has been a very interesting year in so many ways. Hopefully we all make it to 2022 and it brings us much better than this year did. You all have a great rest of the weekend, and I'll see you all in 2022. Have a happy holiday season everyone! Peace out!

Saturday, November 20, 2021

The Importance Of Understanding The Potential Consequences Of Avoiding Your Problems.

There is a very well known term known as "fight or flight" that has been used to describe how people react when it comes to stressful situations. The fight or flight mentality is basically an individual's response to circumstances that are deemed as scary or stressful. Now being that I'm far a medical expert, I'm not going to even attempt to go more in depth on the science of fight or flight. However, I do think that the fight or flight response plays a role when it comes to certain situations that we may find ourselves in. Though it may not be as literal, fight or flight often comes into play when it comes down to the problems that we may encounter in life. There are times in our lives where we will face issues that we will choose to face head on. As soon as the problem arises, we find that that we're facing it head on in an attempt to fix it. This is from my own perspective what it means to fight against our problems. On the other side of the coin, there are going to be times where we avoid various problems that we're facing. This is a scenario where we make a conscious decision to just not face whatever the issue is. This is where the flight aspect of facing our problems comes into play from my perspective. Every single one of us are going to face problems in our lives at some point, and the reality is that the way we choose to handle those problems can have potential consequences. I believe this especially applies when we choose to avoid our problems.

Hello to you all! This is Brad H. back to bring you all another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am back to bring my perspective on a topic that can hopefully be beneficial to our lives. I hope all has been good and well for everybody since the last topic. It's so hard to believe that we are nearing the end of November. Wow! Another year that has gone by so, so fast. So for my soapbox this go around, I'm going to address the importance of staying guard towards weird things happening this time of the year. Most of us love the holidays because they bring us closer to our family and friends. I get it, and it's totally understandable. However, I just want everyone to be aware that this time of the year is when wonky things tend to happen. I know that I have personally experienced this, especially back in 2015, 2016 and 2017. I've already had some out of the ordinary things happen at the end of October, and the same applies for this month. I guess I just want to encourage everyone to not be complacent since we are in the holiday season. If you are able to do so, please save up or put back some money because there may be something that happens unexpectedly. I'm just speaking from my perspective, but I'm sure some of you out there can relate to wild things happening around this time of the year. At any rate, I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday months. Treasure and relish them because it will be a new year before we know. So now that I've gotten that out of the way, lets talk about the importance of understanding the potential consequences of avoiding our problems.

Now I talked about the fight or flight response earlier as a comparison when it comes to the decision to either face or avoid our problems. I don't want this to be viewed in a literal sense, because the most often way our society views the fight or flight response is used is associated with physical harm and danger. The problems that I am using as a reference point for this topic are not as serious as being in physical harm or danger, but rather to the various poor decisions that many of us will make in our lives. This week's topic is something that is somewhat personal to me due to a recent encounter that I had. I'm not going to go into the details of what happened, but lets just say that choosing to ignore past mistakes can find a way to catch up with us in the present. For those of you that may be wondering if what I'm referring to is something to be concerned about, it is nothing major and I am totally fine. I just wish that I had chosen to confront the issue back when it probably easier to address. At any rate, I hope that this will be a topic that will serve as some encouragement to not brush off certain things that you find yourself facing. Believe me, I understand that most of us believe that ignoring certain things will make them disappear, but that is often not the case at all. There may be instances where ignoring things work out in your favor, but that isn't something that I think we should put a lot of stock into.

Facing our problems head on or using the fight aspect when it comes to the fight or flight response isn't always the easiest thing to do. Often times when a person makes the decision to face things head on, they are automatically putting themselves into a state of discomfort. I personally believe from my perspective that this is the harder route to take in the beginning, but the potential upside about this approach it that often means that whatever you're dealing with won't be an issue later on. I believe that not only does accepting our problems head on help us to deal with them sooner, but it also helps us mentally. I believe personal growth happens when we push ourselves to go outside of what makes us comfortable. A person that has tested themselves enough when it comes to facing pitfalls in life will likely have the mental fortitude to continuously do so in the future. Now when it comes to the flight aspect of facing our problems, you are taking the route that is probably the most safest. However, the safest option depending on the context of whatever situation you're in may not always be the best route to take. Sure there are going to be times where you ignore your problems and they will disappear on their own. However, what happens when you ignore something that has no way of completely going away? I believe that this is where the potential consequences of not addressing our problems can come back to haunt us.

There is a way of thinking that goes along the lines of when you don't give your energy to something that it doesn't exist. While this may be a truism when it comes to various aspects of life, it definitely doesn't always apply. There are going to be certain problems that we may ignore that will grow and fester because we didn't face them head on. When this happens, this is where things tend to get a whole lot worse for us. From my perspective, this is why we have to understand the potential consequences that can come along with brushing off our problems. Ignoring our problems will always be a short term fix, and just like I stated earlier that there is a mental aspect to facing things head on, this also applies when it comes to taking the flight mode. A person that has squared away and resolved any issues that they're facing will always sleep better at night compared to someone that doesn't address their issues. The bottom line that I hope we are all able to take away from this topic is that we can create an entire new set of problems for ourselves if we don't tackle them early on. Again, this isn't always the easiest thing to do, but sometimes in life we have to take the tougher route in order to live better later on down the road. I hope you all are able to just view this as some encouragement to tackle that next problem you have head on when it arises.

That is what I got for you all this time around. I hope that you all were able to take away something positive from this topic. Like always, please feel free to leave any feedback in the comment box. If you are on Twitter and would like to connect, you can follow me @BradrickH. Well I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend. We have the Thanksgiving holiday coming up shortly. For those that celebrate this day, I hope you enjoy the day. This has been another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective' brought to you all by Brad H. Take care everyone, and I will see you all on the next go round. Peace!

Saturday, October 30, 2021

The Importance Of Finding A Degree Of Mental Maturity For Your Life.

It could just be me that feels this way, but from my perspective on life, it seems like it has become extremely difficult for people to relate to one another. Maybe it has something to do with the idea that we as a people have grown so cold and unsympathetic towards one another. Regardless of the what the reasons may be for how people have decayed into this way of thinking and treating one another, the harsh fact is that it likely won't stop happening. I bring this up to say that I can remember when there was an era of my life where this way of thinking and behaving did not exist. Even if it was happening, it didn't appear to be as prevalent as it currently is. People in general have always disagreed on a variety of things, but more often than not; generally speaking, a common ground could be reached. One of my theories as to why I believe we as people have lost this type of understanding deals with the word "maturity". Now in bringing up the word maturity I'm in no way saying that everybody that cannot relate to others is immature. However, I believe that as with basically everything that exists within this realm of life, there are levels to maturity. One form of maturity that I believe could be the reason for the growing lack of understanding one another stems from a lack of what I could deem as mental maturity. I believe this plays an importance role in life, hence why we're going to be covering the importance of finding a level of mental maturity for our lives.

Hey, what is going on folks? This is Brad H. checking back in once again, and I would like to welcome you all to another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I am back for another installment to give my perspective on a topic that I think would be beneficial for us all! I hope all has been going well for everyone since the last topic. Well we have had the MLB World Series taking place since the last topic. I am currently watching the game four between the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves, and I just watched the Astros go down 3-1. Now if you have been reading on my blog for an extended period of time, you probably know that I am an Astros fan. I can remember bringing up their victory back in 2017 on here. I was going to use my soapbox this week to give my prediction on how the series would go, but it may be pretty pointless for me to do that now. I'm not one to say that being down 3-1 is a guarantee that it is over, but it's not looking good at all for the Astros right now. Hopefully they can win game five and keep this series alive, but it's clear that the Braves have the momentum. I guess I will say that the series goes six games with the Braves winning it all. We shall see in the coming days, right? Well I guess I'll go ahead and transition into this week's topic on the importance of finding a degree of mental maturity for our lives.

Now before I get in more detailed on what I deem as mental maturity, I need to start off this topic by letting you all know that mental maturity is subjective to what you as an individual feel it is. I am solely giving my own perspective on what I feel mental maturity is for my own life. Also, I am in no way trying to judge or criticize the maturity level of anyone else. As with the title of this topic, it's all about finding what works for your own life. Now I spoke earlier on how difficult it has become for people in general to relate to one another. There are so many reasons as to why this may be the reality of life. However, I personally believe that one of the key reasons for this deals with how self-absorbed we as a people are now. A good majority of people are so consumed with themselves to the point where they feel as if everything should evolve around them. Now as I have pointed out many times in previous topics, it is totally normal and healthy for all of us to think of ourselves first. The thing is that some people become so self-absorbed to degree where it hinders their mental maturity. The primary theme here is that being too self-absorbed can lead to a person losing sight of the fact that life doesn't evolve solely around them; hence hindering your mental maturity.

One may wonder how does one inhibit their growth mentally from being so self-absorbed with themselves? I believe from my own perspective that one of the best signs of growth within a person is when a person is able to look beyond themselves. What I mean by this is when a person is able to realize that while the way you see the world matters and is important, it's not the only way of viewing things. Any example of this is when a person realizes that it is okay to consider the perspective of others before acting, or reacting. We've all been young in our lives before, right? I think that most of us can agree that we often acted quickly in certain situations, and that quick acting led to us making mistakes. Well for most people as they age, they do not always act so quickly because you realize the importance of the potential consequences of your actions. Unfortunately, there are people in this world that never get rid of the quick acting and reacting mentality. It follows them into their adulthood, and while it sucks to say, some people will leave this world with that mentality. The way that all of this relates to mental maturity is that when you find yourself dealing with others that you may not always share the same point of view, you're not quick to act and react. I personally believe this is what allows us to relate to others, which ultimately correlates with being mentally mature.

So I have given my definition on what I believe mental maturity is, and provided a general sense of what I believe this entails. So why is it important for us to find a degree of mental maturity? Again, I want to state that this isn't something that has to be viewed from a vacuum. Your degree of mental maturity doesn't need to be to everybody else standards, but it is important to find it for yourself. Ultimately, it is important to find your level of mental maturity to help yourself become a person that can relate to others. Now you may be saying to yourself, why is it important for me to relate to others if I'm aiming to be mentally mature for myself? In the end this all goes back to you as a person because being able to understand and relate to others is something this world has lost sight of. When you develop and learn to have a degree of mental maturity, it makes it easier for other people to want to understand and relate to you. It helps you to stand out in a positive way and become a better person in the viewpoint of others. All of these things are positive things that help us to feel good about ourselves, and I believe that we can all attest that life is so much better when you view yourself favorably. While it is of importance to develop your mind to become mentally mature for others, the self benefits are even more beneficial to your life. So with all of that being said, focus on finding your degree of mental maturity, and if you feel like you're already there, keep on doing what you're doing!

That is pretty much all I got for this week's topic on mental maturity. I think all of you that came through to read another installment of 'Brad H.'s Perspective'! I hope that you all found this topic helpful, and that it can serve as some inspiration for your life. If any of you have any comments or feedback that you'd like to contribute, please do so in the comment section. If you are on Twitter and would like to connect with me, please hit me up on the handle @BradrickH. Well I hope you all have an enjoyable rest of the weekend. For those of you that celebrate Halloween, I hope you all enjoy the day tomorrow. I'll leave by saying Happy, Happy Birthday to my mom on October 31st. May you enjoy your day mother, and may you all have a great week ahead. I'll see you all on the next topic!