Attitude!

           Attitude is everything. A wise mentor of mine once told me that "one's attitude decides one's altitude" and I took it to heart. Therefore, I always try to stay positive. Essentially, that's the main message in all secrets to success. Think about the law of attraction (that likes attracts like so be positive) and the idea of manifesting-- they all share the belief that your perspective/attitude makes a difference. I don't how true this is but I think a positive attitude brings more joy so I'll stick with that.

         This is the break down of how my week went and how attitude comes into play: I started the week off with a melt down. I was in my darkened room, bawling over the fact that I missed a dance class due to train malfunction. Of course the real reason wasn't about missing the dance class, but it was a tipping point. I was just at a point where I felt like I'm a failure. I feel like I always fail and I know that failures are okay if you strive high enough, but I was so sick of failing. Anyway, so I was crying and sulking and then I decided to stop. I wrote my blog post and I felt a new sense of "It's going to be okay." And, it was.

         If you've been reading my posts, then you should sense that I'm the type of person that has this raging desire to conquer all. Recently, life has just been pretty boring and that frustrates me a bit. Doing nothing is fine and great, I can't just do nothing all the time though. So, with all the free time that I had, I decided to apply for a few jobs that caught my eye. However, it has been three weeks and I had yet to receive any reply from them. Two days after that bawling incident-- I finally received replies back from two jobs that fit into my life so well and filled my life with so many possibilities. One job is set; I will be part of a team who writes mathematical questions for a company. This job is extremely flexible and provides me the freedom to explore other fields while still managing to have the financial security. The other job is completely out of my comfort zone. However, since discovering this particular job, I felt like a new door has opened for me. This job is still up in the air, they have contacted me for a group interview. I have never done a group interview before so the anticipation of the group interview caused me much distress. I was unable to sleep well since hearing the exciting news. I was freaking out and thinking of all the ways I could stick my foot in my mouth and mess this up.

        With all the built up anticipation, this was how I arrived back to my positive attitude: right before the interview, I went to Starbucks and I wrote a letter to myself. In the letter to myself, I hit a few points that I would like to share with you. I asked and answered these questions:
1) Who are you?
2) What do you want? Why are you doing what you are doing?
3) Will you be okay?
I feel like if you could answer those questions confidently then you should feel reassured. It reassured me. The group interview went smoothly. I am now waiting to hear back from them before I update you with what's in store for me and what the job is.

         So the point of sharing what happened this past week with you is that I really felt like my positive belief that "it's going to be okay" plays a part in the outcome of this week. I mean, I don't think my positive attitude plays a part in me getting the first job and the group interview for the latter one; but I do think it influences how I was seen by my interviewer during the group interview. If I was to dwell on failure, then I would not be able to socialize with people in a positive manner. In turn, I would not be able to do well on the group interview. Of course it is too soon to say if the interview went well, but it did went better than I could hope for so I am happy with it. Anyway, I had great week and I think being positive helps. SO, BE HAPPY! Sending you warm wishes in this lovely month of love!

So much love,
atypicalJaneDoe.