Potential without action is useless. There is everything right with seeing true potential inside or outside of yourself. There is everything wrong with simply sitting back and expecting great things to happen with no effort.
My Eye of the Storm
Passionately be at the helm of your own ship. You are not a message in a bottle waiting to be drifted to a foreign land. An epic journey awaits you if you simply pull out your sword and bravely unfurl the sails.
Validation
Feelings are ever-changing and maddeningly, unaffected by logic. Yet paradoxically, sometimes the only thing that can help change someone's emotions is the simple acknowledgment that their state of mind is real and that it is okay.
The Adventure of Uncertainty
The moment you are ABSOLUTELY SURE about every single thing in your life is the moment that you stop living.
Patience
It takes patience to build a life that is worth living.
Be F*cking Nice
It might not be the next day or even the next year, but eventually, the tiny seeds of positivity that you plant will bloom, and the winds of life will blow those second-generation seeds back into your own garden right when you need them.
Creating Steam
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary lies in pushing through those moments where you feel like you've hit a wall. Ordinary stops and shrugs its shoulders. Extraordinary picks up a sledgehammer and starts swinging.
Your Authentic Self
People gravitate towards authenticity, no matter what form it comes in.
Just Jump
In the past couple of days, I have taken some steps to move me towards my recently reformulated conception of my future. One of these steps included renaming my blog from "The Optimization Operation" to simply "Hannah Elizabeth". While this change was quite simple to do since my blog is still pretty new, it represents... Continue Reading →
Accepting Criticism
I'm currently sitting in Las Vegas with 4 hours to kill. My friend had a seminar to attend from 11-3, and since I didn't have any other plans this weekend and don't mind chilling on my own for a bit, I decided to tag along and get dropped off at the hotel early while he... Continue Reading →