Turn Your Wants Into Needs.
By: William Mcglynn
Tags: Health, Philosophy, Self Help, Fitness

In life, there are many things that we want to do and many things that we have to do. One of the most important things about getting stuff done is not only holding yourself accountable but also changing how you look at the things that you want and need to do. I need to eat, I need to shower, I need to sleep, but for me, I also need to go to the gym. I don’t just wake up and choose to go to the gym, on days that I know I need to lift it is life or death that I am getting to the gym. It doesn’t matter what time it is, it doesn’t matter what else is planned. I am going to the gym one way or another. Obviously, most people don’t feel this way about something they don’t like, as we’ve seen. But when you have to do something with every fiber of your being, it gets done. When you make the choice to change something that is important to you from a want to a need, you are going to find success in this area. When the most important parts of your life become things you need to get done, you will succeed.

For example, when someone wants to write a book they will schedule blocks of time to sit down and write. This is all well and good until something else comes along when they are trying to write their book. If they just want to write a book instead of need to they will be drawn to these other sources and become distracted by the plethora of things to become distracted by in this day and age. When our mindset is that our hobbies and side activities are things we simply “want” to do, most of the time they won’t end up getting done. It is only when we add a time factor or something to hold us accountable that most people will make the switch from want to need. Some examples of this would be the famous story of Jim Carrey. Carrey wrote himself a check for 10 million dollars back when he was flat broke. He wrote the check to be cashable 10 years from that day. Carrey carried the check in his wallet everywhere he went. Not only should you invest in yourself, but you should also put yourself on a timed schedule for projects and tasks that need to get done. Procrastination can become a big part of everyone’s lives. With more and more kids going to college, procrastination is just getting more mainstream. Procrastination is to time what caner is to your brain, you will regret the time you spend on meaningless things. As you age you realize and think about all the time spent on things you no longer care about. Video games, Social Media, etc, the amount of time that I alone have spent that could have been spent better makes me sick. I choose to not give in to procrastination when I feel myself slipping.

Find the things that will make you successful, like working out, reading non-fiction, participating in self-education, and make these things a NEED. Make sure you never skip out on these things. Becoming limitless, a superhero, insanely productive is easy, the first step is to fail repeatedly until you find the things that work. The second is to exploit what does work, if you find things and people that make you happy, make you money, and/or fulfill you, you better fill your life with these things and these people. Search long and hard for the things that fill you with joy and never let them go. Being successful is as easy as you want it to be, you define what success is to you, you are the one that has to live with all that you do. Do what makes you happy and what you NEED to do… and I'm not sure how you could go wrong.