Yes!!!

Hello there again,

I hope everyone is doing well. To catch up, I am feeling a lot better. Got myself out of the rut, which is fantastic, and I am feeling much better about life.

I had a really nice relaxing weekend, and I ended up watching a couple of movies, one of which was Yes Man.

I had heard quite a lot about it and I have wanted to see it for a long time, but I did not really know what to expect. I would say its a feel good movie but I also think it has a lot of hectic messages in it. This movie explains why it is so good to say yes to new experiences, which is fantastic. I am all for new experiences and trying new things. One thing however, really got to me: The way that the "Yes People" change the main characters mind on saying yes. For those who have not seen it, at a "YES!" seminar, the "Yes People" shout at the main character until he says yes to taking a 'covenant' which states he has to say yes to EVERYTHING. Society literally dictated what HE wants. He really had no opinion in the matter.

To me this actually shows how we are dictated to by society. And a lot of the time we do not form our own opinion. I know I do this a lot. We should try to think about what society tells us we should do, and what we really want to do.

Why should we stick to the "norm", if you can even say that there is a "norm". The question word "why" is my favourite question. Why do we do the things we do, why do I feel this way, why do I want this? And most of the time, when I don't ask this question to myself, I end up doing what society wants me to do and not what I think is best.

So as an exercise, maybe try asking yourself why before you make a decision. Is it your choice, or is your choice somehow being influenced?

Now, on a slightly different topic to "why", saying yes to things is most definitely not a bad thing. Why not experience something new? Why not do that really scary thing you said you never would do? If you can come up with a good answer then I can understand why you wouldn't want to do that, but if you cannot think of a GOOD answer to why not, then maybe try it, experience new things and you might find something else that you really like.

To conclude, I urge you all to form your own opinions and to not be dictated to. Stand up for what you believe in, even if you are standing alone, because your opinion matters, and you never know, you might be surprised by the number of people that end up standing with you.

Ask the important question : Why?

Until next week,
Liam Joubert

Dealing with tiredness

Hey guys,

So firstly I am sorry for being a couple of days later than I originally wanted. Everything in my life is quite hectic at the moment.

Well today I wanted to do a little catch up on my "Trying new things" post. About 5 days ago, I got my first ever drum set. So obviously, I am going to be trying to drum. On top of that I have started vlogging too. So I shall put the link to that at the bottom of this post, feel free to check it out and comment please.

Today I would like to talk about being tired, not sleep deprived, but tired, as in tired of work, people and your frustrations.

I don't know about everyone else but I have definitely felt this 'tired' sensation at least once in my life. I think I need to figure out how to get out of this tiredness and definitely share it with you all. I am lucky at least because I have someone very dear to me who is pushing me through this rut, but in the end it really is up to me. I guess I need to try to relax, take day by day and try to get everything done. I guess the busyness has to subside at some point. Then I need to try do things for me, not for anyone else. So I am thinking of doing that, just one day not worrying about other people and just taking care of myself.

Well I really hope no one else goes through this tired phase but I really hope you can all figure out how to get through it. Also I have noticed that just typing out the fact that I am tired and coming up with some ways to get through it helps. So write things out because it does help.

Also guys if you want to check out some artsy blog posts, check out Talia Naicker's blog. The link will also be shown now.

So to all my readers, I shall let you all know what is going on next week. Check out my Vlog and a super artsy awesome blog.

http://artistinworkingprogress.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M32a5XNKoE

Until next time.

Liam Joubert

What do we really want?

Hello there again,

Firstly I am sorry that it has been such a long time since my last post. I promise to do one post every week from now on.

So for this week I really want to talk about our wants. Yes, to a certain extent I mean the small things, like: "What do you want for dinner?" but in general I am talking about the bigger things that we say we want.

Throughout my life I have heard a lot of people say things like: "I want (insert a want here) more than anything else" and I cannot help but wonder why they then do not do everything that they can to achieve that. No I understand that there are certain things that a person cannot have immediately because of a range of different circumstances, but that really would not stop that person from working towards that want in the future.

Okay, so as human beings, we are prone to pretty much always want new things, the latest cellphone or car, or even that latest dress or brand of makeup. In my case it is a new computer, board games, car, appliances for the house, etc. etc. So we prioritise what we want first, what we want more than anything else at that one particular moment.

Now, as I said, we may say we want one thing, more than something else, but then we go out of our way to get the other "less wanted" thing. This does not really make sense according to what we say. So I have decided to do something in my life: I try to listen to what people say less, and watch what they do instead.

I guess my point is that we really should start thinking about what we say we want, and what we really want. This will really help us to be more decisive, and stick to our decisions. If you want something, and you REALLY want it, more than anything else, then you really will do EVERYTHING that you can to get said thing.

This can range from the smallest of things to the biggest, but every decision has an affect on you, and the people around you too, so think long and hard about what you really want before you make this decision.

I know I have made a few wrong decisions in my life, as has everyone else, but we have the chance to learn from these decisions and thus make better choices in future.

Just something to think about.

Until next week,

Liam Joubert