This is the last day of the 21-Day Journaling Challenge held in Nov 2011. The challenge is now over but you can do the tasks in your own time. Visit the overview page for all the tasks.
Hi everyone – Welcome to Day 21, the last day of 21DJC! :)
Final Task Tomorrow – Round-Up/Feedback
This is it – we are finally at the end of 21DJC!
Note that while today is the last day of the challenge, this is not the last post for 21DJC. As with every challenge, we will be having a final post to collate feedback and round-up what we have learned in the past 21 days. Stay tuned!
Closure of All Comments for 21DJC
Every challenge has to come to an end, and this is the same for 21DJC.
All comments for 21DJC will be closed by Wed, 30 Nov, Midnight, EST.
So do post all your journal answers AND reply to fellow participants ASAP. Give others time to reply to your comments too – i.e. don’t leave things to the last minute. Let’s make the best out of the last days of the challenge.
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Day 20 Review
Yesterday’s question was: “What Limiting Beliefs Are You Holding On To?“. (Read the responses.)
Limiting beliefs are the biggest inhibitor to growth. While many people are quick to single out money / time / resources / networks as the reason why they are not achieving X things, I firmly believe it is our attitude, and nothing else, that determines whether we succeed in our goals or not.
All of us have beliefs. And believe it or not, we have more limiting beliefs than we realize. It’s just a matter of whether we’re conscious of them or not. One tell tale sign on whether we have limiting beliefs – If we are still in the process of achieving X goal vs. having achieved X goal, that’s a clue that there is/are limiting beliefs blocking us from achieving X goal right away.
After all, when you have people like Wilma Rudolph, who was handicapped as a child due to a series of life threatening illnesses as an infant, but later overcame all odds to walk, run, join her school’s track team, win 3 gold medals at the World Olympics, break the Olympic record for 200m dash and become hailed as “The Tornado” and “the fastest woman on earth”, there is really no reason why we can’t achieve any of our goals. The “reasons” we cite become no more than flimsy excuses and cop-outs.
Some of you have openly shared your limiting beliefs, and I’m very proud of you for doing so. Like you, I have limiting beliefs too. My limiting beliefs include: I’m not good enough, I’m not pretty enough, I’m not achieving enough, I’m not worthy of love, I’m all alone.
I have cleared many limiting beliefs in the course of my growth journey, and as I dissolve away my top layers of disempowering beliefs, I realize I’m now dealing with fundamental beliefs formed when I was a small kid. While addressing them becomes more intricate since they are deeply embedded in the subconscious, it doesn’t mean it’s impossible – it just means it’s time to look deeper. This is also a sign I’m moving forward in my growth, which is something to celebrate about.
As I mentioned yesterday, yesterday’s question is a precursor to one of the important tasks we will be working on in the upcoming Live a Better Life in 30 Days Challenge. Keep a note of your answers, because we are going to do a deep dive into them come Day 25 of 30DLBL! If you haven’t signed up yet, hurry and do it now – we’re kicking off in 3 days time!
With that said, let’s now move to our last question for 21DJC!
21DJC Day 21
Having answered 20 questions, the last question for 21DJC is:
What is Your Biggest Wish for the Future?
As you look onward to the future, what would you say is your biggest wish – one that you are most passionate to see happen?
(This is the last question for 21DJC, so put your best foot forward and make your answer count!)
Your Task Today:
- Reflect and answer today’s question. There’s no word limit – whether minimum or maximum. Write as few or as many words as you want. It’s all up to what you want to express!
- Share your answer. After you are done writing, copy and paste your answer in the comments area and post it there.
- Check out other participants’ answers. Other participants will be sharing their answers too, so feel free to read and reply to their answers. This is a group course, so let’s support each other in these 21 days.
Once again, this is not the last post for 21DJC. Stay tuned for the final post tomorrow, where you get to post your feedback and round-up what you’ve learned in the past 21 days.
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Its a fact the future starts today
It will be very painful and frustrating to wake up each day ( In the future) to realize that the choices I made over the years continue to affect my life negatively. Something I have to learn to live with whether I like it or not.
Its therefore my wish to be proud ( in the future) knowing that I made the right choices with every life changing decision that came my way over the years.
That my decisions will result in
(1)The financial freedom that i will ever need in life ( I don’t want to struggle in meeting financial needs)
(2) A wonderful career ( One that I enjoy and not regret choosing)
(3) A wonderful and loving matrimony ( I don’t want a terrible relationship, simple and short)
(4) A fulfilling spiritual walk with my creator that will set my heart at peace for eternity.
(5) Enjoy all that matters in my life with the people that matter as I progress to each stage in my Life.
There is nothing we can do about some of the situations we put ourselves in life.
That is why I wish that everything I will ever need tomorrow should not be hindered by any mistake I have made or about to make.
My biggest wish… I have three basically…
1) People won’t judge one whole religion, race, etc. just because of some people who do bad things.
2) Reach out to people worldwide and help them to live a greater life via my blog. :)
3) Hit the 2000 subscribers mark for my VIP list for GLB. That’s the maximum for my free account on MailChimp.
Have you wished for something so much, so much so that the whole universe reshapes just to gift pack and hand it out to you……even the light from the sun takes eight minutes to reach down to you, for sure it’d take longer for the universe to fully deliver your inner wishes…..so I expect the next couple of years to be a grace period for me in my life where all that i long for, and more importantly, all that is right for me is delivered by the mystic ways of the well oiled machine that dictates the run of our life
So my biggest wish for the future would be to……
See my son and daughter grow up being the wonderful kids they are and graduate into the world with much poise and purpose and no financial restraints block their way forward
Run a successful blog cum counsel for i would definitely wish to pass on my learning to who at some point of life may falter in their purpose as i did, and seek a full fledged revamp
But would would be the point of doing nothing just waiting for this expected change to occur without any input from me….so my biggerestest (sorry for the English) would be that i never stop toiling on this path of self reverence and self help….
Signing off this wonderful 3 weeks with the mightiest of thanks to dear Celes……loads of hugs and best wishes
;) :mrgreen: :lol: :heart: :dance: :cool: :clap: :angel: :D
Good health, happiness, peace and contentment for me and my family.
To figure out what I want to do with my life
Happiness and good health!
Find the one and build a happy family…
My biggest wish for the future is to continually deepen and strengthen my connection to the wiser parts of myself and all there is. Re-connecting.
The deepening and strengthening of these connections hopefully means that I can become ever more accepting of and compassionate about myself and all there is.
In turn, this will pave the way for more feelings of optimism and love to arise, towards myself and all other beings – all of which will allow me to reclaim the senses of courage, humility and humour needed to live in the most loving, helpful and kind way possible on this beautiful planet Earth.
The first step towards this wish has been doing this 21 day challenge. A big thank you to Celestine and all of you out there!
I wish to be more fearless, have more belief in myself and what I am truly capable of.
I need to develop a sense of self and cherish it. Love and respect myself for what I am. I wish to be more carefree and liberated in my approach towards life.
Free from fears, free from insecurities free from any kind of limiting belief I have for myself which hinders my personal growth. Basically I know that I am an expressive person( very) and I should make good use of it. If I am able to combine my gift of expressiveness with positivity and carefree confidence then I can do a good job at living my life to the fullest.
I need to know that if I want to learn then I must ask questions and do more work in that direction. One step at a time.
As of now, I think I need to work on being carefree and confident. I WANT IT SO BAD.
Sometimes just constantly thinking about others and worrying about them does not help instead it backfires and makes you feel more insecure and unhappy as a result of unfulfilled expectations. And I dont want that.
Fine, I like doing things for others(a little to much) but I shouldn’t expect them to be the same way with me. They might have qualities which I dont possess so I have no right to judge other on the basis of standards that I have set. It varies, its subjective.
So yeah in future I wish to be
Happy energetic confident and positive. Because with that attitude one can achieve whatever they want.
To help my children become part of society where they can follow a passion/career and enjoy it to the full, having a rock steady belief in themselves and their abilities. Knowing with time, faith and perseverance that they can build themselves a successful and happy lifestyle.
My biggest wish for the future is being able to live my life as my ideal self. I feel like I’m starting to make progress and that momentum is building up and it feels really good. I’m happy to think ultimately it is my choice to live the life I want to live and while it has been a bit difficult to overcome all my limiting beliefs I know that reflecting on who i am can make a difference. I have goals that I want to achieve and i’m happy that i am able to do so. I can recall a time when i didn’t know how i would move forward and being able to make the changes necessary to move forward is very relieving. i can’t say i haven’t had a lot of good times but i know that i’ve enjoyed the things that have helped me move forward. its a very strange feeling but i like that i can start seeing who i want to be
Wow, can something like this be so difficult? For myself, and obviously this includes my lovely little family of hubby and two kiddies: to find/create a spiritually rich, healthy, fit, growing and environmentally friendly way of life that is sustainable for us in the long run. Hopefully my children will find this way of life so free and fulfilling that they’d want to carry it with them when they leave home.
i think those are great things to wish for and i hope you get them
My biggest wish for the future is to have a real impact and a legacy for people in my country.
As of now, together with my friends, we are working to launch a website which archives inspirational videos and documentaries, with the aim of introducing them in schools to help teachers gain more access to inspiring educational materials – which is severely lacking in my country. Aside from that I also participated in the committee who will launch an Islamic knowledge weekend courses in English for people who want to learn the knowledge of this religion in real depth directly from internationally recognised Islamic teachers- with authentic knowledge, we hope to inspire compassionate and impactful actions in the community. My biggest wish is that these two initiatives become successful and that I will have many other opportunities to work in similar projects, ones that will benefit the people in my country in a real and lasting way.
My biggest wish for the future would be…. to live every day with no regrets, love whole heartedly :heart: , spend each moment living to the fullest, striving every day to challenge myself and be more than the sum of my parts!! I know I am here for a reason and I wish to do justice to the gift of life that I have been given.
And to everyone I know and all those I haven’t had the pleasure to meet, I would have this wish come true for them too!! :hug:
same here. i think those are great ways to move forward and i do hope you achive them ;)
Thanks Bryan! I appreciate the support and I hope do too…I should say, I plan to too!! :)
What a wonderful biggest wish – you’ve really cheered me up for the day!
Lottie, I’m so glad my wish has had a positive effect on your day!! I think I almost need to print my wish for the future out and hang it somewhere that I can see it and be reminded when I’m having a day in a funk or feeling discouraged.
I appreciate the feedback and support and have really benefited from peoples comments to my thoughts.
Have a great day!! :dance:
It’s a great wish. I also feel same.
Hope all goes well for you and you achieve all you wish for. :D
My biggest wish for the future is to be healthy and happy. :dance: I also wish to be financially independent and strong!
Iva,
That is my wish also and I hope that it may come true for you as well. :)
You can achieve this wish because those things are already there inside you just waiting to be found when you least expect them.
With the best hope,
Raven
I long for a future where education and appreciation of the quest for knowledge is desired and sought after. Where teachers and educators are true role models and appreciated by society, not just taken for granted. Where societal structure that had once prohibited or limited education to people because of their age, social status, sex, or religious or other identity comes to change their approach to education and allow all to have an equal chance of learning and growing. When we are educated, encouraged to ask questions, be accepted for being curious, we can do great things. We can invent new solutions to problems that affect our planet. We can develop new cures for diseases and maladies that have troubled us for generations. We can build a future of new accomplishments to build on. The world is changing so fast and becoming so interconnected that new approaches that broach state, country, continent, hemisphere boundaries must be found that allows us to learn and build upon our learning. In my small role on my planet, I take any opportunity I can to share the knowledge that I keep on learning each day, with the hope that I can help inspire others to embrace and appreciate learning and wanting to know more to be better and contributed more effectively to our present and our future. I wish we can enjoy talking about new discoveries and new learning rather than focus on hatred of counties or people or gossip of celebrities and neighbours. I wish we can use the new technologies of today to not only invent new technologies for tomorrow, but to use these new tools to foster and encourage a climate of learning, curiosity, authentic cross-cutting conversations, and desirement to want to know more to bring about an exciting and bright future. In my small world of space exploration, I see international space exploration as an opportunity of promise to use the promise of the space environment to bring about discoveries and new solutions to problems back here on earth and bring about a “one-world” joint attitude focused one something good for all of humankind on this lonely little planet we call home. We need to take care of our planet. We need to take care of our species. We need to communicate better. We need to learn how to listen better. We need to learn how to learn again.
Like everyone here, I too wish for world peace; that each of us become more tolerant of each other’s culture, traditions and religion; that there would be more love and understanding for each other as human beings, although with many differences but basically we all long for love, peace and harmony in our lives. It’s what we are ignorant of that makes us react unintelligently, at times.
On a personal level:-
* That my son will successfully graduate in two years time, get a job in a caring organization, happy and living to his passion, growing to his higher self, giving and serving in all the ways that he can in making this world a better place for everyone.
* That my blog will eventually evolve into a meaningful site not only for myself but for anyone who visits it.
This is our last journaling challenge and I will miss everybody here. I will miss writing out all my secret thoughts and fears. After writing them out, surprisingly, they become less fearful! Awesome!
Thank you, Glenn and Karman. Your words have touched me and I will remember them always.
Thank you, Celes, for meticulously planning this Journaling Challenge and hosting it for these 21 days. Athough you are travelling and I know that you have met with some challenges on the way, you have, without fail carried on and followed through with this challenge, with great professionalism. By the way, congratulations on being nominated for the Top 50 Personal Development Blogs 2011.
All the best to everyone. My wish for all, much love, peace and harmony. Hugs. :hug:
Right now, my biggest wish is to buy a house with my husband, and have a studio (instead of just a corner in a room) where I can work on my paintings whenever I want.
The one wish I am most interested in seeing is to just be happy. To be content with the circumstances I’m in, and accept it, and be fortunate that it’s my vision of joy.
I wish to be a happy and satisfied person.
I wish for so many things, and the priority level of each wish fluctuates, but I consistently wish that my children are happy and healthy, that my grandson is able to shine even though (or maybe because ) he has Asberger’s, that I remain happy and fulfilled in my life path, that I remain healthy and not a burden to my children. How selfish are those wishes? I would like to be able to say I spend my time wishing for world peace, but that is sadly not the case. My wishes are much smaller and closer to home.
To lead a purposeful satisfied life with all the people I love….
That’s all I want…
Well, spiritually, I wish to be united with God in the afterlife. That’s pretty big for a lot of us here. I’d love to see suffering in humanity reduced, and ditto for the suffering we’ve caused our planet. It’s easy to be negative, but I see many positive forces brewing as civilization marches forward, and I hope/wish we’ll use our collective brainpower, technology, information sharing, etc., in a way that opens new, wonderful frontiers of experience for this planet’s residents.
But my biggest personal development wish — as that’s the focus of the site — would be for a more harmonious relationship with my family.
My biggest wish is for America to get back to the basics of our Constitution; freedom for all and small unobtrusive government and for my fellow citizens who wish for government to solve all their problems to move back to Europe or some other more socialistic form of government, Greece perhaps?
My biggest wish for the future? My biggest wish would be to see the world, or even my community, come together in peace and understanding. My biggest wish is to live in a world where love is the driver of society. To that end, I try to do my part every day, to see the beauty in things, give others the benefit of the doubt, and not take life too seriously, so I think we can all get there eventually.
I forgot to add that over the years I have practice a journalling technique called MORNING PAGES as described by Julia Cameron in her book THE ARTISTS WAY. The idea is to write three pages long hand (NOT using the computer and there is a reason for this) at the beginning of the day.
There is no specific question to answer but you can take one of the “101 questions” from Celes’s blog as a starting point or develop your own set of questions to explore.
I started this practice in 1995 and have practiced intermittently since then. I find them to be very beneficial when dealing with issues or searching for new directions. I am going to write them again in December during the 30DLBL challenge.
Read more about the technique and watch a video by Julia Cameron:
http://juliacameronlive.com/basic-tools/morning-pages/
Here is another page from a forum –
http://paperartstudio.tripod.com/artistsway/id3.html
Recently I found my pags from 1995 – 1997 and I am re-reading, making a few notes
then destroying them. They are rather personal.
Charles
By biggest wish for the future – such an open ended question! Of course I would wish for a utopian world with peace and harmony …..
I wish for a long life, health and happiness for my family and to be able to live an evironment that allows us to reach our full-potential.
Charles
To be accepted into ____ (sorry I can’t really say on here, it’s private) and when I do, that’s when I can accept all the opportunities given to me, and live my life the way I finally want it to be lived.
What is my biggest wish for the future?
My biggest wish would be for the population of this planet to wake up and stop following traditions that are damaging to the planet. Consuming animal products would be the main one due the serious environmental issues being caused by the dairy, meat, and fishing industries. Not to mention the considerable harm being inflicted upon these animals and fish, along with the health implications and diseases that are a direct result of consuming animal products.
Having lots of kids would be another of these traditions. Of course there’s nothing wrong with having kids, but over population is already a major concern. But still, many religious leaders are encouraging their people have as many kids as possible.
There are more of these traditions that I can think of, but too many to list here.
So that’s my wish. It may sound slightly extreme, but if acted upon would benefit the planet significantly.
What do you wish for yourself Glenn? ;)
Good question. Since I was about 17 or 18 I’ve had a lot of dreams that have come true the next day in one way or another. It’s happened too many times to remember actually, so I should really keep a record of each time it happens. But really silly things though. The last time it happened was just this year. I had a dream about kite surfing. I had no idea why as it’s definitely not something I would ever even think about, but that following day I went to Manly and along the southern end of the beach there were these guys kite surfing! First time I’d seen that at Manly. Whenever it happens it always takes me by surprise.
There was another time way back. I dreamt that I saw this art teacher from my school. It had probably been 5 years at least since I’d left school and even seen the guy. Of course I had no idea why he’d appear in one of my dreams. Then that following day when I got home from work, there he was outside the fruit market next door to my house! I’ll never forget that.
So my wish for myself is that I could dream the winning Power Ball or Lotto numbers the night before a draw :)
My biggest wish for the future is :
• To see myself on the top. I wish to be one of the best Graphic Designer in this world. And I know, sooner or later, I will be one for sure because I’m on the right track and I know what I want from my life. :)
:angel: :angel: :angel: :angel: :angel:
Be financially independent in order to focus on pursuing my passion.
DITTO, I agree with Alban!
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