Monkey of Hope

Creativity is there, right in you. It’s there waiting to be activated. Sometimes people want to be creative, but fail because they give themself to much pressure. “Be creative now!” - That can kill all creativity. But only if you let it. The problem with creativity is, that you have it when you don’t need it and need it, when you don’t have it. So there seem to be two ways to use creativity. The first one is to use the creativity when you have it. The second way is to get creativity when you need it to be, or in other words learn how to be creative.

What does creativity mean?
I found a quote wich i liked:

“Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.”
- Arthur Koestler

And thats true. If you are creative you create something new. Nobody ever told you how to do it. You are your own master. To be creative means for me, that you use all of your knowledge, all of your pesonality, all of your feelings all yourself and dream of something new. Let behind bondaries, get rid of the “normal” behavior.
So to be creative is easy. You can be creative by inventing new words or writing down an article on how to develop creativity.

But creativity is not something that you only need once. You need it everyday. Take me, by writing this down, i am not that creative in the present, but was creative the days and weeks ans years before this article, because i always liked the subject creativity and thought a lot about it and tried to be creative for a long time. Successfully. I am creative. I feel very creative sometimes. I am sometimes amazed, what i write or say. And i think, that more people are creative and they don’t know it. They think they have stupid ideas or ideas that no one is interested in and so they are not interested in their own creative thoughts, because they seem to be stupid.

So whats wrong about beeing stupid? If you try something new, it seems to be very stupid if it’s against all you know or your surroundings may tell you, but it may be very creative. So if you are afraid of stupidy, you may also stop all of your creativity.

Don’t be afraid! If other people think: Ohh what a crazy idea/behavior, maybe you are on the right way. Thats why all the artists and cool people seem to be so crazy. Thats how i am creative myself. Never be afraid. First think: What could happen and if there is nothing bad about it, just do it, try it, write it.

In the future i am going to write more about beeing creative, but for today, just remember one thing: You are creative, cause you are a creation, just give your creativity more room in your life.

Writing is fun. 

To write down your thoughts, only limited by your imagination and the ability to express what you want to say is awesome. To write focused on a special topic is not that easy. And the topic you write about in a series of articles should not put you in a cage. You want to develop your writing? So what to do?

So the first step is to feel free in writing. Without the feeling of freedom while you write, writing is no fun.

On the other side, to be totally free makes you write about everything and nothing and for every publicum to no one. So it’s still important to focus on a topic and keep the people in mind you are writing for. And of course: the motivation behind your writing is also important. I want to write helpful articles, that  people read and get something out of them by having fun reading them. So writing is more fun, if your readers have fun as well.

And the more articles I write, the more I can answer why writing is fun. I’m still at the beginning of this blog and more articles are going to be written, but here are my expectations why writing could be fun:

• you learn something from your own writing by writing down your thoughts in an accurate way
• you read topic-realated articles and books you write about and by that learn more and more
• you grow in your writing and feel the process of development
• you learn a better english and because of that have mor fun writing in english (especially as a non-native-speaker)
• you can read old articles of yourself just to see how you expressed yourself decades ago
• you may interact with your readers and by that get fresh ideas
• you may produce something of value and feel the success of of your own writing independently of readers or people, but simple by the fact that you produced something new
• it’s fun, because its communikation
• it’s your voice to the world
• you feel integrated in the big group of writers, bloggers and thinkers all over the planet

So writing is fun, cause i like to write. I really love it. To write something usefull is even more fun. And to write to a bigger group of people and not only one person is a different type of communication. I love communication and this special type of communication is much fun.

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily.”

 Zig Ziglar

This is the article i need myself. To not let the blog sleep and finally die, the writer should post regulary. A reader who checks the blog and does not see any new content is faster as you can imagine an ex-reader. Maybe he never comes back, is not interested in the website anymore because of the lack of new articles. So i think it’s quite important to post regulary. The perfect routine would be to write every single day one good article. But i decided thats to often for me at the beginning. You have to have always something to say. And yes, I’m full of ideas, but it’s hard to blog every single day. So it’s better to do it regulary than to start like a pro and after two weeks of writing decide to stop blogging. So here is my plan: two articles per week is my goal.

But now back to our topic on How to motivate yourself for writing.

First of all: Whats your Goal? Find out if writing is really the thing you want to do.

Think about your goal. For me writing is fun, the more you are into it the more fun it is. I love to write, i love to write on this blog, i love to interact with my readers and i love to develop this blog from almost zero readers to many many of them. This is what i want. 

I know that i realy want to do it. But what can i do to be motivated all the way. This is only the second article since the restart of the blog and there are more and more to be written. But the good thing is: I do not have to motivate me for all of the articles to write. I only write one article after the other and not all today.

So how do i get my motivation for the next article?  Motivation can come from the people. One good thing of a blog is, that readers can interact with the author instantly. And even if there are not that many readers at the beginning, they may interact with you, by writing you a comment, a mail or interacting with you via facebook. You can invite your friends to read your blog and get feedback from them as well. Thats motivation for me

Just do it! Thats very important to me. If i start writing, the words come by themself. So just start whether the idea is good or not is the best way to go further and develop some articles. The writing does not have to be the best on the planet. You may develop your writing over time. So just start doing it.

Keep thinking on how to motivate yourself gives you motivation. And the best way you can do this is to

 Write an article about “How to motivate yourself for writing”.

 I am happy to announce, that this website, which is actually a blog is going to restart. There are 4 articles, over a year old. I keep them. I could delete them and start over, but hey, it’s part of the history and i like them.

The funny part: The second article “How to reach a goal” should have been implemented on the goal to have a developing blog. But that didn’t happen. Old goals may sleep for a while. But hey, never give up, if it’s still a goal. It’s still my goal to have a blog i want to write for with fun, connect to people all over the world (thats why it is in english) and i’m very curious about whats happening with all this.

Till today i only dreamt about having a wonderful blog, a place of ideas and visions and goals shared with the whole world, open to everyone to discuss them, creating something new on the planet. And yes, i had one, a blog sitting on this domain and it was nice to conversate with people. It was in german, but it was kind of personal blog, most interesting for people who know me. I transfered it over to andreas.mobi one year ago, to make this domain free for a big project i would start. To start a wonderfull blog. A blog focused on topics like personal development and reaching your goals, reaching my goals. There are many and many of blogs out there focusing on such topics, and i do really like them. Speaking of Leo Babauta from the fabulous blog zenhabits.net or Tim Ferriss, author of the 4-Hour Workweek . But hey, everyone is different. I have my own story to tell. A story which starts in the present and reachs into the future. I want to take you with me on a travel into the future, and because i’m writing this articles in a personal view, i invite you into my future. So come on an join my future if you like. New Articles are following soon.

It’s not easy, to answer this question. It’s not that easy at all. It’s all about how you live your life. What’s important to you, and what’s not. If you keep trying to reach a goal which is not really important to you, it can be very very hard to reach it. Maybe you’ll reach it never.
But if you want to reach something with all your heart, there is power behind it.

But what if you are some lazy guy, who enjoys the present and dreams about the future, but procrastinate things, like i used to do the last years. I’m in a process, where i develop my skills in living my life, reaching my goals and one part of the process is this blog, to talk about it and get the feedback of others.

There are more complex answers and this blog is on life, to reach goals, so some articles may be a part of the answer to your life. The best and short answer on that question is, to never never give up. Yes, you can make a break on reaching your goal, but don’t give up if you fail. You may try something new, go a new way, but don’t give up. And try to find out, how to reach your goal. But never give up. You have to find your way. There are many ways to reach a goal.

This is what i want to talk about in this blog. To find the best ways, which really work, to reach your goals.

I thought about this blog, about what it’s going to be someday and what it’s now. I thought that I’m happy to have not so many readers after this blog just had started. The reasons why I like slow success for this blog are simple.

First there is the english language. I use simple english and am not able to express myself like I do in german. If I write in german, it happens, that there is a flow… where I write and I write and I write. In english, I like to write too. But the fact that I write a blog let’s me think the hole time about if this or that sentence is good or not. So there is no real flow happening. And because that I read english websites I know the lack in my use of the english language very well. But I am not the person who corrects each sentence word for word. I just want to write. Of course, I have to structure the sentences and topics, but this is the start of my blog. Trying to be professional in any way will kill it. That was the reason why it should wait till lots of people read all of this. But over time as my english develops, and when my thoughts touch the reader, there’ll be more readers. So if you read this and this article is very new, you are special, because you are one of the early readers of this english blog.

And the second thing is the content. I am not an expert in life. I just started to find out how to get new habits which give me the power to live the life I want. So yes, I think a lot about life, how I don’t waste my time. What goals I want to reach and how I can use my time in a way I like when I look back at it. So not to have to many readers makes it easy to develop my thoughts in a readable way as I clarify them to myself, structure them and write them down in a way that makes sense.

So I like the freedom to just develop both in this blog, the language and the content. And I promise you, that in one year of time, you’ll notice a difference in language and in content. I am looking forward to it.

So to see my blog growing slowly means as well, that it grows. And that is what I want: A growing blog with more and more readers. But that can wait.
Before I launched this blog I thought about how the start should look like. I decided, to have a two month initial phase where I do not have any goals. Even zero readers would be good. But as you read this before April, 1st, there is at least one reader. You

Make sure, you really want to reach that goal
If you have a goal that you want to reach, you have to make sure, that you really want to reach it.
Ask yourself the Questions: Why do i want to reach that goal? What are the advantages of it, what are the disadvantages? Do i really want to spend the time i need for it? Can i reach the goal? Make the goal your goal. Otherwise it may only be a dream which never comes true.

Make a Plan, visualize it
A good plan is absolutely necessary. Write your goal down. It’s good, to be aware, what you really want. It’s your goal. You can do this on paper or digital. I use Keynote to keep focused. For some people, written plans may help. For me, i need visualized and simple plans. A plan on which you don’t look, is no good plan. Make a plan you like. And keep it simple. If the plan is to complicated, you don’t read it. Use your imagination and creativity. Mindmaps may also work. Find out what technique fits best for you and fix on it.

Set milestones
By separating your goals into smaller parts, you’ll reach your goal step by step. Milestones are micro goals.

Set a time limit!
Define when you want to reach the goal. It is very important, to focus on that date.

Start now!
Don’t procrastinate the beginning of reaching your goal. To get on top of a mountain, you have to climb. To reach your goal, you have to start climbing. But before you climb, you should know how to climb, have the right equipment. Make sure everything is there for you and then start!

Track your success
Make sure, you know every step to the top of the hill.

If you reached your goal, celebrate!
You have done everything to reach that goal, so invite some friends, make a party, cook something very special. By celebrating we make sure, that it’s cool to reach goals.

You may have also advice what’s important for reaching a goal. What helps you to reach a goal?

Hello and welcome to this very first post on my new blog about life and especially on how to reach your goals in life and make the future come true.
You may ask yourself, what this blog will be like. And I can’t tell you yet. I have lots of ideas I keep thinking of, topics I want to write about and experiences I want to share with you. Let me try to show you the future of this blog, so that you get an idea of it.

This blog is a kind of a growing, rising and developing blog. I am very excited about it. I have blogged before, but not as regularly as I want to do in this blog. I am going to blog one article per day. I know that it will not be easy to find something worth writing about and still hold some quality level. And one other thing is going to be very interesting for me. I want to develop my english. I am german and live in Germany and as you may have noticed, my english is not the best yet. But over time, I am going to get better and better. So if there is bad writing or mistakes in my articles, you are free to report them to me. I am thankful for your help.

Let’s talk about goals in life. I have many goals, which I haven’t reached yet. Some are bigger, some are smaller. And I am looking forward to reach my goals. But this is not as easy as it seems to be as you keep thinking of your dreams.
In my case I dream, I have visions, and I am excited about them but then nothing happens. The problem with that is procrastination. I procrastinate my dreams for different reasons. May it be because I have no money, I have no time or whatever. I want to do so much and I think: yeah in the future i’ll start with this or that. The bad news is: There is no future. “What there is no future?” You may think by reading this. And yes you are right. There is one. But not mine. There is a future I don’t want. The future I am going to expect is not my dream. The future is still in the future if I am in the future. And of course life is going on and everything works or don’t works. Yes, I am still alive. But what is with all my dreams, my visions with everything? They are unreachable, because they are there in the Future. I want to show you how I mange to reach my goals which were former dreams.

You may have dreams and goals too. You want your life be different, but it’s hard to change it. You have good ideas, but not enough power. You feel weak. You tried it over an over and you can’t do things as effective as you wish you could. And yes, there is not everything bad about life. But you want to live. Feel the life. And enjoy it. Or you want to find out, how other people live their life’s. Then you are right on this blog.

We will talk about life, about time, about how to feel happy by making plans and how to make the future happen today. We talk about developing habits and how to make dreams and visions to goals. We will talk about how to manage time, how to stop wasting time and how to live each day a pice of your future. We will talk about problems which hinder you to start the life you are dreaming of.

In the next article we will talk about a goal you really want to reach and what steps are necessary to reach it.