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Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

Sharon Lebell • The Art of Living: The Classical Mannual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

Creating a life you love

Arielle Shnaidman • 7 cards

reminders for myself

audrey • 10 cards

myself I can be my own best teacher.

Karen Casey • The Promise of a New Day: Meditations for Reflection and Renewal (Hazelden Meditations)

Run your own race, as in: you set certain standards for yourself, and you focus on meeting them. When you meet them, you’re proud of yourself. When you don’t, you urge yourself to try harder. You don’t question your standards based on what anyone else is doing.

Carrie Moyer • Run Your Own Race - By Ava - Bookbear Express

Let your choices be guided by the person you hope to become.

Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

attempt to adopt the perspective of your ideal self. Perceive situations through their lens and embody their values through action. Who do you want to become, what actions does that identity perform daily, and how can you integrate that into your current lifestyle regardless of how long you spend on those activities?

Dan Koe • The Art of Focus: Find Meaning, Reinvent Yourself and Create Your Ideal Future

You get good at loving yourself, and suddenly you’re able to love others, to give to others, and do for others by giving and doing for yourself first.

Wayne W. Dyer • Your Erroneous Zones: Step-by-Step Advice for Escaping the Trap of Negative Thinking and Taking Control of Your Life

Doing your life’s work will require the skills of listening to and following your own wisdom. It will require making yourself rather than anyone else the authority on what is good for you. Creating your life’s work is a process of discovering yourself. You do so by going within, rather than looking for answers outside yourself.