Live Life with 'No Regrets'

<h1>Live Life with 'No Regrets'</h1>Author: <a title="Kenya Johnson" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/kenya-johnson/168836.htm">Kenya Johnson</a> What does it mean to live life with no regrets? When I sat and thought about this topic I began to reminisce about the things that I have accomplished and not accomplished in my life so far.  I could honestly say that I have more that I have not accomplished then accomplished.  This took me back to my list of goals and dreams.  On this list was a variation of things from education, career, family and pleasure.  What was hindering me from accomplishing things on this list? I could easily start the blame game and point fingers to implicate those that I feel have hindered me or situations that stopped me from moving forward. As I sat and ponder the thought some more I realized that I was the biggest hindrance to my somewhat unfulfilled life. I took out a pen and some paper and begin to jot down all the things that I have allowed to keep me from pursuing my goals and dreams.  The biggest and first thing on my list was fear. Fear is the emotion that is the main cause or hindrance to the fulfillment of most dreams and goals.  Fear can be debilitating.  If you allow it to, it could ruin your life and keep you from living your life to the fullest.  Fear stands for: Failure Embarrassment Anxiety Rejection It was my fear of failure, embarrassment, anxiety and fear of being rejected that held me back from pursing my dreams or trying new things.  It was these four things that kept me from moving forward.  Now that I had identified the main ingredient or component to my problem, what was I going to do about it?  As I gave it more thought, I decided that facing my fear was my course of action.  I had to take fear by the horns, look it dead in the face and refuse to allow it to dominate my life. The next thing I did was take each goal I wanted to accomplish and right down all the things that kept me from completing that goal.  I wrote down all the steps that fear would not allow me to move past and start to complete each step.  I knew that this part would be the biggest hurdle to jump.  I had to do things that would send me in hiding in the past.  I had to face these challenges in order to start living my life with no regrets.  What would be the biggest downfall to facing these challenges? Would I be rejected or embarrassed? The bigger question was what would happen if I never faced these challenges? Would I look back years from now and think of the should’ve, could’ve, would’ve?  Would I feel fulfilled not knowing if I could have succeeded in an area or if my dream would have come alive and lived? I decided that looking back years from now and seeing what could have been was worse than the little rejection or embarrassment that I might encounter.  This journey of ‘No Regrets’ is one that I am willing to face just to be able to say, been there done that and I have no regrets!About the Author: I am a certified Master Personal Growth Coach. I have been coaching women for 6 years in the area of personal growth dealing with self-esteem, self-image and self-confidence. My goal is to help women achieve their dreams and live life to the fullest. <a href="http://www.thetotalmakeover.com" target="_blank">www.thetotalmakeover.com</a>Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/motivational-articles/live-life-with-no-regrets-1235433.html" title="Live Life with 'No Regrets'">Live Life with 'No Regrets'</a>

What does it mean to live life with no regrets?

When I sat and thought about this topic I began to reminisce about the things that I have accomplished and not accomplished in my life so far. I could honestly say that I have more that I have not accomplished then accomplished. This took me back to my list of goals and dreams. On this list was a variation of things from education, career, family and pleasure. What was hindering me from accomplishing things on this list? I could easily start the blame game and point fingers to implicate those that I feel have hindered me or situations that stopped me from moving forward. As I sat and ponder the thought some more I realized that I was the biggest hindrance to my somewhat unfulfilled life.

I took out a pen and some paper and begin to jot down all the things that I have allowed to keep me from pursuing my goals and dreams. The biggest and first thing on my list was fear. Fear is the emotion that is the main cause or hindrance to the fulfillment of most dreams and goals. Fear can be debilitating. If you allow it to, it could ruin your life and keep you from living your life to the fullest. Fear stands for:

Failure

Embarrassment

Anxiety

Rejection

It was my fear of failure, embarrassment, anxiety and fear of being rejected that held me back from pursing my dreams or trying new things. It was these four things that kept me from moving forward. Now that I had identified the main ingredient or component to my problem, what was I going to do about it? As I gave it more thought, I decided that facing my fear was my course of action. I had to take fear by the horns, look it dead in the face and refuse to allow it to dominate my life.

The next thing I did was take each goal I wanted to accomplish and right down all the things that kept me from completing that goal. I wrote down all the steps that fear would not allow me to move past and start to complete each step. I knew that this part would be the biggest hurdle to jump. I had to do things that would send me in hiding in the past. I had to face these challenges in order to start living my life with no regrets. What would be the biggest downfall to facing these challenges? Would I be rejected or embarrassed? The bigger question was what would happen if I never faced these challenges? Would I look back years from now and think of the should’ve, could’ve, would’ve? Would I feel fulfilled not knowing if I could have succeeded in an area or if my dream would have come alive and lived?

I decided that looking back years from now and seeing what could have been was worse than the little rejection or embarrassment that I might encounter. This journey of ‘No Regrets’ is one that I am willing to face just to be able to say, been there done that and I have no regrets!

I am a certified Master Personal Growth Coach. I have been coaching women for 6 years in the area of personal growth dealing with self-esteem, self-image and self-confidence. My goal is to help women achieve their dreams and live life to the fullest. www.thetotalmakeover.com

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