What keeps you going?

So i guess we are both lady's of leisure not that i wanted to be or had a choice since my bad health made me have to quit work. I feel as if i'd still work some if i was able. I work around the house & do all my cleaning etc. I think determination pays a whole lot in my life. I don't want to have to depend on anyone & hated it when i thought i did. I'm glad u have the buisness to keep u going. I miss being around people like i was when i was working. I have gotten use to it now for it will be 5 years in june since i had the stroke. I handled it alot better than i thought i would to be honest.Have a good one, Zandi.

hi zandi458 know what some of the thing that keeps me going is mylot itself, it fills avoid of having lots of time and not much'money and living in a boring retirement center. Yes days here are mundane indeed.but when I start responding to discussions new vistas open up for me and I am feeling really content. I am indeed here in Gold crest a lady, old but a lady of leisure as my room is cleaned for me, bed is made, linens changed ,floor is vacuumed, am fed three times a day, nurse gives us our medications, whats to do for ones self. am not really used to this as I can do for my self. being elderly does not mean being senile or looney tunes or stupid at all, it just means you have lived a long time.like you with y our business my my lotting keep my sanity too ,.Also survivors have learned how to keep going, and we bounce back, we are like weebles, we wobble but we do not fall down.

I am always trying to learn something new. For the past several years I have been studing energy healing, now I have started water color painting. I watch the discovery channel and the science channel, there is always something new to me to learn from them. And I read all the time, several books at a time. All this plus the day to day stuff keeps me interested.

I must be super tough cuz I keep going like the ever ready bunny ! Seriously, what keeps me going now at 61 and no kids at home and a sick hubby is just the fact there is more somewhere and I sit and wait for it to come to me which is what all others do is sit and wait--- I've grown tired of the sitting and waiting and have now found that leaving the ailing hubby is ok and am now dividing my time between my son, my 3 gransons and my husband and animals. I am worn out after ball games with the kids and coming home to do the mundane things I think I have to do but in the long run I am happier to be on the move and wondering if I'll ever get done. You should be super proud you have a business to run. At least it's an income as well as social outlet. We are basiclly alike , but different ! Difference is what keeps life interesting.

my dreams keep me going. i believe once it's achieved, people will be inspired by me. very idealistic, lol :). but to stay sane, i watch feel-good movies. i cannot compare my everyday life last year and for this year since i am facing a different situation right now. overall, it's the family that keeps me going. knowing for a fact that they support me in every step of the way, tiresome would be the last on my list. :)

Actually people can't live without trouble. Like other animal human are also borne live and die. But the difference with other living being is people like problems. So people create problems and try to solve it. Like the game people plays with the life. Every challenge gives people strength and pleasure to live. We the human can't pass the time without problems. So thought it is little contradictory but it is right that all the problems we face in life is created by human itself. Like the world puzzle. And in the process of solution of the puzzle of life we want to show our excellency. We got bored with simple common day to day life we want something new in the life. Life is a search of new thing something uncommon. So don't like a common routine in whole the life. But other creature follows a day to day common routine for whole the life. So they have no problems to solve. It is common human nature that we fade up with normal life. We want adventure. We want thrill. So it is really boring for any person to pass the time with similar common activities. But I think as you are involved with mylot so your life never goes boring. It is a very interesting site. I think you can get an exciting and interesting daily life involving yourself with mylot.

I love your inspiration. The family business. Sounds interesting and like something I am working on this year.. The Gardening, to pas along to happy customers this summer time. What keeps me going during the mundane, when days turn into weeks and weeks to months is first and foremost, my puppy. Secondly, it is to take occasional time out to pamper myself. Be it with a batch of my favorite cookies or a nice long warm bubble bath. I find pampering myself does give me a boost of needed energy at times. Taking care of plants is always therapeutic for me so is something that is worked into my daily routine. I am also into crafts, painting and sewing so unfinished projects is another way for me to break any monotony.

family and mostly my granddaughter love it. Right now am visiting son in Tenn. so I relly am sort of resting. ust got puter up nd runing so trying to catch up on mylot. Only thing is I cant smoke in here for they have a baby in the house most of the time so hav e to go outide or to my room. which is nice have ed tv and an smoke out there lololol

I was talking to my therapist the other day and she asked me for my ‘joys’ are. I didn’t fully understand at first until she explained that ‘joys’ are the little every day things that make your heart sing and if you don’t know what they are, you should find out and include in your daily life. For me it was easy, my writing and my animals are my ‘joys’ and they are definitely included in my days! I do feel content most of the time, if only I could eliminate cooking, cleaning and washing from my days my life would be perfect!(LOL) As far as the tough times, it is my daughter who keeps me going because she loves and needs me so much and no matter how difficult things may get, I look at her and she motivates me not to ever give up!

You should thank god because your dad has directed you with some business. There are lots of people in this world who don't have any money to take from family to start a business or make a living. I believe that it is the hope that makes each person in this worlk keeps going. If there is no hope, there is no point in living. A business person will think, the next day, or the next month he will make more profit. A student will the next semester he will get better marks and find a good job. It is the hope or faith in a person takes him to the next day of life.

Hi Zandi, Good day to you! What keeps me going everyday is my husband and 5 month old kid, family and also my very close friends at work. Sometimes life seems so tough especially if there are problems at work or within the family. Sometimes the pressure at work gets into me but when I get home I forget all the pressure and hardork and that I'm tired once I carry my baby in my arms and he smiles at me. At work my friends are always there to listen to me and inspire me to get going even if there are a lot of pressure. My life is so busy and sometimes I even feel like I no longer have time to rest and relax.

purpose, zandi, is what keeps people going. without purpose, there is simply no going. but, you know, purpose takes many forms and comes with different challenges. the ability to cope and contend makes one going, not just overcoming, but more on succeeding. also, purpose keeps the mind busy and at work. those without purpose are the ones that give up easy on life...

Hello zandi i am happy to know that the paternal business keeps you busy, same with me i too manage the paternal business since last 50 years, but while in service i had to engage persons, now one of my sons and wife supervise it I keep myself busy with my reseach work and guiding my schlors working for their PhD, if i will sit tight i will go mad Happy posting, cheers Prof

For me my family and friends keeps me going. I get confident the way they encourage me when ever i am in trouble. But at mean time if i am bit upset of any thing, i do get turn on with music , movies, chat online, computer graphics, etc.

I am very much an optimist and I get through bad times by thinking it could always be worse, every dark cloud has a silver lining. My most helpful thought comes when I remind myself to talk it over with God. Putting my complete trust in God and His strength to see me through this time. With His help, I can face anything but I don’t try to handle life on my own as He has always in my long life given me a sign how to handle any problem..

I have goals and I have so many dreams .so far my one dream to have my own small business just happen and after dreaming that fulfilled dreams I dream again to scatter an establishment of my small business. To have branches and to make my money works for me. What keeps me going are the learnings and experiences too, because those things makes my life worth while. My family is trusting me with all their might about that business so I have to keep on going and be successful because I don’t want to fail them. Sometimes my life is tiring when I am so busy. I just want to be at home and sleep,but when I think that I am so thankful of having achieve my dream which is my business, I stand up and work again.

Love of life, that's what keeps me going. I enjoy music and nature and people (some people lol) and art and travel and books and etc.

It's knowing that my daily mundane actions keep my husband alive and a roof over my daughter's head. I have the care of two disabled people in these 62-year old hands. I can't afford to get to bored with my life. The minute I do something happens to one of them. Like getting my daughter's physical today. The doctor and I decided since we have moved to a farm and there is more opportunity for her to get injuries, that a tetanus shot would be a good idea. That worked just fine for about five seconds after the shot and she started to break out in hives and swell. She's allergic to the tetanus shot. No other doctor had told me that! So much for a boring day! I also have some delightful new friends who peek in occasionally and break up the boredom. One took me to lunch while my son stayed with his dad and sister. Another will be taking me to play bingo - my first time in years - tonight.

I think with me, knowing that soon it would be the weekend again, and I can relax and just enjoy myself really gets me going through the work days. Hehehe. And knowing that I would be seeing my family and my boyfriend in a couple of days would really get me out of bed and get to work and just wait until another working day is done.

Im just thinking bout my loved ones thats what keeps me going most of the time.The reason why im working hard is for my family for them not to suffer and for them to have something to use and someting to buy if they want to. And sometimes im also thinking bout my own dreams and ambitions thats what motivates me the most