Comments on: The Hardest Thing About Lifestyle Design http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-hardest-thing-about-lifestyle-design Rewrite the Rules Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:13:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Radical Lifestyle Transparency - Free Pursuits http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-hardest-thing-about-lifestyle-design#comment-1097 Radical Lifestyle Transparency - Free Pursuits Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:07:08 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2723#comment-1097 [...] How confident am I that I’ll reach my goal? I feel great about it. There have been days when I question myself, but overall, I’d give myself a 90% chance of being able to support myself in the way [...] [...] How confident am I that I’ll reach my goal? I feel great about it. There have been days when I question myself, but overall, I’d give myself a 90% chance of being able to support myself in the way [...]

]]> By: Mar Higuera http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-hardest-thing-about-lifestyle-design#comment-1096 Mar Higuera Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:32:36 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2723#comment-1096 Plain thanks for the honesty! I missed that when I lived in the Valley... everyone just pretending to be so happy and have such perfect lives&jobs It is hard to go against the current, and I would agree with previous posts, a big part of it is just someone else voice, everybody else as a matter of fact! Acknowledging and sharing, I think, is the first part to let it go and just carry on following the pulse of your own heartbeat...go on and continue inspiring us! Plain thanks for the honesty! I missed that when I lived in the Valley… everyone just pretending to be so happy and have such perfect lives&jobs

It is hard to go against the current, and I would agree with previous posts, a big part of it is just someone else voice, everybody else as a matter of fact!

Acknowledging and sharing, I think, is the first part to let it go and just carry on following the pulse of your own heartbeat…go on and continue inspiring us!

]]> By: The Biggest Hurdles You’ll Face In Becoming Location Independent – And How We Can Help You Leap Over Them | Location Independent Blog | Live and Work Anywhere You Choose http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-hardest-thing-about-lifestyle-design#comment-1095 The Biggest Hurdles You’ll Face In Becoming Location Independent – And How We Can Help You Leap Over Them | Location Independent Blog | Live and Work Anywhere You Choose Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:29:25 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2723#comment-1095 [...] at Free Pursuits, Corbett recently wrote that the hardest thing about lifestyle design is: “…winning the mental battle that [...] [...] at Free Pursuits, Corbett recently wrote that the hardest thing about lifestyle design is: “…winning the mental battle that [...]

]]> By: Robert http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-hardest-thing-about-lifestyle-design#comment-1094 Robert Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:12:13 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2723#comment-1094 Passion is always where I seem to lose myself. I get distracted with so many ideas or discouraged that the ones I have are so lame I should stop trying. Not true...and keeping passion alive is the crux of following through for me. Thanks for reminding me of that Corbett Passion is always where I seem to lose myself. I get distracted with so many ideas or discouraged that the ones I have are so lame I should stop trying. Not true…and keeping passion alive is the crux of following through for me. Thanks for reminding me of that Corbett

]]> By: Kristin http://www.corbettbarr.com/the-hardest-thing-about-lifestyle-design#comment-1093 Kristin Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:17:21 +0000 http://www.freepursuits.com/?p=2723#comment-1093 John makes a great point in regards to self-doubt keeping us in check and growing. I tend to think it's somewhere between the two extremes (ha! aren't most things?) and the point you touched on about awareness is key. I find that self doubt really creeps in when I'm following someone else's path and trying to make it my own. We're raised with all these ideas of what's right and what works and the way we should walk, etc. When you choose to jump into an unconventional lifestyle or entrepreneurship you reject those ideas and are left flopping about a little haphazardly. The best thing you can do then? Choose the path of least resistance and follow those who have made the unconventional lifestyle work before. I'm in full support of following what other people have done and learning from their mistakes, but I never feel really confident in what I'm doing until I've shed the pre-conceived notions that their way of living unconventionally is "unconventionally right." John makes a great point in regards to self-doubt keeping us in check and growing. I tend to think it’s somewhere between the two extremes (ha! aren’t most things?) and the point you touched on about awareness is key. I find that self doubt really creeps in when I’m following someone else’s path and trying to make it my own. We’re raised with all these ideas of what’s right and what works and the way we should walk, etc. When you choose to jump into an unconventional lifestyle or entrepreneurship you reject those ideas and are left flopping about a little haphazardly. The best thing you can do then? Choose the path of least resistance and follow those who have made the unconventional lifestyle work before.
I’m in full support of following what other people have done and learning from their mistakes, but I never feel really confident in what I’m doing until I’ve shed the pre-conceived notions that their way of living unconventionally is “unconventionally right.”

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