A Journey To Better's main purpose is to show that someone starting from the bottom, from nothing, can become successful, happy, healthy, wealthy and wise. It's meant to inspire you to better yourself through self-improvement and learning so you can better your life , the lives of other people, and the world. Beginning (or continuing) your personal development journey is the most important thing you can do. Investing in yourself and helping others are the keys to success and happiness in this life. Success to me means having great relationships with amazing people, having financial independence and freedom, being healthy and energetic, having wisdom and knowledge while continuing to learn, living up to my potential, contributing to others, and enjoying life as much as possible while having fun. What does success mean to you? Let me know in the comments.
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This post is overdue. So far on A Journey To Better, I've just tried to take action and pump out some content to gain some momentum. I figured it's time to dive a little deeper into an introduction. This blog is meant to document my quest to better myself and my life and the lives of others. I hope it becomes a community of people who are learning and improving themselves and the world.
I'm starting this journey in a pretty low place. Life has been pretty rough for quite a while now. I just want to paint a picture of what my life is like now so we can see the progress being made. My wife and I are both broke and broken. I got hurt on the job years ago and have been struggling every since (injured my back, tried every solution including surgery but nothing has worked very well) then. Before I got hurt, I was super fit and athletic and active. It's been a huge adjustment.(I'm sad because my wife never got to see me like that, we met after I got hurt.) My wife was a dancer (ballet) before her body started betraying her. It's been almost two years since my wife started having extreme, agonizing pain in her lower abdomen. She's been suffering every single day while being passed around doctors who don't seem to give a shit.. She lost her job and we lost out apartment. We're homeless and dirt poor. Depending on the kindness of others and the government (food stamps) and it's horrible. The main thing is I want my poor wife to get diagnosed and taken care of. It is insane what she's going through. (Don't get me started on how messed up the medical community is with pain medication and letting people suffer because of stupid assholes who scam the system or whatever.) Almost everyone I love is struggling. My mom has a rare disease that causes incomprehensible pain, has cost her multiple amputated appendages along with a slew of other horrible things. Both of our parents (wife and I) are suffering/struggling somehow. I need to get my shit together so I can take care of my loved ones. I have several mental illnesses to contend with on top of the physical stuff. Depression, OCD, Tourette's Syndrome. Just a little more spice to life, I guess. So that's where I'm starting... Broke, Broken, Tired, Depressed, Stressed... Aiming to be HAPPY, HEALTHY, WEALTHY, and WISE. I don't want to whine or complain too much, but I want to illustrate just how low we are right now, because I'm going to change that. It's been hard to hang on to hope. But I will not give up. This blog will be a story of triumph. I'm going to learn, and work hard to better myself so that I can better the lives of my loved ones and hopefully others as well. I'm so done being where I am. I'm on A Journey To Better. |
AuthorHey there! I'm Jax. Here on A Journey To Better, it's all about bettering ourselves, our lives, and the lives of others. Join me on a self development quest to learn more and improve every day. Archives
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