People will try and tell you what you should be and how you should act but, never listen to them. Most of the time they have no clue what they’re talking about because well, they’re not you. Only you know what you are capable of and how far you can push yourself. Positive encouragement from others does help but in the end it’s what we do that resonates. If we don’t put in effort to achieve our goals then we will never be able to reach them. You don’t just wake up one day and you suddenly have a job or you have a new car, or breakfast already made for you (unless someone makes food for you), etc. Put forth effort and you will get results. Get off your bum if you want to do more than sit on the couch and watch TV. If we think we are satisfied with the life we have now then, great. If you’re not happy with your life then change it. Get up and change your life. Your life isn’t just going to magically change just because you say you want it to. If there is no input there’s no output… it’s as simple as that. Life just works that way. Others can make suggestions for us, hope for better days for us, and even help us pull some strings for a new job but, if we don’t go further than that, you won’t go further than that… your life won’t go further than that. If you don’t think you can do better than you already are, then you won’t put forth the time to make things better. Our self-image is what we make of it, if we want to present ourselves a certain way then we do, if we want to change our appearance we will, it all depends on how we perceive ourselves or how we want others to see us. We are what we make ourselves to be.