Life isn’t a flat and smooth journey. It is more like a roller coaster; there are times when you fly high on the sky, and there are also times when you drop to the very bottom of life. If you are feeling unmotivated, frustrated, stuck, lost, or inferior, it is time to learn to move on and start a new life.
Regardless of whether you’ve just broken up with your loved one, lost someone closed to you, filed for bankruptcy, or went out of business, you have to accept the fact that it happened and then move on in life.
You can’t let an event stop you from living your life. I know, it can be hurtful, and the feelings can be unbearable.
However, it really doesn’t matter what you have gone through in life. All that matters is where do you want to go from now on.
Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that does not make you who you are, it is the rest of it – who you choose to be.
Kung Fu Panda Quotes
So, if you are ready to make a change, start a new life, and get ready to move on in life? Follow these 7 tips below…
1. Understand that life is a journey
No matter what happened, you have to understand that life is a journey. Yes, you may feel frustrated and sad right now, but it is just part of the journey.
It doesn’t end here. You still need to move on and press forward.
If you fail in your business and have to file for bankruptcy, understand that it is part of your journey. It is a process, and it isn’t the end.
Thus, you have to treat it as a lesson and learn to bounce back.
Remember this: You are only defeated when you accepted your defeat.
And yes, you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
The moment you buy in and believe that you can’t achieve your goals and dreams, you are defeated.
Hence, don’t quit. And don’t give up. A winner will never quit and a quitter will never win.
Read: 7 Steps How To Not Give Up On Your Dreams
2. Reflect on where you are right now
The next thing you want to do to move on in life is to reflect on where you are right now.
If you have just gone through a devastating blow in life, it is difficult to reflect on your current situation, but you have to do it anyway.
When you reflect on where you are, you started to see things from another perspective. You pull yourself out of the maze and look at the situation from a bigger picture.
That’s when you will notice that things happen for a reason. That’s when you will learn to accept the circumstances and start moving on.
Try to be in solitude. Be by just yourself. And then ask yourself these questions:
- What does this mean?
- What can I do to overcome this?
- What can I learn from here?
- What can I do to turn this into an experience?
When people succeed, they party. When people fail, they ponder.
Anthony Robbins
This is what makes failure such a powerful transformative process. You get to learn the most from your failure, not from your success.
Reflect the situation so that you can move on into something more interesting and exciting.
Read my article here and discover the golden lessons you can learn from your failures.
3. Feel the feelings and face them
This is easier said than done. You have to feel the feelings and then face them. You can’t escape or run away from what has happened.
Most people are afraid to talk about their failures. They refuse to talk about things that made them feel embarrassed or uncomfortable.
Face your feelings and accept the emotions that come to you. If you don’t accept and face your feelings, you will never truly let go.
You don’t want to keep a negative feeling within you for 20 years. Don’t do that. You’re just hurting yourself.
Instead, choose to accept the feeling and then let it all go. Below is a good guide you should check out:
Learning to Observe and Accept Your Emotions
4. Start with a new goal or reactivate old ones
Once you have accepted your life, it is time to start anew by setting a new goal or a new dream. It really doesn’t matter how old you are, it is always never too late to set a goal or dream something that you’re passionate about.
If you already have existing goals and dreams you would like to pursue, then just go ahead and reactivate them.
Write down what you want to achieve, write down your dreams, create vision boards, and dream about your ideal future every day.
One reason most people fail to move forward in life is they don’t have a clear direction and they don’t know what they want out of life.
They feel stuck and lost of direction, they want to move on and move forward, but yet, they don’t know where to go or what to pursue.
That’s what makes you feel lost and stuck.
Therefore, set a new goal. Dream a new dream. And start injecting the excitement into your life and live with passion again.
Even better, join Goal Setting Formula and start making your life worth living.
5. Believe in yourself and your dreams
There is no way you can move on without believing in yourself. And there is no point to set a new goal if you don’t believe in it.
Why do you want to set a goal and don’t believe that you can achieve it, right? You will do nothing because you don’t believe it is possible.
You see, when you set a goal, but you don’t do something about it, it is either you don’t believe that the goal is possible to achieve, or the goal is simply not important to you.
This is why you can’t move forward if you don’t believe that something good is going to happen in the future.
Hence, work on your belief system. See yourself achieving your goals and living your dreams. Visualize the process and imagine yourself working hard to make your ideal life a reality.
That’s what will inspire you to move on and achieve greater success in life.
Read: How to Believe in Yourself to Achieve Your Goals and Dreams
6. Make a real change
The real change happens only when you execute it. Yes, you can’t just say that you want to move on in life and hope that things will move on.
No, it doesn’t happen that way. You need to do something and act on it.
For example, don’t just say that you want to build a successful blog, do something about it. For instance, you can…
- Brainstorm a good business name
- Register the domain name
- Install WordPress on it
- Follow other successful bloggers and read their content
- Buy a few books and courses so that you know what works and what don’t
- Set a 12-month goal for your blog
- Create a plan and schedule your action steps
- Etc.
That’s how you make a real change.
It doesn’t matter if you’re feeling stuck, lost, or no motivation. If you want to make a change, you need to incorporate it with actions.
Saying what you want is one thing, doing it is another.
Remember, you don’t get what you wish for or what you think about, you get what you WORK for.
Action and execution are keys to moving on to a new life.
Read: How to Change Your Mindset to Take Massive Action for Success
7. Explore new opportunities and embrace your new life
Finally, you have to be willing to explore new opportunities and try out new things. You can’t change your life if you keep doing the same thing.
Doing what you have always done will only ensure you get the same old results you have always gotten.
This is why if you want to move on in life, you need to embrace the change and then say “Yes” to new opportunities that arise.
Have you watched the movie, “Yes Man”? In the movie, Carl Allen, played by Jim Carrey, has developed a very negative outlook on his life after his divorce. And he then attended a motivational seminar that encourages participants to say “yes” to every opportunity in life.
And so, Carl started to say “yes” to almost everything. And ever since then, his life has totally changed. He renews his friendships, builds a better bond with his boss, takes lessons in flying, guitar, and even learns to speak Korean.
This is why saying ‘yes’ to opportunities helps you move forward in life.
Conclusion
Steve Jobs once said, “Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”
Yes, don’t lose faith. Believe that things are going to get better and will get better. Follow these 7 tips to move on in life, and start creating the ideal future you want.
Have you faced any kind of hardships in life? How do you move on?