#20 - Do Things Differently In Your LIfe

The topic of doing things differently in your life is a really interesting 
one and you’ll understand what I mean. I’ve always been the kind of person that I've always tried to do
things a little differently in my life.  I think it started from when I
was a little girl because I can remember when I was a kid having
that thought and feeling of wanting to do things how I wanted to
do it and when I wanted to do it.  You might want to call it rebellion
kind of sounds like rebellion, I think I did become rebellious when 
I was a pre-teen(I hope it didn’t start when I was a kid in elementary, 
that wouldn’t be good!)     (Sorry Mom!) 

I have to apologize to my mom because I'm pretty
sure I gave my Mom and other family members a lot of stress at
times or shall I say quite often.  As I think about it now, I think I felt
and acted that way because of the amount of creative energy that
I had from a really young age. As a kid I always went with that creative energy that was moving 
and flowing, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?  We’re supposed 
to go with that flow, that we’re feeling.  

I have to thank to my Mom, because she was the one that was 
always doing something creative with my siblings and I.  I am so 
grateful for that!  We were always doing crafts, I did a lot of sewing, 
she did a lot of sewing and we were always just creating - working 
with clay and things like that. Why is it that, it always seems the case that we don’t appreciate our 
mom’s until we get much, much older and then we have to suffer in 
our own lives before we wake up and appreciate our moms! I’m glad at least I woke and started appreciating all the things that
she did for me. What I've come to realize is that you have to find out who you are, 
all the way down to the depths of your very soul.  When you do that 
it becomes very evident that we are all different on every level.  And 
what I've seen from so many people is that they sometimes don't 
really know who they are, or, are a little afraid of what they know 
about themselves and that’s a natural feeling - so don’t feel bad is
you find out things about yourself that you don’t like or you’re a little 
afraid of it. I am here to tell you that being different and doing things differently 
is one of the many great things that you can do for yourself, and for 
those people who are closest to you because they’re actually the one’s 
who reap the benefits of who you are - whether it’s good or bad. Now, I'm not talkin' about being the weird kind of different that people 
will be turned off by.  I'm just talking about being you, which is different.  
There is only one “you”, one of you on this planet, there is no one else 
like you. So, when you become comfortable with being different, then doing 
things differently becomes a breeze!  You'll start to notice that things 
start to get better in you life.  Now I know that this idea is not easy for
a lot of people, but, I do know that it’ s well worth it. One thing that you can do today to start to do things differently is: ~Decide that this is what you want to do and commit to knowing that 
 this is going to be a fantastic thing for you. There are so many benefits of doing things differently.  I just want to 
let you know that I love the fact that I do things differently than a lot 
of other people that I know.  I'm not afraid of it.  If a thought or idea 
that comes to me, then I go with the flow.  It has helped me in so 
many ways that it's impossible to really mention it all, right here. I want to talk more about the benefits of doing things differently in 
your life and maybe you can see what I mean. One of the benefits is: ~You start to feel like you’re special, and this is great if you don’t
already feel like that. Now, I'm not sure if you have even thought about feeling like you're 
special or that you even care to feel like that.  But, I will say that 
when you start to care about how you feel about yourself, everyone 
around you will start to notice and even make a comment or two.  
I want to challenge you to start thinking about that. Another benefit: ~Your sense of awareness becomes greater because you're not 
focusing on trying to be or become like someone else. Greater awareness is always a good thing that's for sure.  Who 
wouldn't want to notice things around us that can benefit us, or
those that we care about.  It's when we are paying attention that 
we can enjoy the benefits of that newfound sense of awareness.  

So, basically it’s all about aware of you and your surroundings and 
the benefits will definitely be different for everyone, so you won’t 
really know until you try it out. One more benefit: ~You'll find that your level of confidence starts to grow.  You know 
something very interesting that I've noticed for many years now, is 
that as peoples' confidence level starts to grow they start to realize 
that they aren't so: dumb, stupid, unworthy, ridiculous, foolish or …
(you fill in the blank). You start to have a lot of small little accomplishments that lead you 
straight to a higher level of confidence as you keep plugging away 
and doing these things a little differently (like in your own special way).  
If you keep at it everyday, you’ll start to notice your confidence starting 
to grow and who wouldn’t want to be confident, right! I know that all of these things do take time and it will take time.  
This is not something that happens overnight (unfortunately, sometimes
I wish it did) but I want to encourage you to hang in there, keep going,
keep moving forward in the pursuit of 'being who you really are” doing
things differently.  

We’re all striving to be happy.  If you do things differently in your life 
(and you could incorporate this into all areas of your life) it doesn’t 
have to be only one specific thing or one specific way, just start off 
by focusing on one area and think about how you can do something 
different - even starting right now. Write it down, I always talk about pencil and paper.  Write things down.  
Just jot down an idea or two that you might have about what you could
do differently in your life, it really will have a big impact on your life but 
you’ll never know until you get started.  You will definitely reap all of 
the benefits that are waiting for you when you do things differently 
and find out who you really are.  

I want you to start today, I’m cheering for you! (Rah! Rah!) I want to be in your corner and cheer you on and if you need my 
help, I would love for you to connect with me at [email protected]  I would love for you to share this podcast with other people that you
know who you think would be able to benefit from the things that I’m 
sharing. All the things that I share is all the things that I’ve learned and gone 
through in my life and learned by experience and so please share this 
message with other people, you’ll be amazed at how it could really 
help someone when you didn’t think it could.  So let them know. 

I would appreciate it if you would go to iTunes and give me an honest 
rating and an honest review, I would really appreciate that and it lets 
me know what you folks are liking and not liking and if you think it’s 
of value.  I only want to share value, I don’t want to share anything 
that’s not worth your time because it wouldn’t benefit me or you! I would love to help you in your pursuit of Doing Things Differently I
n Your Life. I thank you so much, I really appreciate you being here because 
there’s so many things to do and life is busy and I’m thankful that
you chose this podcast. I want to send out some wonderful Hawaiian sunshine to all of you.

Again, I would love for you to send me a message, you can choose 
how you want to send your message by email or voicemail, and let 
me know what you think I appreciate it! It really makes my day to know that I’m helping other people out 
there and to enrich their lives, to help them to grow and learn and
have a much more fulfilling life. I want to thank you, a hui hou malama pono -
until next time, take care! I hope you are enjoying listening to this podcast!

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe!

Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or Stitcher Radio,
so that you'll never miss an episode. Mahalo for listening. Aloha, Janin Johnston

Music by: Dennis Pavao
Song: Ipo Lei Manu
Album: Wale No
Produced by: Pilialoha Production

The topic of doing things differently in your life is a really interesting  one and you’ll understand what I mean. I’ve always been the kind of person that I've always tried to do things a little differently in my life.  I think it started from when I was a little girl because I can remember when I was a kid having that thought and feeling of wanting to do things how I wanted to do it and when I wanted to do it.  You might want to call it rebellion kind of sounds like rebellion, I think I did become rebellious when  I was a pre-teen(I hope it didn’t start when I was a kid in elementary,  that wouldn’t be good!)     (Sorry Mom!)  I have to apologize to my mom because I'm pretty sure I gave my Mom and other family members a lot of stress at times or shall I say quite often.  As I think about it now, I think I felt and acted that way because of the amount of creative energy that I had from a really young age. As a kid I always went with that creative energy that was moving  and flowing, isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?  We’re supposed  to go with that flow, that we’re feeling.   I have to thank to my Mom, because she was the one that was  always doing something creative with my siblings and I.  I am so  grateful for that!  We were always doing crafts, I did a lot of sewing,  she did a lot of sewing and we were always just creating - working  with clay and things like that. Why is it that, it always seems the case that we don’t appreciate our  mom’s until we get much, much older and then we have to suffer in  our own lives before we wake up and appreciate our moms! I’m glad at least I woke and started appreciating all the things that she did for me. What I've come to realize is that you have to find out who you are,  all the way down to the depths of your very soul.  When you do that  it becomes very evident that we are all different on every level.  And  what I've seen from so many people is that they sometimes don't  really know who they are, or, are a little afraid of what they know  about themselves and that’s a natural feeling - so don’t feel bad is you find out things about yourself that you don’t like or you’re a little  afraid of it. I am here to tell you that being different and doing things differently  is one of the many great things that you can do for yourself, and for  those people who are closest to you because they’re actually the one’s  who reap the benefits of who you are - whether it’s good or bad. Now, I'm not talkin' about being the weird kind of different that people  will be turned off by.  I'm just talking about being you, which is different.   There is only one “you”, one of you on this planet, there is no one else  like you. So, when you become comfortable with being different, then doing  things differently becomes a breeze!  You'll start to notice that things  start to get better in you life.  Now I know that this idea is not easy for a lot of people, but, I do know that it’ s well worth it. One thing that you can do today to start to do things differently is: ~Decide that this is what you want to do and commit to knowing that   this is going to be a fantastic thing for you. There are so many benefits of doing things differently.  I just want to  let you know that I love the fact that I do things differently than a lot  of other people that I know.  I'm not afraid of it.  If a thought or idea  that comes to me, then I go with the flow.  It has helped me in so  many ways that it's impossible to really mention it all, right here. I want to talk more about the benefits of doing things differently in  your life and maybe you can see what I mean. One of the benefits is: ~You start to feel like you’re special, and this is great if you don’t already feel like that. Now, I'm not sure if you have even thought about feeling like you're  special or that you even care to feel like that.  But, I will say that  when you start to care about how you feel about yourself, everyone  around you will start to notice and even make a comment or two.   I want to challenge you to start thinking about that. Another benefit: ~Your sense of awareness becomes greater because you're not  focusing on trying to be or become like someone else. Greater awareness is always a good thing that's for sure.  Who  wouldn't want to notice things around us that can benefit us, or those that we care about.  It's when we are paying attention that  we can enjoy the benefits of that newfound sense of awareness.   So, basically it’s all about aware of you and your surroundings and  the benefits will definitely be different for everyone, so you won’t  really know until you try it out. One more benefit: ~You'll find that your level of confidence starts to grow.  You know  something very interesting that I've noticed for many years now, is  that as peoples' confidence level starts to grow they start to realize  that they aren't so: dumb, stupid, unworthy, ridiculous, foolish or … (you fill in the blank). You start to have a lot of small little accomplishments that lead you  straight to a higher level of confidence as you keep plugging away  and doing these things a little differently (like in your own special way).   If you keep at it everyday, you’ll start to notice your confidence starting  to grow and who wouldn’t want to be confident, right! I know that all of these things do take time and it will take time.   This is not something that happens overnight (unfortunately, sometimes I wish it did) but I want to encourage you to hang in there, keep going, keep moving forward in the pursuit of 'being who you really are” doing things differently.   We’re all striving to be happy.  If you do things differently in your life  (and you could incorporate this into all areas of your life) it doesn’t  have to be only one specific thing or one specific way, just start off  by focusing on one area and think about how you can do something  different - even starting right now. Write it down, I always talk about pencil and paper.  Write things down.   Just jot down an idea or two that you might have about what you could do differently in your life, it really will have a big impact on your life but  you’ll never know until you get started.  You will definitely reap all of  the benefits that are waiting for you when you do things differently  and find out who you really are.   I want you to start today, I’m cheering for you! (Rah! Rah!) I want to be in your corner and cheer you on and if you need my  help, I would love for you to connect with me at [email protected]  I would love for you to share this podcast with other people that you know who you think would be able to benefit from the things that I’m  sharing. All the things that I share is all the things that I’ve learned and gone  through in my life and learned by experience and so please share this  message with other people, you’ll be amazed at how it could really  help someone when you didn’t think it could.  So let them know.  I would appreciate it if you would go to iTunes and give me an honest  rating and an honest review, I would really appreciate that and it lets  me know what you folks are liking and not liking and if you think it’s  of value.  I only want to share value, I don’t want to share anything  that’s not worth your time because it wouldn’t benefit me or you! I would love to help you in your pursuit of Doing Things Differently I n Your Life. I thank you so much, I really appreciate you being here because  there’s so many things to do and life is busy and I’m thankful that you chose this podcast. I want to send out some wonderful Hawaiian sunshine to all of you. Again, I would love for you to send me a message, you can choose  how you want to send your message by email or voicemail, and let  me know what you think I appreciate it! It really makes my day to know that I’m helping other people out  there and to enrich their lives, to help them to grow and learn and have a much more fulfilling life. I want to thank you, a hui hou malama pono - until next time, take care! I hope you are enjoying listening to this podcast!

Please Rate, Review & Subscribe!

Subscribe to this podcast in iTunes or Stitcher Radio, so that you'll never miss an episode. Mahalo for listening. Aloha, Janin Johnston

Music by: Dennis Pavao Song: Ipo Lei Manu Album: Wale No Produced by: Pilialoha Production