Grandad's Gems - Grandad AO's Blog

What to do in self-isolation   Welcome back growth family, this blog is about what to do in self-isolation and its purpose is to inspire action from you! Firstly, the utmost important thing is your mental health, so please understand that if you are dealing with any mental health issues I do not mean to pressure you into thinking you need to do a whole load of things when you are already facing issues.  Now. Most of our obligations are in hold due to self-isolation. so we have that one thing which so many of us never value. That thing which we don't even know how much of it we have left. The same thing we can never get back. TIME. We finally have the time to sit down and do what we actually want to do. Understand that I'm not saying everyone has to start a hustle or a business of any kind but we all have our goals for the year. We can spend more time working on them. Review your 2020 plan. How can you excel it? Does it need to change? You want to go to a particular industry? R...

  BEING LOW MAINTENANCE AT UNIVERSITY -  MY EXPERIENCE IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T LIKE YOU, IT'S JUST THAT I DON'T NEED TO TALK TO YOU. When you are low maintenance surrounded by so many people who used to the norm of everyone being high maintenance, a lot of people will think that you don't like them because you don't message them. Especially at university, everybody is making new friends and trying to create new bonds, and I understand that but to me, I do not see the point of messaging you when there is nothing important to talk about. In university we are going to see each other every couple of days anyway, so what is the point?  Some people may say that we have communication issues and maybe there's truth to that. I can personally go months, maybe a year without talking to some of my closest friends. Of course, there will be the exchange of birthday messages but that could easily be it. Maybe it's because of how my relationship with family members has be...

WORK AND PLAY Its your Grandad AO, Welcome back growth family. Managing work and play will be a big factor in all of our lives, especially for students who always have the opportunity to do both. In order to do both we need to manage how much we work and how much we play. If we don't then it is very easy for us to fall into a bad situation. In order to be able to balance work and play then there is a few things that need to be addressed.  Your ability to SACRIFICE is most most important. Me, you and the whole of the growth family all have big aspirations. We all want to achieve great things. With all great things come great things come greater sacrifice. Regardless of what your goal is. There will be a time where you have to say NO to play so you can work.  You need to know when to say YES and when to say NO . Decide what your balance is and stick to it. It may be 70% work and 30% play or 50 50. Balance does not mean equal.    Find ou...

BEING INDEPENDENT HAS IT'S NEGATIVES TOO It's Grandad AO. The growth don't stop! So let's get it! When you become independent there are 5 things which you need to be aware of as they may each effect you. First comes ISOLATION. You are going to be alone a lot of the time because you are able to be by yourself, which you probably need to be so you can get everything you need to do done. ACCOUNTABILITY. Where will it be if you are just on your own all the time? There won't be anyone around you to keep you in cheque or to ensure that you are acting correctly. Who will make sure your head is on correctly if you are all alone? ASKING FOR HELP. Independent people struggle to ask for help because they are so used to doing everything by themselves all the time. Now when they really need to they either don't know how or they can't because of their pride. they just feel so uncomfortable that asking for help is the very last thing they will ever do. ...

Being Independent in University and Life Welcome back blog family.  It's your Grandad AO and The Growth Never Stops .  EVERYBODY NEEDS INDEPENDENCE , especially people going to university. University most definitely teaches people independence by throwing them in the deep-end. Forcing us students to cook and learn how to fend for ourselves. Even force ourselves to go into our most hated lectures at 9AM! But with saying that, you can easily be a university student and not be independent.  We all need to understand that IT IS ONLY US ON OUR JOURNEY'S in life. I'm not saying that we are all alone in this walk of lives or that we don't have people there for us such as friends and family. What I am saying is we are the only ones who go through exactly what we go through when we go through it. WE are the only one who decide where we go on this journey with our actions. I don't believe anyone's purpose on this earth is to be a follower, yes some peo...

DON'T STRESS I feel like we (yes I'm included) needed a reminder not to stress. It's so easy to feel under pressure or threatened with things that go on in our lives but we really need to do our best to stress as little as possible.  I don't know anyone who stress is good for. Likely due to the fact that it's not good for anyone.  Now I know that there are many people who excel when under pressure, but stress and pressure is not the same thing.  So here are a couple things which can help anyone deal with stress: - Exercise  - Challenge negative thoughts  - Plan big days & split up tasks  - Tell someone about it I want everyone to know that if you are feeling stressed, you will eventually get through it. There's nothing wrong with looking in the mirror and affirming to yourself that 'Even though I am stressed right now, I will get through this'. This definitely works for me because I know that if I exer...

YOU NEED TO REST YOU THERE YES YOU YOU WHO IS READING THIS.  IDC WHAT YOU DO BUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU SPEND YOUR TIME DOING. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU REST.  Resting is important for everyone. We are only human and even in saying that, robots need rest too. If  we don’t rest then we will burn out and face ‘quince quinces’ (consequences).  We PHYSICALLY NEED REST. For example our bodies need rest from gym. For optimal muscle growth we need to rest each muscle group for 48-72 hrs. WE MENTALLY NEED REST. Even our brains have to rest. For the average person, our concentration spans deplete after about 45 mins of trying to concentrate. With a 20 minute REST after that, our concentration levels recover to about 50% and then decrease again slowly over time.   DONT get me wrong by all means work your hardest when your putting in work but make sure that you rest your hardest when it’s time to rest to. I’m not telling you to ...