Taking 100% responsibility for my life

One of the main concepts most people say about becoming successful is that you need to take 100% responsibility for everything that has happened to you, and everything that has yet to happen to you. If you think positively and ask for what you want, if you dream big, and if you only talk about good things, then you'll receive only good things in your life... you see only opportunity. On the other hand if you think about negative stuff, daydream about things you don't want to happen, and basically focus your energy on what you don't want then you are attracting only obstacles. Thoughts are powerful and someone who masters his/her thoughts is the master of his/her life.

Therefore the first major thing I want to focus on is learning to only think, dream, and say positive things. I don't even want to think about what I don't want... I only want to think about what I do want. Then I will be able to focus my actions on what I do want. I also accept everything that has happened to me up to this point, and accept complete responsibility for all my success and failures. I want to understand how the thoughts that led to my actions have resulted in everything I have now... only then can I learn to receive more. Another part of taking 100% responsibility comes from knowing and asking SPECIFICALLY what you want. For instance, instead of saying I want to be a writer I should say that I want to be a novelist of mystery and romance; I also want to write about aquatic conservation and begin my own website and a type of online magazine.

I began a while back by writing down everything I want in full detail, from the type of house I want to the type of man I want. I wrote down how much money I want saved by 35 years old and which assets I want to have by then. How I will look and feel physically, what type of activities I will participate in, and how often I will see my family and friends. I have also started to look for jobs based on the career I want, and in the areas I want the jobs in (I've narrowed down my search to Oregon, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom, and of course Portugal).

On that note, another thing I want is to enjoy every minute here. Starting tomorrow I will be galavanting south Portugal, from Lisbon downward. I cannot wait!