carrotqueen

The things I have found have changed my life the most are: - Changing my eating habits so I only eat real whole organic foods - Daily Yoga Practice & focusing on fitness every day

I am two weeks away from launching a website for giving people information about health, fitness, and green living. I am wondering if any entrepreneurs out there have tips they are willing to share about how to drive people to social media pages, so that they will even want to check out the website. I know that I can pay facebook for promotions, however, I am wondering if there are additional things I can do for free, to drive people to social media pages. Are there certain times you post that you have found work best? Is there a certain formula like post a picture, a link, and a video every day? What has worked best for you? Do you share a link from your fan page to your personal page? Or is that too spammy?

Thank you both for your advice! I will put your tips to good use.

Instead of the "crash into it approach" I would suggest an "ease into it approach." I've done p90x myself and it is intense. If you are someone that yo-yo's or falls off the wagon, I can see why, most people do, and I suffered from this myself until something clicked for me. So I've lost almost 40 lbs in the past 18 months. I did this by making small lifestyle changes over time. As of right now, my diet is super clean, but it did not start that way. It happened by slow adjustments and listening to my body. I would do small tasks every day that add up over time. For example, I do pull ups every morning. Each day I push myself a little bit farther than the day before. This only takes me about 3 minutes, but the key is consistency. If you tell yourself "I need to work out for 3 hours a day until I lose this weight," that is not sustainable. Also when you get to your goal with that type of thinking, then you are done in your mind, and that's how people gain weight back. Try to slowly change your goal from weight loss to loving your body and being more healthy. A lot of it is about changing your thinking from a 'denying' thought process into a loving one. For instance, instead of thinking about what you are losing like "I can't eat this piece of cake," think about what you are gaining, "Wow, this apple makes me feel great and gives me energy. I feel so clean and fresh after eating it." Make the choices that our out of love instead of punishing yourself. I honestly believe that health and fitness is mostly mental, the workouts are not the biggest hurdle and neither is the eating, it is reprogramming our minds that is the key. So tomorrow, maybe tell yourself, I'm going to drink one more glass of water than I normally do. Etc. So before you do any workout or change in your diet, ask yourself this: "Am I doing this because I love myself or because I am punishing myself?" If the answer is the later, then ask this question "How can I change my approach from a punishment into being more loving?" So that might be, telling yourself that instead of HAVING to do an hour and a half of p90x every day, you're going to go as far with it as you can today and see how you feel. And if you cheat, miss a day, you will forgive yourself and keep moving forward, because you love yourself. Hope this helps.

To start off, I actually never envisioned my life going in this direction until recently, I just go with the flow and let things happen, and they have been unrolling wonderfully. I recently turned my life around within the past 2 years, lost a lot of weight and focused on my fitness, getting healthy both mentally and physically. This change in me has also expanded into my career area. I am now so passionate about holistic fitness, nutrition, and living in line with the planet (eco-friendly), that I started a website to share all of the things I have learned on my journey with others. I see myself headed in the "holistic life coach" direction. I am taking things one step at a time, but I am beginning to manifest more quickly. I am now 5 lbs away from my ultimate fitness goal, and about 2 weeks away from launching my website. I hope that I can eventually create my "own job" and focus on this full time in the future, and manifest a life where I can work from wherever I want as I love being in nature and would like the opportunity to travel. My goal is to free up the time that I spend at my full-time job, to work on this project, be able to spend more time on my art and music, and have the financial abundance to be a stay at home mother without giving up my passions (I don't have children yet.)

The best advice I can make and that I've ever received is this: "Are you making this choice out of love or fear?" It seems that your choice for music is out of love, and your choice for other career paths is out of fear for security. Never allow fear to hold you back from your dreams. Follow the path of love, and abundance will flow to you. There is no past, there is no future, there is only the now. That is the only moment that all of us have, as we are not guaranteed a future, that is a thought in our heads. Do what you love to do in the moment. Do what makes you feel good. Do what makes you feel like life is worth living. Follow your gut. And if you choose music, don't tell yourself that you will be broke because of it. That is the story of other people, it doesn't have to be yours. I believe there is a reason you are being pulled towards doing music, and that is because it is what is truly right for you. You ask because you want assurance from others that is is okay to leave engineering, but no one can give you the answers. You already have the the answer yourself deep down, don't you?

College does not entitle you to a job. If you make the investment in college, you need to keep this in mind. The thing that gets you ahead in life is your own passion, motivation, and drive. Before you decide to invest in college, I highly suggest you do the math and be realistic about it and what an entry level position in your chosen field pays (many people overestimate how much they will make because they have a degree). I graduated in 2011, most people that are my peers are making around $40,000 or less a year. Most people invest at least $60,000 in college, plus the interest. Calculate how much college with actually cost you over time with the interest, and figure out how long it will take you to pay it off with an average wage. Then look at how much you will make without going to college, plus the money you will save not paying for it, and the money you will make being in the work force during the 4 years you will spend in college. Many people end up paying double the amount of money over the life of a loan because of interest and only being able to afford paying the minimum. Unless you plan on living with parents for an extended period of time, most of your income will go to living expenses if you are in the ballpark of what most people that work at jobs pull in, that leaves a little wiggle room for payments. I am not too keen on college. I think the price is bloated, I think the promise of a job is a lie, and I think it depends on what field you are going into whether it is worth it or not. Is your field something you need college for or can you get an education through different avenues at much less of a cost? I am an artist and I wish I invested the money I spent on college, into building my business. I am not a fan of having debt over my head, I am now paying for my choices. If I did not have debt, I would have more options in life currently. But if you are planning to be a doctor, or another field that you KNOW you will be bringing in money, it might be worth it. If you want to start a business, I think you'd be better off investing the money into the business. There are so many free business courses, or business courses that are a lot less expensive than college, that really successful people offer (for example Marie Forleo has B-School, which costs around $2,000). Honestly, I think college is one of the biggest money making scams in history and the price just keeps going up while people's wages are stagnant. Almost everyone has a degree for something or other now a days, which means those degrees are essentially useless. So, are you paying for a piece of paper that you think will guarantee you money? Or are you paying for the experience, the networking, and the education? What is it that you really want out of college and can you get it somewhere else? Those are the things I would advise anyone considering college to think about. Also, I know people that went to business school and are clueless about business. The best way to learn how to build a business is through experience, trial and error, and following the techniques of people that have figured out how to do what you would like to do. Also, do the teachers in this school actually own their own businesses? You know what they say, sometimes those that can't do teach. Food for thought.