Progress is a key to happiness, if you are progressing it means you are doing something and you are growing, it means you are on your path to success. People gets depressed if they are not progressing, even if they are living an easy life like just watching tv and waiting for their support every week, they still don't feel happy. It is simply because they cannot find progress in their lifestyle, they feel stuck even if they are living an easy life. Look at those people who does nothing after their retirement, all they do is lie down on their sofa everyday, they become weak and they die easily. It happens because they are not experiencing progress anymore. They don't have direction, they are living a weak lifestyle that leads to nowhere.
Having a little progress everyday is very important, even if that progress is very small, it is still helpful and it will make you happy. Movement creates improvement, movement will lead you to a better life.
There are different signs that you are progressing, you may not notice it because these signs are not very evident and sometimes these signs doesn't give you good feelings. These signs are very silent but once you notice some of these signs, be happy because it means you are progressing.
1. You find yourself being alone. You are leaving friends that are not useful in your life anymore, you begin to realize that you have a choice. You will feel that there are some people in your circle that are not giving you good feelings and are not helping you so you will leave some of them unapologetically. You will not care if the say something bad about you, all you care about is associating yourself to a more helping group rather than staying with a bad company. There will be times when you are alone because you are always thinking about what is good for you and people are wondering also if there is something wrong with you, they are giving you distance and let you decide which way will you want to go.
2. You are being curious. You are thinking about leaving your job and pursuing your passion. You are making a plan on how to escape your current environment or situation. You are always thinking if you really like what is going on with your life or if you are going to change something about it. You are assessing but more of your actions is toward your higher ambition.
3. You are feeling a lot of stress. And because change is taking place, you feel a lot of stress. You are confused, you are hesitant to make actions but in the end you will still take actions because you want to improve your life. You feel a lot of stress because you are doing things that you don't usually do. You are forming a habit of thinking that is more useful and very different from your usual thoughts. You are almost going crazy but your dreams and vision will make you still and calm. Sooner you will begin to adapt with stress and make rapid progress towards success.
4. You are saving more money. You know you have to have a lot of money if you will make a transition from being common to awesome. You know you need budget because if you will make a career move, there will always be unexpected things that may happen that will hinder your success. You know that extra money is needed and not just extra money but also survival money, you need it because there will be times when you will not earn something but you still need to keep doing what you've started.
5. You are thinking about the future. You are more matured now, you don't care about parties, buying useless shits, pleasing people and any other things that will make your progress slow, you only care about having a bright future and spending it with the right people. You are thinking about passive incomes, business and any other things that will give you a good life. You are scared that if you don't do the right thing now then your future will be in danger.
6. You are solving problems fast. Unlike before that you are procrastinating, you are solving problems faster than before. If there is a task, you will do it right away, you are prioritizing things that are more important. It seems like you are not thinking anymore, if there is a problem.... bang! you do it right away, you spend less time in analyzing.
7. You hate wasting time. Even if what is on the television is your favorite comedy actor... you don't care. Even if your friends invited you to a wild drinking party with hot girls... you still don't care. You give much more importance to your vision and it is the only thing that matters to you at the moment. Every second matters to you, you treat time as your most valuable resources.
There are many more signs about progress, a lot of these signs is about self improvement and smart decision making. You are progressing if you are eliminating the things that are not helping you, you are progressing if you are thinking right and doing calculated risks.
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