Karen Salmansohn Quotes

That's the mindset I'm in, is do what I can do, do what I can control, and stay productive. I feel like it can get depressing really fast, being home and not having anything to do. I think being productive is important.

I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.

I've been told many times that I should give up trying to find balance in my life, but I refuse.

The only routine I have is that I finish everything I start. I wake up early every day - about 6.30 A.M. - but I do not work every day. I could laze for a day or two, but I wouldn't do it for three.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

Working is the best thing for me because I'm borderline ADHD, so I need some kind of focus or I go a bit extreme. I need work to keep me sensible.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.

Without pressure, I'm not going to wake up every day to go work, or do extra shooting, or lifting.

As long as I'm productive, staying healthy and doing the right things, I should be fine.

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

I just really work hard on myself every day.

Once I got my life sorted and started to get healthy, then I was able to focus on writing.

My grades started dropping, and when I sleep all day and come to the gym I'd have a slow day. I needed rules, I guess, in boxing and to just help me, period.

We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

I think I'm realising more and more that I've got a job to do and I can't be doing the big nights out and working to my full potential the next day. I feel much better for it.

There is certainly some predisposition to wellbeing, based on the research I've looked at. There are people who have a lot more natural discipline. But for most of us, it takes a lot more in terms of social expectations, where, say, we tell people we're going to run a 5K.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

I do give myself a break in my personal life but I think in work, if you don't push yourself you get bored and want to do something else.

The only thing that's a challenge for me is not working. I get depressed when I'm not in motion.

I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do.

I really love working. It makes me feel like an even better person when I work. I function much better if I have a really rigid schedule. When I'm left to my own devices, I can just be all over the place.