What the Hell Life?

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

Do YOU, like me, ever wonder, "What the hell life?" There’re just SO many things that don’t make sense, so many things that aren’t fair, and so many injustices going on that, unfortunately, this seems to be a real question life should be asked, if only it’d answer! Since I know NOTHING’S impossible, if life somehow became capable of answering questions, this would be one question I’d ask for sure! You probably know life’s not fair and “they” say nice guys finish last and, I guess that’s often true, but not always! I’m a nice guy, not as nice as I used to be, but still a nice guy, and life has beat me around so much a REAL part of me wishes life would get a body so we could fight and I could beat the hell out of and into it! But I believe I’ve talked before about how wishing is usually pretty worthless, since we clearly don’t live in a fairytale. Even still, I'm determined to prove nice guys DO NOT always finish last! I believe that in so many ways a lot, if not all, of us don't fully know why we were really created, what the point of everything is, or why life...the way it is...is even necessary and how it can be so cruel. But so much in life doesn't make sense to me. Something I’ve not said via blog, or even my memoir…which can help YOU in many ways if you’ll allow it and can still be purchased off amazon.com here at bit.ly/tcsom is that, when I died, I saw God face to face! 

He asked me to come back to life, yet I’ve literally had times since returning to life that I’ve stopped believing in Him. However, I cling to my belief that my memories, or at least some of them, from when I was on the "other side" are true, in my mind they have to be! But yet, still life doesn’t even almost make sense to me. I only make mention of God and the other side to show how, for me, life can be VERY confusing. I'm in NO WAY trying to convince ANYONE of anything spiritually or religiously…as far as religion goes, so much of it doesn’t make sense to me either. But I’m not trying to convince anyone of any such thing or even that God exists. If I’ve seen Him and’ve stopped believing in Him before, then I can easily understand how this can be a difficult subject for all. Yet I once again believe in Him. However, I hope YOU find some comfort from my telling you, even when we wonder, “What the hell life?” life can still be incredibly wonderful and continuing to face whatever it throws at you will be more than worth it, so keep going, YOU're incredible and can accomplish ANYTHING! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Last Time I'll Blog for a While!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          This post will be the last time I'll blog for a while! I’m having mental issues and feeling very overwhelmed with everything going on at the moment so I think I need to take a brake from blogging. I’m not sure how long I’ll take a break for though. However, I’m NOT giving up and have over 270 past blog posts which you can view at any time and which I hope will help you stay JOEtivated! 🤪 Just to give you a quick example of how my life’s been overwhelming me lately, yesterday I was in SO MUCH pain I literally cried, I mean I cried actual tears! 😢 That’s just insane to me!!! I talk in great length about the pains I’m in just about nonstop in my memoir, which once again if you’ve not already gotten you can get it off Amazon with this link: bit.ly/tcsom 

                   My life hasn’t even almost made sense to me for the last just short of 21 years, December 10th this year will be 21 years since my wreck happened. Though this life I live doesn't make sense to me and my challenges are beyond difficult and exhausting to me, I'll still NEVER say my life's harder than anyone else's. Like I've said before, comparing is pointless, gets us nowhere, and I believe life's difficult for everyone. I don’t believe just because something’s difficult I should quit, and I’m not quitting blogging, just taking another break. I feel we need to try and make the best decisions for our situations and currently this seems to be what’s best for me. Just know, I still love you, want the best for you, and am NOT quitting, so PLEASE don’t quit either? Keep your head up and ALWAYS know YOU’re incredible!!!!! 👍🏼😁👍🏼 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! 🏊‍♂️ Swimming...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          Yesterday, for the first time in many years, I went swimming. 🏊‍♂️ I did so as a workout, but I only swam a little and spent the bulk of my time jogging in place. It got my heart rate up pretty quick and, from what I’ve researched, using water to workout in burns calories really well and is also a lot safer on your joints. I’m probably going to go swim, or more accurately stated, I’ll probably walk, or jog, in the pool some more today. After I was done in the pool, I sat in the hot tub for a while. That was really nice, and I intend to get in the hot tub again today. Anyway, I really like working out in a pool, even if just for a little bit! I suggest, if YOU want to get in a great workout and have access to a pool, that you'll use it. Hopefully you also have a hot tub to chill in afterwards, it’s AWESOME!!! 👍🏼😁 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Strained, Pained, and Drained but Still Failing to Fail!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          This’ll be a REALLY short post, but today I am strained, pained, and drained but still failing to fail! I’m not sure what’s going on but I’m just BEYOND exhausted even more than usual and it’s honestly driving me crazy! Yet, I’m not quitting and I will continue failing to fail, will YOU? 🤔 Keep going, we can!!! 💪😄 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Congratulations 👏👍🏼 to YOU!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          I don’t have much time today but wanted to say congratulations 👏👍🏼 to YOU!!! You’ve made it this far in your life and that is HUGE! I know you’re an incredible person, but it’s up to YOU to be the incredible person you’ve been created to be! Maybe you hear this everyday, or maybe you’ve never ever heard it, but I want you to know that you REALLY do deserve to be told congratulations for all the good you've done and still do! If you don’t feel you’ve done any good, I’d be willing to bet you’re incorrect. But, either way and ESPECIALLY if you feel you’ve not done any good, I STRONGLY suggest you go do some good, or more good, in this world! NEVER forget YOU’ve been created to be AWESOMELY INCREDIBLE, now go be AWESOMELY INCREDIBLE!!! 😄 And again, CONGRATULATIONS!!! 👏👍🏼 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

FINALLY Moving Forward!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

             I feel I am FINALLY moving forward! For a long time I’ve been wanting to get going with my speaking and all that involves but haven’t really known how to do so but this weekend I talked with my nephew and one of my best friends Kyle and he helped me make a list of the things I wanted to get done today. I was having trouble with my allergies when I was first getting up today and I was thinking I wasn’t going to do everything I’d scheduled to. I texted him and told him I wouldn’t be doing everything we’d planned but I’d do what I could. Then just a little later, I just got moving. I scheduled a phone meeting with a speaker and I believe life-coach who I’d messaged with on Linkedin before and who invited me to a 30 minute phone meeting, we’ve been messaging for a while now but with all the craziness I’ve been dealing with lately, I’ve not scheduled the call for a while, but I did so today. 

          Then I emailed a person who works with the athletic program at a nearby University and just asked if they could direct me to someone I could get a phone call with about speaking to their athletic program. I sent the email not even an hour ago and hopefully I hear back soon and will be able to get something set up. Additionally, I also spoke with the owner of a business, and businesses, about speaking to their employees and we’re supposed to get something set up. I also did a workout which consisted of walking and a high intensity interval training or “HIIT” workout but I did it as a beginner because of the pain and all I am in. So I’m feeling great that I didn’t make excuses and got done what I wanted to today. It’s AWESOME feeling like I’m FINALLY moving forward! Will YOU move forward with me? 🤔 I sure hope so! 💪👍🏼😄 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

How to Endure and Overcome!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          Today I’ll be talking about how to endure and overcome! I’ve got FAR MORE experience than I’d EVER want to have with enduring, but being able to endure is something we ALL can do, even when we don’t want to. But to endure how difficult, cruel, and mean this life can be, you’ve got to make up your mind that you WON’T quit! Now there are times when I REALLY want to quit, but I don’t. As to how to endure, you’ve just got to make up your mind that you’ll face what you have to in your life and NEVER give up. Even after making this decision, there may be times you want to give up, BUT DON’T! 

                   By continuing to work to have the life you desire while facing whatever you have to, you will overcome whatever you’re facing! So, the short answer to how to endure and overcome is just to KEEP GOING! Even if physically you don’t have the strength to stand, as I’ve literally had this happen, you can still “stand” mentally by keeping yourself focused and not giving up, YOU CAN DO IT, now go do it!!! 👍🏼💪😄 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Surprising 🙀 New Details Recently Learned About My Wreck!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          From what I’ve been told, my car accident was said to be caused by the weather, but for over 20 years I’ve believed if anyone was more to blame for it, it was me for not being more careful. I still believe I should’ve been being more careful but recently I was told that the person who clipped me and sent my Camaro Z28 SS hydroplaning across the median before I was hit by a Chevrolet Z71 pickup truck on the other side of the expressway, was actually being a jerk. I was told they sped up to try and keep me from changing lanes and that they were also in my blind spot. The reason I’m talking about this today is to ask YOU, and everyone who reads my blog, to PLEASE be cautious and kind, while driving or doing anything else? I know when I’d drive my car, there were people who’d do things to be rude, like trying to box me in in tight situations on the road and other similar things. 

                  I believe this was in part because of jealousy that a 17 year old had the car I did, but, what good does it do to try and cause problems for others, on the road or otherwise? I’ll answer that for you…NONE, it does NO GOOD at all to try and cause problems! I’m not mad, but I wonder, 🤔 if the person who clipped my car had known that by trying to keep me from being able to change lanes, they’d also destroy my life and cause A WHOLE LOT more problems I didn’t even imagine possible then, would they still have done what they did? The answer doesn’t matter too much as I don’t know how to change the past. But in all things, and ESPECIALLY when you’re driving, PLEASE try to make the best choices you can that’ll give the best chances of keeping everyone safe and not creating more problems or possibly destroying lives? Better Choices, Better Chances! 👍🏼😁 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

You Can Win, Will YOU? 🤔

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          Today I want to quickly remind and ask, in this game of life, you CAN win, will YOU? 🤔 Is this easier said than done? Absolutely, but it can be done! You can win every single day by doing your best, facing what you have to, and NEVER giving up! Even when it seems you’ve been defeated by life, you WILL NOT be defeated if you just keep pushing on! I’ve NOT achieved what I want to in my life…YET, but each day I get closer to achieving my goals by working on them, doing my best to stay positive, ALWAYS coming back to happy, and just not giving up! I win EVERYDAY by doing this, and so can you! So I just want to once again remind and ask, in this game of life, you CAN win, will YOU? 🤔 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Better Vision!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          For today’s Thursday post, I’ll be talking about something REALLY exciting to me and that is the fact that I now have better vision! Months ago I got my first pair of prescription glasses and, even though they don’t help where I’m partially blind from the stroke I had, they still help me A LOT! Where I can see, I have 20/20 vision when wearing my glasses. I didn’t realize how bad my vision was until getting my new glasses, and I’m reminded how bad my vision is every time I take them off. My 20 year high school reunion, yeah I know I’m old, ha, was this past June and it was great to see friends I’d not seen in many years. The really cool thing was, after I’d talked to some of the people there and we’d separate from one another, I was still able to recognize many of their faces repeatedly when I saw them next!!! Now there were a few times I thought I recognized someone but then found out I was wrong, but multiple times I was able to recognize faces of people I’d just seen, which, for me, is a SUPER exciting feeling! 

                    In the parts of my eyes which I can see out of, for many years my vision was pretty horrible but I thought it was just because of the stroke and I attributed said bad vision to my brain damage. But I’m beyond excited to be able to see MUCH better when I wear my glasses. The class reunion was the most fun I can remember having in a very, very long time. I was, and am, beyond grateful I’ve been able to recognize more faces since getting my glasses and to just see things much more clearly in general. I’d LOVE to have my full vision back, maybe one day that’ll happen, but until then I’m just so happy my glasses provide SO MUCH improvement to my vision. At the class reunion, everyone was really understanding and kind when I did have issues from my vision and brain situation altogether, which I REALLY appreciate!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

YOU Matter!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          It’s BEYOND important that you always know YOU Matter!!! You have value, abilities, meaning, purpose, tremendous worth, and a WHOLE lot more amazingness you give to the world everyday! I know this world can be cruel and won’t give you the thanks you deserve for how much your existence blesses all things in creation. So today I want to take a moment and thank you for everything you give to all things in creation and to me! I want to let you know you REALLY do matter and are worth more than I currently know how to verbalize! Thank YOU so much, keep going, this world, and I, really DO need you and all you bless us with!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

This Pain Called Life!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          It can be VERY easy to not want to continue to face this pain called life! All I REALLY know and remember is pain, rejection, being beyond exhausted, suffering, and other similar feelings. Yet I am in NO WAY feeling sorry for myself nor do I want anyone to feel sorry for me. I’m still hopeful for a better and brighter future! I’m still determined to make my future better and brighter, and I hope YOU’ll be there with me enjoying the best future we can create. Life will cheat you and me, but if we allow life to keep us down, we are the problem, NOT life! Do the best you can, smile, love life…even when it’s hell, love life…and, when it’s all said and done, YOU will stand victorious over this pain called life! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

When Down, Pick Yourself Up!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          If YOU want to be happy, you’ll have to learn that when you’re down, it’s up to YOU to pick yourself up! BUT, I’m here to help. I get down sometimes, actually daily I have to fight to keep myself going positively and that’s just fine. YOU really do help me to look for the good, stay, or get, positive, and to come back to happy so I can hopefully help you to do the same. Occasionally I look to other motivational speakers on YouTube and that can be a real help. But we can watch a million different speakers all day long, yet, if we don’t make the decision to be happy and to get positive, no speech is going to matter a whole lot. 

                 There’ve been many times when I feel myself starting to get depressed, or down, and I have to decide to pick myself up and not allow myself to stay frustrated or negative. We don’t have to do it alone though, we can work together to be positive, like we should be. We can fight our battles alone, but it’s MUCH better to fight them as a team, which is A BIG reason I blog! Once again I hope to help you but thanks SO MUCH for all YOU do for me! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Life's Tough, But YOU Can Handle it!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          I know that at the very least, sometimes life's tough, but YOU can handle it!!! The fact is, more than likely, life is tough for all of us. I can almost guarantee even the people others think have the perfect life, no problems, and everything is blissful, even those people face challenges. Several years ago I was speaking with a man a good bit older than I was and we were talking about the pain I am in pretty much NONSTOP. He told me he had’d NO idea what the pain I was, and am, 😜  feeling, felt like. He said he is rarely in pain. Even hearing this from that good man, I still knew and know he faces other challenges in his life.
            Multiple people have, in a complimentary manner, told me they couldn’t handle what I have to handle. Even though I appreciate their kind words, I don’t necessarily believe that is true. If they HAD TO face what I HAVE TO face, I’m pretty sure they’d find a way to do so. But my challenges aren’t your’s and your challenges aren’t mine and comparing is a waste of time, yet I still hope I can help you. I’m sure we all face tough times, even you, but when life’s at it’s toughest, just know, you CAN handle it! Keep going, YOU’re INCREDIBLE!!! 👍🏼 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

When Life's Difficult and YOU Want to Quit...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          I know it’s MUCH easier said than done but when life's difficult and YOU want to quit, DON’T!!! Life can be the biggest and meanest bully, it’ll work to beat you until you can’t take anymore, and it’ll still keep beating you. But you must not believe what life will “say” when it puts you down and you’ve GOT TO know you can keep fighting, NEVER quit, and actually be victorious in your everyday battles. Even though I say these things and I mean them, there are still A LOT of times I want to quit. There are still A LOT of times I don’t want to face life anymore, but I’m still here and working to accomplish what I want, believe, and know I can! Just don’t give up, no matter what life throws at you, DON’T quit, I know YOU can do it!!!!! 👍🏼😁💪 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Your Future is as Bright as YOU'll Make it!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          I REALLY believe your future is as bright as YOU'll make it! I’m not sure if you realize your nearly indescribable potential for being even greater than you already are, but I want you to know that I know your potential to do and accomplish anything and everything you desire is there and it’s real! If you’ll believe me, if you’ll work as hard as you can, if you’ll strive to be a better and greater person each and everyday, YOU really can and I believe will accomplish your nearly indescribable potential I’ve already spoken of. So please, believe in yourself, believe in your abilities, strive to stay positive and ALWAYS come back to happy, and your future will be as bright as YOU make it! How bright do you want your future to be and what do you want to accomplish in your life? Whatever your answers to these questions are, I know YOU can accomplish it and have the amazingly bright future you desire, now go get it!!! 👍🏼😁 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Dieting to Lose Weight...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          For this Thursday post, let’s talk about dieting to lose weight. When I was growing up, before I had my accident, I had SO MUCH trouble gaining weight. My metabolism was so fast and I did so much working out that I could eat and eat and eat and I wouldn’t gain weight. It was VERY annoying, but having my eight pack abs was pretty awesome! Now, I have SO MUCH trouble losing weight it’s ridiculous! Even after my wreck, while I was much younger than I now am, I could lose weight pretty quick, but I’d put it back on even quicker. A few years ago I did a H.I.I.T., that’s high intensity interval training, workout program and lost a bunch of weight. But it became too painful to keep doing the workouts and I gained it all back and more. 

Now I’m just trying to keep track of my calories to lose weight, but that’s also a struggle. At least one of the medication I take makes me hungry but I need to take it so it’s just really difficult for me to get in the shape I’d like to be in. Honestly, I intend to get liposuction as soon as I can so hopefully that happens soon. I’m not like HUGE, but I think I weigh the most I ever have and I just really don’t like the fat on me. Although the fat is AWESOME because it’s a part of me, ha, 😂 I still don’t like it! I know I’m not the only one who’s struggled with dieting to lose weight, but I’ll keep working on it and hopefully one day I’ll get where I’d like to be, I guess time will tell. Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

It's NOT Been a Good Day AT ALL but...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          If I’m being honest, and I ALWAYS intend to be with you, as far as today goes, it's NOT been a good day AT ALL, but I’m not quitting! I wasn’t going to blog today because, truthfully, I'm not doing so well and I don’t feel like blogging right now or working to push myself to be positive or JOEtivated! Things keep getting harder and harder and harder, but that’s just the way life goes sometimes. So, even though I don’t really want to push myself to keep dealing with what I have to and would truthfully rather give up, I’m still dealing with it. I haven’t given very many specifics, if any, about what precisely has been so difficult for me lately, but just one of the things that’s gotten much harder to deal with is the fact that I don’t think the pain I’m in has ever been so great. 

                  Of course I’m talking about the pain never having been so great since I was in my accident and when I was in the hospital, it was worse then but I was so drugged up and wasn’t really “there” mentally. But, even though life just might completely suck sometimes and it seems giving up would be much better, easier, and what we should do, it ISN’T! I want YOU to know I continue to face what I face because I love YOU and want to help, so I hope my blogging, memoir, life, and everything else about my life and what I face really will help you. I don’t want any credit and I don’t need any thanks, I just want YOU to know that YOU mean that much to me, I love YOU! Keep your head up and keep facing your life while I keep facing my life, please? Though “no one gets out of life alive” ha, we can get through this together, alright? Much love!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Keep Going?

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          This will be another short and quick post. Today I want to ask that when life is hell YOU PLEASE keep going? When life is is a little less than hell and is just plain hard, please keep going?  When life is good, please keep going? When life is great, please keep going? When life is phenomenal, please keep going? No matter what life throws at you, hellish or heavenly, I simply ask that YOU, PLEASE KEEP GOING?!?!?! Will YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Just Be YOU!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          One of my 22 children’s books I’ve written but not published yet, is titled “Just Be YOU!” In today’s blog post, I’m asking you do this and to please just be YOU!?!? 😀 I promise YOU’ve been created to be an AWESOME and WONDERFUL person! Many times, you might spend your life looking at others who have the things you want and may become jealous and want to be the person you’re jealous of. BUT that is NOT you and the REAL YOU is just as incredible as ANYONE you may want to become. It’s okay and even spectacular to be who YOU really are. 

                     If you’re thinking you’re a bad person who’s supposed to do bad things and make the world a worse place than it already is, YOU’RE WRONG! I still love you, but you are wrong! 😂 🥰 You’re incredible and have been created to be such! So, I ask you to be the you you’re meant to be? Please love who you are? Also, please make the world a positively better place by being who you’ve been created to be, THE REAL YOU? ALWAYS remember, all you really need to do in your life is to just be YOU! YOU’re ASTONISHINGLY SPECTACULAR!!! 👍🏼😁 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Just DON'T Quit!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          

                 This post is going to be REALLY short, enjoy! 🤪 I just want to remind you that whatever YOU do, just DON'T quit! I know that’s MUCH easier said than done, life is VERY hard, but we’ll never reach all that we can become in life if we give up. So, thought things can be insanely difficult, PLEASE, 🤔 just DON'T quit! 😀 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember

keep FAILING TO FAIL!

JOEtivational Quote #5!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

          So from time to time I post one of my JOEtivational quotes from my memoir, “The Challenging Side of Miracles! My living nightmare from having been reported braindead!” as my blog and today I’m posting JOEtivational quote number 5. Some of my quotes are actual experiences which’ve occurred in my life which I write about and believe in their ability to inspire, uplift, and JOEtivate anyone and everyone. If you’ve not gotten my memoir yet, WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?!?!?! 🤔 😁 Just joking! 🤪😜 But I really believe in it’s ability to help others and, if you are able and would like to get it and read it, I know it can help you! If you do want it, you can get it off amazon.com with this link: bit.ly/tcsom This quote is about an experience I had with a friend of mine who wondered how I was able to continue dealing with what I have to deal with.

          It reads, “One of my friends yesterday, referring to living with what I have to live with, asked me, "How do you do it?" My answer was, I just keep going, whenever you think you're too exhausted to take another step, TAKE ANOTHER STEP! When you don't have the strength to stand any longer, KEEP STANDING! The secret to life is, there's NO secret, you just keep going and when you don't have the strength, find the strength! Unfortunately I can't tell you life will get easier, if you want life to be easier, you have to make it easier, it's all in your perspective and it's up to you to be happy and NEVER give up!!! Life isn't easy, but YOU CAN DO IT, just KEEP GOING!!! Love y’all!!!” Since putting this in my memoir I actually had an experience where I couldn’t literally take another step physically and I fell down. But I continued to take another step mentally by not giving up and doing the best I could, YOU can do the same in your life, will YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

The Highs and Lows in Life!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

            The highs and lows in life can make or break us! Probably like YOU, I’ve faced a WHOLE LOT more lows than highs in my life BY FAR, but it’s MY responsibility to pick myself up when I’m feeling down, or low. Right now it’s even more difficult than normal for me to keep myself feeling inspired and happy, but that is MY decision to be made! I want to be happy, but sometimes I don’t feel happy. It is ABSOLUTELY fine that I feel these negative emotions, it’s ABSOLUTELY fine if/when YOU feel these negative emotions! What matters though is whether or not we pick ourselves up and keep pushing forward, or if we just quit and give up. I’m NOT giving up and will keep pushing myself to overcome the lows and work to reach the highest and greatest peaks I KNOW I accomplish and achieve, will YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Tag...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

            It's another “Talk to Me Thursday!” post and today I’ll talk about tagging friends on Facebook. When YOU saw “Tag…” in the title of today’s blog, did you think I was going to talk about the children’s game tag? Ha! After I blog, I post my blog link on my Facebook business page and on my regular page as well and when I first started doing so, I figured I’d “tag” people to try and make sure they saw my post and would hopefully read my blog. The first time I did this, I tried to tag all of my Facebook friends, turns out you can only tag 100 friends in a single post. So for a while I tagged 100 friends, multiple Facebook friends were cool with being tagged but I also received messages from some asking me not to tag them so I stopped tagging them. Additionally I had some who just straight up unfriended me, you could've just asked me not to tag you, bruh, ha! 🤪 Initially I didn’t really know much about tagging people on Facebook, still don’t, 😁  but I can definitely see how it can be annoying. So, as I’ve been blogging these past few days, I’ve still been tagging several Facebook friends, but not 100 of them. When I post the link on Facebook, I'd always ask people to like and share my posts and usually get likes and at least one person will share it. 

              I’m not sure how efficient or effective it is for me to ask people to like and share my posts and am not sure if it even helps me get many more views. I usually get I think somewhere in the ballpark of like 20 plus or minus views of my blog a day but once I actually had over 100. So I’m not sure how well it works to tag people and to ask them to like and share my posts, but once again I understand how annoying it can be getting tagged. When others tag me on Facebook I’m usually fine with it, unless they’re tagging me to a post of their’s I either don’t agree with, figure if I stay tagged on their post I’m going to get A BUNCH of notifications because A LOT of people will be discussing their post, or I just don’t want to be a part of what they’re posting and I’ll remove myself from being tagged. I’m not very good with social media stuff so I’m not sure the best way to go about things with it. I need a social media expert to help me and hopefully one day I will have such. So I think I’m going to stop tagging most of the people I tag, except for a few, and see if it makes a difference. Maybe it will, maybe it won’t, who knows? Tag, YOU’RE it!!!!! Ha! 😜 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Another Day, Another Challenge, Another Chance...

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  Joseph Brann

      Each new day we are alive is another day probably bombarded by another challenge or challenges, but it is DEFINITELY another chance to progress! I wasn’t planning on blogging today but then, as I was working on my latest novel which I’ve been working on for I think like four years, I just felt like blogging about how each day may be a challenge, but each day is also a chance to progress! This topic idea came to me because of my novel. I may have mentioned this before, I’m no sure, but in this novel, I put myself in as an actual character, somewhat fictionalized but fully JOEtivated! 

               In the part of the story I was reading over and working on now, which I’ll get back to working on after I post my blog today, my character is discussing with the two main characters how we should work to stay positive though recognizing negatives when necessary, or something like that, and I just felt like blogging about how each and everyday may be filled with challenges and lots of negativity, but each day is STILL a chance to progress! So I just want YOU to remember, though times may be tough and seem unbearable, I believe in YOU! I know you’re incredible and can handle what you need to and keep progressing, do YOU know this? Stay JOEtivated!!!!! 👍🏼😄😃 Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Living a Life I Don't Remember!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      I am and for what will be 21 years this coming December 10th, living a life I don't remember! I’m blogging about this today because I want YOU to be and to remain determined to be safe and to not make your life any more difficult than it has to be! Though bits and pieces have come back, most all of my life’s memories before my wreck have been lost and now when I get to the end of a day, it’s EXTREMELY difficult for me to remember most ANYTHING that’s happened that day. But I find ways to cope with it. I keep upcoming events and such on my calendar so I get reminders of things I need to do and also put notes in my phone of things I want to remember. When I see the reminder, even though I might have to push myself to remember what exactly it is I want to do with said reminder, I’m still able to figure the things out I need to. Or, when I still have trouble remembering what I wanted to do with the reminder, I usually have someone else who can help me figure it out. I personally know there’s ALWAYS a way to deal with what we have to. In all truthfulness, I REALLY don’t like how difficult it is for me to remember things. I don’t know how to change the past so I don't waste my time trying to do so, but had I been cautious they day my life was destroyed, more than likely, I would still be able to remember things like I used to. 

                But I'm still determined to move forward and to NEVER give up! Something I do remember though, I know I’ve blogged about how I won’t allow myself to hate anything, but I’ve found that it actually is okay to hate some things, as long as I don’t allow myself to be so filled with hate that I make poor decisions which cause more problems. For instance, I hate that there are people who are still to this day slaves dealing with that hell, I hate that they’re treated the way they are, BUT I’ll use my hatred towards those things to try and help them, and hopefully one day soon I’ll have the kind of money I desire to be able to pay people who work to stop such slavery and such. Though I don’t remember much of my life, I’ll NEVER forget to always try to help people and use negativities, even hate, for positive things! But I don’t currently know how to fully put into words how much I dislike, and maybe even positively hate, not being able to remember so, so much of my life. And now I beg of YOU,  PLEASE be cautious and PLEASE do your best to make sure you will never be living a life YOU don't remember?!?! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Sorry I've Been Gone but Hello Again!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Sorry I've been gone but hello again! My life has gotten ridiculously crazy and I don’t even pretend to even almost comprehend what’s been going on, but I’ve not blogged, or pursued my speaking career and such for a good while, because of how seemingly out of control things are right now. The specifics of what’s going on aren’t very important, in my opinion, but just know I’ve not been blogging because of how unbelievably out of whack things have been, NOT because I’ve stopped trying to encourage and help YOU. I will tell you though, I’ve had multiple times since the last time I blogged where I’ve not been motivated, sorry, JOEtivated, ha, and I’ve given in more to the depression and such which comes with not feeling inspired. Honestly EVERYDAY just seems to get harder and harder, and then harder again and I’ve spent too much time lately wanting to give up, BUT I DIDN’T! You see, life is NOT about how difficult your obstacles are, it’s about whether or not we’ll work to view them as the opportunities they really are and will we persevere and keep working to overcome them? 

      I’ve actually come much closer to giving up over the last few months than I care to admit, but, like I’ve said before, I won’t lie to you, not on purpose anyway. When I’ve given in to the depression and such lately, I’ve known the JOEtivator wouldn’t be giving in like I did. However, before I’m “The Joetivator,” I am a human being and as such I’ll allow myself to feel the emotions I do, but that doesn’t mean giving in to them completely and certainly doesn’t mean allowing them to defeat me! So wherever YOU are in your life, KEEP GOING, keep believing in yourself, NEVER forget YOU are AWESOME, and I’ll do my best to help you along the way. I hope to continue to blog daily, but unfortunately can only say I’ll try to do so, as it is that things are still unbelievably out of whack and I’m not sure how things will go during the days to come or what kind of time I’ll have to be able to blog, but I’ll try. I still love you, and once again, sorry I've been gone but hello again! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

A Frown Or Smile???

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Have you ever wondered which is better, a frown or a smile? I think the answer SEEMS pretty obvious, a smile is ALWAYS better than a frown. But, sometimes a frown can actually be quite useful and it is okay to frown when we need to. But, if we spend too much time frowning, we keep ourselves from feeling the full power of smiling and being happy! If YOU do or don't believe me, try it out? You can look in the mirror, or not, think of something sad, and try frowning, then, think of something happy and smile. Actually you don’t even have to think of anything, just test frowning verses smiling and see which one you enjoy better, go ahead, I dare YOU!!! Ha! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Worn Out!!!

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  Joseph Brann

         For this “Talk to Me Thursday!” post I’ll quickly talk about how packing and moving and all has left me COMPLETELY worn out!!! Thank goodness we got a bunch of help from some really awesome people but after looking at everything I had to lift and move, I’ve concluded I lifted well over 2,000 pounds over a short period of time! While people were doing a fantastic job helping us, I literally got to a point where I couldn’t even stand or lift almost anything. I went A LOT further than I thought I’d have or even be able to, but NOTHING’s impossible and I did much more than I’d even recognized. It got really difficult for me when I could barely move and had to watch others, including my awesome younger brother Jon, do the job I was trying to get done. 

         Though I’m more than grateful I’ve got a great family and a younger brother who, in many ways, has had to become my older brother since “the day” EVERYTHING changed for me, it’s beyond difficult, and sometimes I cry, but it’s beyond difficult for me to go from the young man everyone could count on to get the difficult stuff done, to the older man I now am who realizes his limitations daily. Either way I’m still VERY grateful and am beyond relieved we were able to get everything done. So, even when YOU’re beyond worn out and even if it takes the help of others, realize YOU’re still amazing and everything you do and try to do are just a few of the reasons YOU are INCREDIBLE!!!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Life Can be Painful and Scary but...

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Life can be painful and scary but YOU can handle & even overcome it! Maybe you don’t want to face what you have to, I know I don’t want to face MANY things I do but, as I’ve said before, I keep facing them and even find reasons to love what I don’t even want to like. You too can keep facing your life and overcoming the scary and painful things that may, and probably do, occur for you regularly. Whatever you face, always remember you’ve been given such because you’re the one who can handle, overcome, and even love them! I believe in YOU like I believe in myself. I’ve had MORE than enough reasons to want to call it quits dealing with what I face, but I haven’t and won’t give up! It takes a VERY strong person to live the life you do, but YOU CAN LIVE IT, LOVE IT, AND OVERCOME everything you face, will YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

When Are YOU Happy?

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      When are YOU happy? I’ve said many times before that I’m not ALWAYS happy but I ALWAYS come back to happy! However, each and everyday, especially when the days are the most difficult, I try to make sure at least once that I smile and remember happiness is MY choice and can be found in each and every situation! It REALLY can be! Will you allow yourself to be happy even through the greatest obstacles…sorry, I mean opportunities, ha,???  Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Keep Working, Keep Trying!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      In life it’s EXTREMELY important to always keep working and to keep trying! If you continue to get back up each day and keep persevering and never giving up on yourself, you really will be a success. It doesn’t matter how many times you fall or if you never get exactly where you want to go in life as long as you continue to work to be the best you YOU can be and never give up! Of course it’d be REALLY sweeter if you accomplish all you desire, and even though I know you can do this, it’s more important that you remain true to you, THE REAL YOU! So, please be positive, be kind, do good, and keep continuing to do your best as you keep working, keep trying! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

YOU Are?!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Do you know how wonderful YOU are?!!! I know I’ve talked multiple times about how great you are and can be and so forth but, I really do wonder if you believe me and know I’m telling the truth? I’m actually having a lot of brain trouble thinking lately because I’ve been so busy with moving and am beyond worn out, even more beyond worn out than I’ve been for over 20 years. So I apologize If I’m not giving you the best JOEtivation I’m trying to. But real quick today I just wanted to ask if you REALLY know how wonderful YOU are? If not, go ahead and read my over 200 blog posts until you realize I’m speaking the truth when I complement you! I hope YOU have a great day today and everyday!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

What YOU Do...

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  Joseph Brann

      What YOU do is completely up to you! You might not often be able to control your situation and the wonderful times or the challenging times which will come. Things may be extremely gratifying or very frustrating, but how you react and what you do is up to you! The opportunities everyday will bring will be what they may, but YOU can always do something positive or negative with what each day brings. So, what will YOU do with the opportunities YOU receive everyday? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

If YOU're Having a Tough Day...

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  Joseph Brann

      If YOU're having a tough day, smile! If YOU’re feeling angry, smile! If YOU feel negative in ANY way, smile!!! A smile might not solve your problems, but YOU’ll definitely feel better. And if one smile doesn’t make you feel any better, smile as many times as needed until things improve, I KNOW it’ll help, stay positive!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Talk to Me Thursday! Short Blog Posts...

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  Joseph Brann

        For this “Talk to Me Thursday!” blog I just want to inform you that for the next little while I’ll be posting short blog posts! I’m going to have to post these short posts in advance because, while I’m in the middle of finishing moving, I’ve no idea how much time, if any, I’ll really have to be blogging. I’m still going to be blogging but you’ll see my posts will just be a few sentences but as soon as everything’s taken care of with the move and all, I fully intend to get back to posting like regular. I still hope to bring you the positivity and JOEtivation that’ll help YOU in your life. Keep your head up and NEVER forget how valuable YOU are to this world and me!!! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Sometimes it's SO Difficult to Keep Going!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

             The truth is, sometimes it's SO difficult to keep going! Life is often very difficult but sometimes it’s even harder than usual and maybe even harder than we’d ever expect it would or even could be! Yet, YOU don’t have to be overtaken by it! You CAN face what you have to and overcome it. Unfortunately, often the most difficult things we face are overcome by simply continuing to deal with them and moving forward in spite of whatever the challenges may be. I know what it’s like when I want to overcome something SO BADLY and don’t know how to do so. 

              I know I've talked about this before but I’ve realized that facing my challenges, smiling through the pains, and even crying while not allowing myself to be defeated by all I’m facing, is how I overcome it! And, everyday I'll continue to overcome it! I hope YOU’ll realize that by not giving up, even when feeling defeated, you’re actually winning the fight this life often is! So, even though sometimes it's SO difficult to keep going, STAY POSITIVE and KEEP GOING! I know you can, do YOU? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

If it's Good and YOU Want it, Get it!!!

FAILING TO FAIL!

  Joseph Brann

      Referring to strictly positive things in life, if it's good and YOU want it, get it!!! It’ll probably take A LOT longer than you desire, but if you keep working and stay focused on your goals, you really can accomplish them. I’m saying this now, when A BUNCH of my goals have still not yet been reached. However, I’m focused, I’m driven, and am determined to not give up so I’m still doing everything I can to get where I want to go. Of course there’s a chance things won’t work out like I want them to. If you look at the vast majority of my life, you’ll see that as of yet things haven’t even ALMOST worked out like I desire. 

      But I still believe in me and that it’s only a matter of time before I get where I want to go. I keep clinging to hope because if I don’t, I’d have little to cling to. What about YOU? Are YOU determined and will you do what it takes to get where you want to go? I know you can, so don’t give up, stay positive, and keep working because, like me, I REALLY believe it’s only a matter of time until you accomplish all you desire! Stay JOEtivated and don't forget that if it's good and YOU want it, get it!!!,  I know I will! Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!

Another Quick Reminder for YOU!

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  Joseph Brann

      Today’s post is another quick reminder for YOU to decide to be positive and happy! I know I talk about these things all the time but they really are that important! You might feel as though there’s NO reason to be positive because there’s so much negativity around you and you may think that happiness is something you’ll NEVER have. But I want YOU to know YOU can overcome ALL negativity by working to be positive and can be happy by simply deciding to and continuing to fight to be such everyday! Rarely is it easy, but it’s DEFINITELY worth it! So, what do YOU choose??? Until reading my next blog and even after, remember keep FAILING TO FAIL!