Today is Dump Your Hangups Day at LifeTweak.

Note: Going up from where you are, to the next level of living requires some discipline. You need to commit yourself to the things that you have to do, whether you like it or not, in order to focus on the most important things. So let’s start taking oaths at LifeTweak every week to answer this crucial call for discipline. These oaths are more like a personal creed; but you can announce them publicly if you wish.

This is the first entry in LT’s Oath List and I’m sure you’ll share your suggestions for future oaths in the comments section.

Today’s oath: Promise yourself that you wouldn’t get disturbed by any mishaps or temporary obstacles that might come your way!

Big idea: One of the purposes of life is to be happy. Really happy. Worrying about all the things that have come blocking your path will take you nowhere. When you refuse to feel bad when nothing is going your way, you embrace one of the laws of nature:

Men alter their lives by exercising control over how they react to adverse circumstances.

And you start feeling like a demi-god who doesn’t care how the weather goes on any given day.

Promising yourself not to cry is not to be taken in a literal sense; but it’s something that people often do when they bump into problems. They give up and quit. Or they mull things over in their mind to the point where the problem takes over and blurs the vision of their goals.

Why take an oath?

Bottom line: You grow confident. When you commit yourself to something sincerely, it’s like a snowball’s chance in hell for you to give up.

For the last couple of weeks, I’m being a lot more busy that what I wished for and there’s a big line of problems, both at work and at home, and just the thought of it puts me off. Like it was not enough, I caught a bad cold.

But that is no reason to feel miserable. I’ve promised myself that I wouldn’t cry :)