Just over 5 years ago I started writing a daily blog. I set out to work every day for one year. I wasn’t sure I’d get through three months.
But I set it in my head that every day I just had to do this one thing. Some have been long and some have been short. Regardless, I have always done one. Every. Single. Day. More than 1,830 days and therefore 1,830+ blog posts.
Whoosh. Five years can go by just like that.
Now, a few more plans are hatching for these next five years. And they’ve started…
Be ruthless with wasting time. Find the time you need to do the things you want, and some acts of kindness too.
Don’t waste time. Be efficient. Be focused.
Book in something to look forward in the month ahead. Perhaps a walk with a friend or a dinner or a trip.
Book something in for every month this year.
This gives you something to look forward to throughout the year.
They are so calming. Use them before sleep. Take them several times in the day. They are a refresher.
You’ll either be dead or 5 years older. Let’s hope you’re just older.
What wonderful things will you have done in that time? Don’t know? Well you better start planning some then. Or you’ll just get whatever you get.
Book something fun into your life. A walk. A coffee with friends. You could even plan a short trip somewhere.
Life’s short. Enjoy it today.
If you focus on you and make your life the best it can possibly be (health, fitness, wealth, relationships and spiritual elements), you will be independent and happy. No one will need to come and save you.
But if you focus on others, and let your elements drift and become burdensome, then you’re going to need help from others. You don’t need to do that.
So focus on making your life better every day.
That you were born is rather incredible. If all your body parts are working, some with no effort from you, it’s nearly a miracle.
That Earth is spinning out in space and we don’t fly off.
The mind – how does that work?! Where do thoughts come from?
Get good rest and get a jump on the day. If you wake early, just get up and get going.
Two things will happen. First you’ll get more jammed into one of your life days. Secondly, you will feel tired earlier in the evening which will help you sleep earlier so you can rise earlier.
That’s how you get a virtuous cycle.
Too often things get taken too far. You can see this in so many different circumstances.
Often it is far better to enjoy the win and be content, then to seek more than you had originally wanted.
Here are some examples:
Having a few more snacks or cakes than you should. Eventually you’ve put on 3 stone.
Having a few too many drinks and waking up half way through the next day with a cracking hangover.
Putting a few little things on a credit card knowing you can’t pay off the balance. Then a few more. Soon you’re paying £1,000s in interest, yet lost interest in whatever you’re paying for.
Getting a club together to defend yourselves, like NATO, can sound like a good idea. Then after feeling quite secure, you keep adding more and more members. You feel more secure and confident but others may become more concerned and defensive.
There are many, many other examples from women’s rights (is equal enough?), unions (group v individual) and tech (how far is too far, like kissing a robot?), to buying shoes (Ms Marcos), and political coverups (it always starts small and then like a black hole, begins to engulf everything).
The key is to moderate and balance while checking the details frequently so matters don’t get out of control.
Review frequently and track progress. Don’t push things too far or you can do some damage (Like running further than you should). There is always pain after things are pushed too far. Better to stop things a little earlier than build up to a devastating situation.
