From a young age, we are given the tools of life and we are told how our life is going to go, we are told to go to school, then get a job, get married and then it’s time to start our little families. It’s pretty much the same story no matter what house you have grown up in. The problem is, we are so busy trying to make this all happen, we are always looking forward to the next stage of our lives and forget to enjoy the moment we are in and end up postponing our own happiness.

Most people have a plan on how they see the big picture of their life, the thing with most people’s plans; their plan is always “once I have paid off my house, I can enjoy myself and go on a holiday”. This is great in theory, but with all these plans they are thinking with the ideal that we are all going to live forever.

None of us know what is around the corner for us, and we most definitely don’t know how long we have on this planet we call earth. But how would you look at that long-term plan if you knew how long you had to live and knowing that that time remaining was limited and there was nothing in the world you could do to change that deadline.

I can promise you, you wouldn’t have the same thoughts about paying off that lengthy mortgage, you would do the things that you always really wanted to do that were different to everyone else. You would take risks because you would know that time is limited and every moment counts.

It’s easy to say, “Live for the moment” but that is not realistic at all. Instead, we need to appreciate the moment we are in, as everything works out for our highest good, good or bad. We really need to stop pushing our goals out of reach and start rewarding ourselves along the way instead of always waiting for the right time. There is no such thing at the right time for anything, if you want something you need to go after it, today, not tomorrow as we all have no idea what tomorrow has in store for us.

If we look around us everyone is stressed, run down and most have either settled or lost hope because they have nothing to look forward to because their goal or dreams are too far out of reach and they given up.

We really need to start looking at each day as if we have limited time and really think what would we like to achieve or do before we pass and not regret? I am not saying go out a buy an expensive sports car. What I am saying is, it’s always the simple things people regret in the end, so if you really think deeply about what is important to you, you need to do that more, whether it’s doing less over time and getting home earlier to have dinner with your partner and children, because before you know it, they will be full grown and these will always be missed opportunities.

In life, even if we think we don’t, we always have a choice on how we are going to approach it. We all have different thoughts and methods around achieving this, but in reality, we all do have a choice and it’s important to start living your life today as you would really like live instead of the expectations of how others or you think it should be.

Be you, be different and shine bright. A life without regrets is a life lived, enjoyed and appreciated. Little things add up to big things, these things can be the moments that change our lives forever.

I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your week, be true and kind to yourself and others and please remember… every day is a new chance to try, it’s a chance for a fresh start, try and find something new daily that you love about yourself, affirmations are the key to self-acceptance and don’t ever give up on yourself or your dream… Life is too short to be mediocre.

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