Whatever you’re up to, whatever you’re working at, the trick is to never stop learning and growing. Show up everyday.
THINK positively. NETWORK constantly. EXERCISE daily. EAT healthy. WORK hard. STAY strong. BUILD faith. BE honest. WORRY less. READ more. BE happy. VOLUNTEER willingly. RELAX. LOVE. LIVE.
GET VERY CLEAR about who you are and what you value. WATCH for the signs and over time everything will fall into place.
If you miss the present moment, you miss your appointment with life. Thich Nhat Hanh.
Have you ever heard yourself saying, “I can’t believe how fast time is going.”
I know I have. Just recently I was reminded again of how precious time and life are. I was way too far out at the end of the limb and spread too thin, as the expression goes.
Life can get away on you if you’re not paying attention. The demands on our lives at work and at home never seem to stop. Everybody seems to want a piece of us and our time, but there is only so much of it to go around. Fact is there are only 24 hours in a day, 168 in the entire week. 168! Think about that.
When you factor in time for sleeping and eating and the odd chore, there isn’t much of it left.
The daily rush of our 24/7 world can easily catch up to you. It can ruin relationships, cut down on efficiency and productivity at work and suck the joy out of your life if you let it.
All is not lost though. Before you close the book on your new year’s resolutions, write one more – that you are no longer going to be a slave to the Internet and social media. I know, I know…. I’m not saying it will be easy. It’s up to you.
As the new year’s celebrations fast fade out of view, vow to get a handle on your todo list, learn to say no to things and people that are not really helping reach your goals and determine to try a little more Mindfulness.
Life goes by all too quickly. Grab it.
Live more in the present and awaken to the experience of now.
While you are at it, have a great year.
The purpose of life, after all, is to love it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt.
The advent of a new year is a natural time to be thinking, what’s next?
These are challenging times. Whether you feel the need to step up your game, or are consciously considering setting out in a new direction, succeeding in today’s environment calls for courage, imagination and critical thinking.
Life is complicated. It tugs at us from many directions. All any of us can do is march as close to the beat of our own drum as we can. Life isn’t about finding yourself. It’s about creating yourself, getting crystal clear about what you want to do – and then doing it.
There is no magic bullet. It is up to you. Success, however you define and measure it, comes from within; from having the personal power that comes from a place of a well-defined purpose, doing the necessary work and sometimes, when it is necessary, some wild-eyed, moonshot thinking.
Vow today to make 2017 your best year ever.
Now that you’re here… as 2017 dawns, if this is resonating and you are looking for some fresh ideas to enrich your life and expand your horizon, I invite you to continue to read my blog. If you are in the Toronto region, I am speaking at the Toronto Reference Library, Hinton Learning Centre on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 from 6:00-7:30 pm. It’s for doers who want to do more. I look forward to seeing you there.
For more information, rates, or to set up a meeting:
Email drew@drewsimmie.com or call direct 416.450.8867.
