Funnily enough, I never have time to regularly post on WordPress. Why? Because I am too caught up doing other things. I always find myself using the classic excuse “I don’t have any time” for anything and everything. It’s pathetic. I decided to change this, I made a timetable…set out my priorities and listed dates to which I wanted things complete. Suddenly, I did have time, I even had at least an hour a day to do my own thing. I was amazed, at how much time I actually usually wasted (especially aimlessly shopping on eBay). Useless things that take up my time without me even realizing.
My problem lies here though. I did my timetable and it worked, but why oh why can’t I keep to it? I have noticed that should I follow the timetable religiously for a few days I’m doing well, but the minute I stray from it, I’m back in la la land!
I think the problem is we must be having too much time and too many things to do. We want to read the news, catch up with friends, see that movie we’ve wanted to see for over a month and ofcourse spend hours on Facebook.
When will we realise that everything does not need to happen all at once. In fact, if we don’t spend that time watching that TV show we never really liked, we would actually accumulate a great deal of ‘leisure” hours. Time is precious, it is a gift, we just need to slow down and recognize we have a lot of it. The old saying “Life is too short” can be true in many instances, we find we recall this quote at times of death or sickness or some other misfortune. Life is not too short, life is what we make of it and how we use it.
Maybe you haven’t been or will never go to Paris or Egypt, but maybe you have made a big difference in someones life. Maybe you are the best cook your parents, kids or grandkids have ever been lucky enough to have. Maybe you are the best person, the greatest friend in a mates life.
Loosen up, and enjoy life. We should stop focusing on the time we have left, and focus on what we want to achieve right now. At this hour, at this minute, today.
