‘If only I had more time’ is surely one of the most over-used expressions in 21st century society. It seems that people are often prevented from doing things they want to do because they don’t have time.
So imagine for a moment that it were you saying ‘if only I had more time’ to do what you want to do. How much time would you need? 5 days? 5 months? 5 years? And perhaps more importantly, what would you actually do with it?
If you sit down for a few minutes and break down how much time you really have and how you actually spend it, what do you notice? Do you actually have the time to do what you want to do and live the life you want to live? Are you spending more time on things you don’t want to do than on things you do want to do? If you really want to do what you want to do, then what is stopping you doing it? And if you see what is stopping you, what can you do to stop it stopping you to help you move forward to where you want to be? How motivated are you really to find the time? What you wanted passionately some time ago may not be what you want at this stage in your life. This is neither good nor bad, just the way it is.
Some people have jobs they don’t particularly like, places they don’t want to live in and relationships they don’t want to be in any longer, but what if you could focus more on what you actually want as opposed to what you don’t want? If you believe that you get what you focus on, why not focus on what you want? What do you think you could achieve if you gave yourself ‘permission’ to believe that what you want to achieve is really possible?
Maybe we can’t always get what we want. And maybe we can get it if we really want. Maybe it just depends if you’re a fan of the Rolling Stones or Jimmy Cliff. Either way, surely it is down to our real selves to make the choice and decide how to live our lives. Do you believe in your personal power to live the life you want and deserve to live? It may not be an easy journey. It may not be a pretty one. But it will be yours, you can determine how you spend your time and you will have made it happen And whatever life you have, that’s the best life to live, isn’t it?
