Time Waits For No One
Time is finite. No reason to get sad, morose, or uneasy about it. In fact, you probably responded the way most do upon reading — "Well of course, everyone knows that."
If that were true, it would seem carpe diem would be on the tip of everyone's tongue. When you do finally seize the day, will you be living the version you want seized, or have you opted for postponement? It is no fun living one version of your life now and waiting for the other version to begin… someday.
Coaching clients come to me with crowning business achievements, yet what they all secretively want is quality time with their spouse and children, adventure, and joyful experiences.
Their daily pressure cooker of work and exhaustive to-do lists are periodically alleviated by a vacation. Ironically, the deeper meaning of this word points to the greater issue at hand. You work, work, work and then need a vacation to "temporarily vacate" your life. Later in life, you'll retire. From what? It begs the question: what life are you actually living now?
Sarah and Clayton love nature. Annually they talk about flying to Vermont during the height of fall foliage. Year after year they watch from the sidelines. They are 49 and think they have all the time in the world. Realistically, they want to go before age 66 — that's 17 chances, not an endless supply.
You can choose to live your life completely differently by actively creating your own carpe diem. Begin by asking a simple question: "If not now, when?"