What's stopping you from achieving your dreams + goals right now?

Our pre-conceptions about TIME are stopping us from following our dreams and living the life we truly desire, deserve and want right now.

“The trouble is you think you have time”. Buddha.

This a quote that I absolutely adore. And one that I say to Si to scare him into action 😂 to let us do any crazy idea / dream / plan. Mostly he’s on board with these ideas as soon as I present them, but sometimes I have to pull out this quote. And It works.

We all think that we have time.

But in reality none of us know how much time we have. Ever. On any given day, the thing we’re doing at that very moment could be the last time that we ever do that thing, see that person, hold a loved one, wave goodbye. I’ll see you soon…

And we won’t even know that was the last time either. We’ll just carry on in the hum of the day and not give it a second thought. But what if you did everything as though it was the last time.

Your life would be very different? Starting from today?

Would you push your dreams aside or would you follow them?

I’ve lived a life where I’m always working toward a goal. And when I reach it. I move my goal posts. Because you know, I’ve got #time & I’ll #followthatdream next year, when the kids are older, when I’ve got more money, when I’m slimmer, when I’m… this... when I'm that... when I'm the other...

We constantly put our happiness / our dreams to one side. Because there’s always still time. The trouble is you think you have it.

Year after year we may stay in a toxic relationship or put off losing those extra few pounds. We may stick in an unfulfilling job because it’s comfy & we’ll look in a few months anyway. And another year can go by so fast, where we haven’t lived a fulfilled life that’s making us truly happy because... ?

We think we have time.

We don’t radically change things. We don’t act. Or maybe we do but it's a sticking plaster and not the true source. Our energy is zapped. We are not living our best life. And we are not fulfilled. We cannot vibrate at a high frequency. We are stuck in a rut.

Instead of doing anything about it, we put it off. We stay in our unfulfilled comfort zone because it’s comfy, safe, maybe we don’t know how or what to do. But the fact remains, we stay this way because we think we have time. We wait for the right moment. (You know: I’ll start healthy eating on Monday, I’ll re-write that cv next week, I’ll learn a new skill next month, I’ll chase my dreams when I feel ready. It's too big a change to make I'm not brave enough, good enough, equipped enough to make it).

For me personally , I found myself quite a few pounds overweight after lockdown, stuck in my own business, whilst it was my own business I wasn’t feeling very happy in it. I wasn’t looking after myself, not really caring that much about myself, with depression that crept up on me. I’d started to believe that life was quite hard & this was just the way it was. Like it or lump it. I've always been pulled to the ocean but I live so far away from one. I adore the sunshine and the outdoor lifestyle, Yet I live in one of the rainiest regions in the UK. And I still live in the UK!

But please believe me, I’m a goal setter & a goal getter. And a do-er also. I reach my goals. I'm not lazy and I don't expect anything to be handed to me. I get close to my goals. But then you know what I do. I put them off. Because…? You guessed it - I have time.

And that’s exactly the problem - you need to know that your time is very valuable. In fact, time is one of those resources in life that is the most precious commodity in the world. Time is finite. Time is rare. You can’t buy time, sell it, save it, or invest it. And it could run out tomorrow. Today even. In the next 5 minutes. And what a tragedy that would be if you're not living your dreams.

This quote jolted me into action. If you live everyday with this quote that I’ve shared, I hope it inspires you as much as it does me. It just does something to me.

Know this quote & it will prompt you into taking action. Making that change, taking that step. Starting today. Getting you closer to that dream.

Knowing this quote is the beginning of everything.

This is my wish for myself & for YOU. Fletch xx