Ever think 'where the hell has the weekend gone?'
I think that is me almost every weekend. Monday comes around so quickly and back to work I go, but crazily enough, before I know it, it's the weekend again and time is just flying by. It's so easy to get caught up with the daily grind of life. I've actually started questioning what's the point if you aren't actually stopping to enjoy it all.
There have been a few conversations about death recently. No one I know directly but friends of friends. Someone I know well recently lost her brother. It was tragic. A bit of a shock to everyone but it was one of those situations where you had feared it might happen. She came back from his funeral dazed, confused and questioning everything. And she was right to. Her brother was young, in his twenties. He was younger than me and I still believe I have decades ahead of me. But it ultimately comes down to the fact that you can be taken away at any point, and actually you shouldn't get caught up in day-to-day life. You should live for today.
It's a phrase I've always believed but never really appreciated until recently. With age comes these types of situations and it does make you question things. But it's happened a little too much recently and it's started me thinking and reminding myself a lot more that today is your life. Yesterday has been and gone, there's nothing you can do about it. Tomorrow may never come. So actually today is your life. What if you didn't wake up tomorrow? Would you be happy with what you have achieved today, let alone in the past week? Maybe, but maybe not.
It's a bit deep and meaningful but I am in one of those contemplative moods. I'd much rather be enjoying myself than simply having to get through each day. Possibly looking forward to a holiday that I've booked, or simply the weekend. But what do I do with my weekends? Probably not as much as I should. My problem, however, is a lack of cash? Up to my eyeballs in debt that I really need to get myself out of, and I'm working hard to get out of, but my prospects for enjoying an easier life are limited until I don't have this debt hanging around my neck.
Just some food for thought....
I think that is me almost every weekend. Monday comes around so quickly and back to work I go, but crazily enough, before I know it, it's the weekend again and time is just flying by. It's so easy to get caught up with the daily grind of life. I've actually started questioning what's the point if you aren't actually stopping to enjoy it all.
There have been a few conversations about death recently. No one I know directly but friends of friends. Someone I know well recently lost her brother. It was tragic. A bit of a shock to everyone but it was one of those situations where you had feared it might happen. She came back from his funeral dazed, confused and questioning everything. And she was right to. Her brother was young, in his twenties. He was younger than me and I still believe I have decades ahead of me. But it ultimately comes down to the fact that you can be taken away at any point, and actually you shouldn't get caught up in day-to-day life. You should live for today.
It's a phrase I've always believed but never really appreciated until recently. With age comes these types of situations and it does make you question things. But it's happened a little too much recently and it's started me thinking and reminding myself a lot more that today is your life. Yesterday has been and gone, there's nothing you can do about it. Tomorrow may never come. So actually today is your life. What if you didn't wake up tomorrow? Would you be happy with what you have achieved today, let alone in the past week? Maybe, but maybe not.
It's a bit deep and meaningful but I am in one of those contemplative moods. I'd much rather be enjoying myself than simply having to get through each day. Possibly looking forward to a holiday that I've booked, or simply the weekend. But what do I do with my weekends? Probably not as much as I should. My problem, however, is a lack of cash? Up to my eyeballs in debt that I really need to get myself out of, and I'm working hard to get out of, but my prospects for enjoying an easier life are limited until I don't have this debt hanging around my neck.
Just some food for thought....
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