Living a life focused on accomplishing is a good thing, except when you are trying to accomplish so much, so fast, that you forget to appreciate and enjoy the right now.<\/p>\n
I have been a driven person since I was a little girl.\u00a0 I have always been a goal setter and I have always been incredibly motivated to accomplish my goals.\u00a0 And that quality has served me well in my life.\u00a0 But there has also been a danger to my being so driven all the time, and that is the fact that in my quest to accomplish each goal I sometimes forget to enjoy the process of accomplishing the goal\u2026I often forget to enjoy the journey…\u201cWhen I get this done, when that gets finished, when I complete this, when I have done that\u201d\u2026.For much of my life I have been so focused on accomplishing each goal that I have often forgot to celebrate life along my way.\u00a0 Many times I haven\u2019t allowed myself to feel enjoyment until each task is completed, and in doing that I have missed moments of joy that I could have experienced along my way.<\/p>\n
The best analogy I can think of to explain it is to say it\u2019s as if I have been\u00a0driving\u00a0in races (I was going to say running in races, but let’s be honest, I hate to run \ud83d\ude42 ) where I have raced passed incredible displays of beauty without noticing them because they were alongside the race track instead of sitting at the finish line.\u00a0 I have allowed myself to miss out on breathtaking views because my eyes were so totally focused straight ahead that I didn\u2019t see them.\u00a0\u00a0 And at the time I thought that was the right thing to be doing to stay focused straight ahead \u2013 my intentions were correct, but my execution was flawed \u2013 yes it was good for me to stay focused on the path ahead, but the reality is that I could have still noticed the beauty around me without having to give up the race…I could have appreciated my surroundings of each moment while I was driving\u00a0and still kept myself moving ahead\u2026<\/p>\n
I am still a HUGE believer in setting goals and accomplishing them \u2013 I don\u2019t ever want that to change \u2013 but I do recognize that I need to do better at enjoying each moment along the way as I work to accomplish my goals, allowing myself to feel the joy in the journey itself instead of only celebrating at each finish line.<\/p>\n
Another mistake we often make in life is to wish today away\u2026we wish it would be ____ already, or we wish ____ would hurry up and get here.\u00a0 While it is good to have things to look forward to, we need to be careful not to let our focus on something we are looking forward to take away our appreciation for the day we are living today.\u00a0 The future is going to come\u2026it always does\u2026so let go of wishing it were here right now and focus instead on what is actually happening right now.\u00a0 Perhaps right now can be glorious too.\u00a0 Perhaps it will be even better.\u00a0 You\u2019ll never know unless you give it a chance.\u00a0 So look around\u2026take it all in\u2026.appreciate the beauty and the people\u2026live this moment to the fullest.<\/p>\n
This week\u2019s challenge is to do better at enjoying each moment of life as you journey through it and celebrating every step toward the finish line.<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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