What do you do when you fall off the wagon? What do you do when you lose your mojo? It seems, at least for me, you reach an age where you know everything you need to know to live the best life. You think back to that book, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” and how stupidly profound that thought is. As a middle-aged adult, I find my biggest struggles are 5-year old struggles; self-discipline, eating right, sleeping right, staying active, having fun. As I’ve grown and the world became more complex around me, the things I struggle the most with are the ignorances I had as a child.
I look at my phone a lot. All the time. I named it, “my right arm.” My phone has an always-on display that can accomodate a picture. Reminders are helpful, often these are physical objects; keychains, rocks, or something like that. But they can be anything, even a picture. I chose “The Time is Now” because so often I look at a choice that sounds compelling in the moment. RIght now, I am drawn to these temptations, indulgences that seem impossible to resist. I know I’ll feel bad later…but right now, I’ll have just one little indulgence! How bad can it be? Over and over again those indulgences backfire. Eating an entire family bag of M&Ms is really fun in the moment….but feels terrible about 45 minutes later.
The Time is Now. Now is always when we need self-discipline. Not later. Now. I need to remind myself of this often. I posted this reminder on my phone and I see it all hours of they day. I the week that I’ve been looking at it, I felt better than I’ve felt in the past 2 months. What to make a difference in your life? Want to make the difference in the world? What is your mission; your calling? Now is the time to do it. There may not be the chance to later.
