Staying Focused

Lately I have been working on getting this and another blog up and running. I have been learning about Word-press blogging platform and other technical stuff, and it has been fun.

Last night I went to sleep late and set the alarm to get up at around 6 AM because I had a few things on my to do list that I wanted to tackle this morning. When the alarm went off, I hit the snooze button and stayed in bed. just as I was about to dose off, the alarm went off again. (does this sound familiar?)

As I hit the snooze button again, I realized that even though I have a lot of things I need to do today, there is no one forcing me to do them, and the only reason I am even working on my blog is because I want to share my new and exciting life with the rest of the world. I realized that in that moment, all I wanted to do was to sleep until I was done sleeping. I turned the alarm off before it could go off again and went back to sleep.

I finally woke up around 9:30 feeling refreshed. As I was laying there in bed a friend of mine called and we had a nice chat. My wife arrived from having enjoyed her morning drive down to the lake to watch the sunrise, and wanted to know if I wanted to have some tea.

After breakfast we were going to go to the library. But then I found out that she had a few other items on the itinerary as well, which would mean 3-4 hour trip instead of an hour to go find the books and come back. So I decided to stay home instead and work on my projects.

I find it refreshing that both my wife and I have grown and matured to the point of realization that being together doesn’t mean doing everything together, even when we had planned on doing a few things together. In the past, this could have turned into a nasty argument. It is so refreshing to know that when you are satisfied with who you are, other people can’t upset you anymore. And both of us had to learn that on our own.

When I made a commitment to stop pleasing others over my own pleasure and satisfaction, I found peace and happiness; which is what I thought I would’ve had if I tried to please others and sacrificed my own wishes and desires. Funny thing is, when I did that, I found myself doing more things to make her happy because I no longer resented her happiness. It didn’t feel like an ‘either/or’ situation.  As a result, we became closer than we’ve been in years.

I learned the same lesson this morning again. As long as I stay focused and committed to  ‘living life on my terms’, everything else will fall in place beautifully and I will able to enjoy life and will have valuable lessons to share with the world, which will provide quality content for my blog, and isn’t that’s why anybody would want to read my blog in the first place?

“Living life on your terms” simply means authentically being Your Self.

Have you ever had similar aha! moments? Won’t you share them with us in the comments below? We all learn from each other.

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