You keep wishing the moments away and pretty soon you’re wondering where the days have gone.
It seems that some of us have a habit of getting ahead of ourselves. Generally, this is a good one: we envision goals and the future and have the sight of it in our mind. But this impatience can lead to a blockage for the rosy future that we’ve painted so clearly, especially when we have a far distant goal of the audacious type.
One far-flung goal I have is so doubtful that it leads me to a dangerous version of running on auto-pilot throughout the day. Here’s how I know: I asked what did I accomplish yesterday? The more time spent on auto-pilot, the more difficult it becomes to match accomplishments yesterday with the plan to achieve the goal. No special meaning for the day; no change for the worse; no change for the better. This lack of dedicated action reminds me of a bumper-sticker I saw in Alaska a few years ago, “Please God, let there be another oil boom and we promise not to p*** it away next time”.
Ah, the poignant regret of waste. It is so easy to waste time and neglect action steps in our plan to achieve the rosy future. You do have action steps, don’t you?
