How fitting that on #FundMeFriday, the largest stimulus package in American History as been signed, a whopping $2.2Trillion. Wow! So now that money will be handed out, so to speak, everyone is looking to get back to normal life but what does that actually mean? Before I go on, I just want to give a gentle reminder to find yourself today. I think that if you funded yourself with even $1, you will stay in habit mode and it will help you stay mentally focused on your journey.
Just like the sand in the hourglass, our time keeps moving and there is but one way to stop it and nobody wants that. Our new normal has taught me a few things. First of all, stop, breathe and appreciate the fact that you have a life and for the most part that life is whatever we make of it. We can live in misery or we can choose to live, love and laugh. When I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Thyroid cancer, I was inwardly terrified but I smiled on the outside. A few years later I was diagnosed with a brain tumor and again, I was inwardly terrified and I smiled on the outside. Being quarantined has made me realize that in those terrifying times, I chose to be happy rather than sulk in my own misery. What did it do for me? It gave me strength I never realized I had. It made me very aware of my own mortality which should be stressing and consuming but rather it gave me additional strength and it made me very aware of that ever ticking clock. I personally think that this trying times is a perfect opportunity for people to really decide what is important.
Forgetting the severity of the Coronavirus for just a minute, everyone is freaking out about wanting to get back to “normal”. What normal though? Working every hour of the day to exhaustion? Taking the kids to sports and school activities everyday without a break? Rarely eating a meal together as a family? Working like a dog to afford a home you basically just sleep in? When is enough good enough? Is there anyone who actually enjoys their life or are we all just going through the motions?
Years ago I made the conscious decision to work for myself. I have so much up and made many sacrifices and until this quarantine I never realized how lucky I have been to live my life exactly the way I want. I was lucky enough to raise my child without needing a daily babysitter so that I can work. I was lucky enough as he grew to be the one to put him on his school bus and I was there to take him off. It was my normal to work from home building a sustainable business and have all the freedom in the world. I am lucky enough that I do not feel stuck at home. I worked really hard to have this perfect home. It may not be perfect for anybody else but to me it is my perfect. I wish everyone would stop trying to get all the perfect things that look good to others and pay more attention to just get what is perfect for themselves. When will everyone realize that they are what is great in their own lives? When will everyone stop the comparisons and be exactly who you are?When you are happy with yourself and what you have, life is so much simpler and abundance will just start finding its way toward you.
Please do not read this and assume I live in some mental fantasyland. I too have hardships and responsibilities and as I write this I am in the midst of ending my marriage. Thirty one years of my life just ending. It is one of the saddest times of my life but I am making the conscious decision not to wallow in misery. Instead, I am blessed to be quarantined with my son and I am able to still work from my safe home. I have been taking my son on daily walks while enjoying spring fighting its way into our lives while pushing winter out of the way. Thanks to modern technology I get to FaceTime family whenever I want and I have great friends with me.
What will be our new normal? Lots of online shopping? Smaller gatherings? Who knows but before you decide to go running back to that “normal” life you had, take this very precious time and ask yourself whether or not that “normal” made you happy. For some of you, the answer may be yes and that is perfectly fine for you. However, for many of you, I know the answer is going to be a big fat no. All I want to say is that you should use this time as a gift. A gift to reassess, refocus and re-evaluate your life. If you are blessed to open your eyes in the morning, you are blessed with the ability to make changes in order to enjoy whatever time you have left whether it is another day, another year or another 50 years. Nobody should spend even one day living in misery.
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