Motivation Tips
Don't put off to tomorrow what you can do today.. is what everyone says. And I agree. Yet I procrastinate..so often. Like most people alive, it comes really easily to me! But there's one thing I don't procrastinate about.. living Life!
Life is far too precious for me to put off to tomorrow. But I did try.. mind you. Many years ago, I convinced myself that there are a million other things more important today than living my life. And I promised myself that I would live life to the fullest.. tomorrow! And I waited.. and waited.. and waited. But tomorrow never came! While I was busy working and worrying and fire-fighting, Life kept waiting for me.
As I climbed up the career ladder, tomorrow kept fading away from me. I had more work, more responsibilities, more challenges. "When I get a long vacation, I'll find my space", "When I have more money, I'll be happy", "What good is a solo Sunday? - When I get a full weekend, I'll relax".. In my anticipation for tomorrow, today became a big disappointment.
But not for long.. I finally ran out of patience. I decided, tomorrow is not worth waiting for.
Maybe tomorrow will be less stressful, more peaceful.. Maybe tomorrow the weather will be just fine. Maybe tomorrow my boss's mood will be much better, maybe I can even finish work at 5.30! Maybe.. or maybe not..
What I do know is that today I CAN live my life. There's no maybe in that. So I shifted my maybe from the 'when' to the 'what'. And I realized there are so many things I could do today. Maybe I can call up an old friend. Maybe I can buy a bouquet for my wife. Maybe I can dance with my daughter. Or maybe I can go and talk to myself at the beach.
I have lived every day of my life as if it were my FIRST day (read about it here).. but I have also lived it as if it was my LAST. There are many people who scoff at me for having such a belief.. they say "why think of death?".. but hey who's talking of death?? I'm talking of Life! That's my way of reminding myself, how precious life is.
So live your life today, while it lasts. Do something today, you promised to do tomorrow. Call your mom and thank her for bringing you into this world. Send an 'I Love You' sms to your wife. Think of a person you hate and forgive him in your mind. Or like I do.. eat one chocolate muffin for every good thing you did today! Or if you insist on working like a madman, do it, if that's your idea of living Life. Do whatever.. but do it today, as long you love doing it.
I'm ending this post now. Got tons of things to do. Haven't had enough of Life, today, you see! And I value my today. I really do. That's the only reality that exists in my life. Tomorrow.. is an illusion.
Milind Jadhav is an Advertising & Marketing Consultant, Motivational Trainer & Mentor from Chennai, India. During his Advertising & Marketing career, he has worked extensively with young professionals - coaching them, mentoring them with a perspective to helping them get clarity on their own strengths and weaknesses, their purpose in life, their goals and the strategies they need to get to these goals. Milind also conducts the Brand YOU Workshop, a unique one day personal branding program designed to use classic Marketing strategies and techniques used by Marketers around the globe, for preparing career and self-development plans for individuals. He has recently launched a blog which captures in a simple manner the simple lessons that he keeps learning from Life with an aim to share it with people who are 'ready' for this learning.
