It's Never Too Late (Control of Time)

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Product:	Control of Time
Date:	14/05/02 (42 review reads)
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Advantages: Life is what you make of it

Disadvantages: Too short

I have a birthday coming up this month. I will be getting close to my mid-thirties. An amazing age to me. I always thought when I hit my thirties; I would be all grown up. Not true. However, it has made me realize one thing. Life is short. Much shorter than I ever really thought about. When you’re a kid, life seems like forever. Your teen years seem to last forever. During your twenties, you are so busy making a life for yourself, the horizon seems wide open. Then boom, you hit your thirties. Suddenly, life doesn’t seem the same. Suddenly, you start to take stock of your life. I did, at least. And I came to a realization that didn’t please me. I had spent more than half my life doing things I didn’t want to do, living in places I didn’t want to live in and being with people I didn’t want to be with. A sad realization for me. But instead of getting depressed about it, I decided to change it.

I had spent the last two years living with my parents since my divorce. I was working full time, going to school full time and trying to raise my two kids with what time I had left. I was living down South, which I hated. I was working the midnight shift, which left me little time during the daylight hours. I kept telling myself it was for the good of my family. I was making a good life for my kids and me. Then one day, I realized that I was so busy making a good life for us, I wasn’t living my life. Little did I know that you can get so responsible that you forget what’s important in life? So, instead of getting all depressed, I decided to change it.

I packed me and my two kids, all our stuff, our cat and myself into my mini-van and moved us 400 miles away to live with my best friend and her family. It took awhile, but its happening. I’m remembering how to enjoy life. I spend more time looking at the stars, taking walks with my kids, reading good books instead of school books, camping, shoppin
g, playing games. I am once again remembering how to enjoy life. And that is a wonderful thing, because time goes more quickly than you think. Kids grow up quickly and before you know it, are out on their own. Life passes you by if you don’t watch out for it.

Now, I didn’t go completely mad. I’ve got a good job that I enjoy, which is important because we spend so much of our time each day at work. But I also don’t let the job get to me. I’ve decided that as long as the job is enjoyable, I will stay. The minute I find that it is bringing nothing but stress and worry to my life, I will find a new job. Because job stress is one of the worst kinds of stress you can have, it affects your attitude that you bring home each day, that you wake up with each morning. Job is very important and if you hate it, your life will be miserable.

But mostly I found out that time is priorities. You have to decide what is most important to you. Do you want to spend all of your time making more money, moving up in the company, impressing people. Or do you want to take the time, stop and smell the flowers and enjoy each day as it comes instead of worrying where you will be tomorrow. I made my decision. I great each day as a new adventure and a treasure. I hope never again to get so bogged down with life that I forget to live it.

Stop and think about it. Did you enjoy something today? Did you smile at a stranger today? Did you hug someone you love today? Did you look at the clouds? Did you stop even once to do something fun? If you can’t say yes to any of these questions, are you really living your life? If not, maybe it’s time for some changes. Maybe it’s time to stop and smell the flowers. Time is short in our lives, how do you want to remember it?

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