Making a Change

In my relatively short 26.75 years in this world, I’ve made an astounding observation: Life is nothing but a waiting game. Waiting for the weekend. Waiting for a job offer. Waiting for water to boil. Waiting to get married. Waiting to have kids. Waiting for class to be over.

Waiting for something new. Waiting for something more.

And it was after I realized I was just another player in the waiting game that I asked myself not what I’m waiting for but why. I can’t help but wonder if I’m missing out on living my life by waiting around for something else. Why am I passing the days, weeks, months, years only waiting for a future that may or may not work out as I plan/expect/want? I think I may be coasting through the everyday stuff just waiting for the future and forgetting to stop and smell the roses. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my life; I definitely do! I have a beautiful family, fabulous friends, and the kind of life a lot of people don’t have. I’m happy and healthy and I am surrounded by people who love me. My point is: at some point I gave up really living my life in place of waiting to see what will happen.

So today I make a pledge: less waiting and more living. No more waiting around for next week, next month, next year; more enjoying the moments in my day that make me happy. No more waiting for a bigger and better job; more working toward being the best at the job I have. No more waiting to graduate; more enjoying learning new things and meeting challenges head on. Game over.

(Ahhh. I feel better already.)

Categories: life or something like it, matters of the mind