Dear Friends,
I hope you have a clear plan that survived the billions of dollars spent and the confusing information dump coming from both political parties. It is time to create your clear path forward.
If you do have clarity , send me an email and let me know.
For today, I am writing for those who feel confusion and the old ennui. The election has left you somewhat adrift. You ate too much turkey. Perhaps your car battery is dead. You feel restless, and you are inclined to do some planning, but not yet because the Halloween High is over, and there's always time for planning between Christmas and New Year. Which is all true. The problem is, it takes 90 days to seriously implement. Do something now, or you will likely repeat every mistake of 2024 that is holding you prisoner. Change is hard, and retaining the gains you make to cope with the passage of time is elusive because habit change takes effort and inspiration.
So I ask that you make your own Holiday - a Fall triggering Event that says "MY Future IS Important" - more so than all the constant advertising barrage. If you pull the trigger now, your purpose will show up in some form, but you will need about 90 days to fully assimilate it into your world. And then the follow up begins.
And I urge you to artificially create some urgency so you schedule your time to address this. It might take a day or two spent alone in the library or in the woods - but you are worth it. It is very important to affirm yourself and then act. You can do this at home, but doing it with friends is better. Also, if you want to get away from everything, there is a wonderful school for this called the MEA - Modern Elder Academy. Here is your link:
Whether at home or away, there is a quote you can use to set up your internal work with a necessary perspective: "My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened." Michel de Montaigne
What this means is that the What IS NOW is reality and you must focus on that instead of focusing on the What IFs of life. You are alive NOW and the day has enough trouble of its own. No need to invent bad things, as it takes away your energy, and avoiding that was in a very wry way what Montaigne was driving at.
For many, including me, this has an inherent conflict - that is, if I live exclusively in the NOW, how can I plan without thinking about the future? You will find your own individual answer to this, but only if you can live first in the NOW, where the strength to conquer the future is built. Instead of "What IF this or that happens" the life hack is to substitute "What IS".
What can you control and what can you not control?
Those of you who follow Steven Covey's writings will remember his time matrix: Urgent/ Important/Not Urgent/Not Important. Just doing that daily in the AM will set you straight, right the course, and put you back on True North (Your True North). Call me whenever for an explanation of this process.
Wrap yourself a present now you can unwrap in 90 days! What treasures do you think are in it? New friends? New job? New location? New car? New and better health? All are possible...
Happy Days Ahead
Joe Grant, MBA joegrant@yourvantagepoints.com
Certified Retirement Coach
Contact me for a Free 45 minute Conversation at https://yourvantagepoints.com
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