A lot has happened in these past months, but especially in the past few weeks for me. I realized I want to change my life plan… again. But not the actual plan, the mindset of the plan. If you know me personally or maybe even just through reading my blogs, you might have noticed that when I have a plan I stick to it and run with it. Lately my big plan has been to retire early so I can focus on this blog, dedicate my time to helping others, and hopefully start a little public speaking career. (I know, crazy goals for someone who isn’t even out of college).
Before these past few weeks that’s what I focused on. I focused on school and doing well so I could get that great job that will let me retire early. I didn’t focus as much on my blog and had the mindset that I’ll really get to focus on it later. But between what I learned in 2020, the book I read recently, the books I’m reading now, the conversations I've had with people, my quiet time, and the spark from the movie Soul, I decided to change my life plan again. This time though, it’s different. I still want to be a public speaker and maybe retire early but most importantly I want to live in every moment. One day at a time. That means:
I’ve already started to take it one day at a time and live in the moment. I’ve become more flexible (shout out to my high school friends that waited a couple weeks for my schedule to be free so we could just get dinner). I’ve let myself rest. I’ve found the balance I want and now I am working to have that balance in my life. I’ve let myself say no when I’m tired and started to invest more in the people who are around me. I’ve been doing this for less than a month and I am already less stressed, more confident in myself, feeling more well-rested, and especially happier. I’ve been reading about happiness because I want to know now how I can make life great now. Not later when there’s only half of my life left, but right now. Even if that starts with something as little as a glass of lemon water every morning. So why the movie Soul? Well that movie impacted a lot of people in different ways. For me, I watched the main character live and strive for his dream and when he finally got it, well that was it. His entire life led up to the moment that was exactly as he had dreamed and he sacrificed everything. But what about everything leading up to that dream, his relationships, his happiness? It was gone. He missed it. He lost all of that time. That was like the cherry on the pie for me after everything else I’ve learned lately. I don’t want to miss the moments too. In the last book I read it said, if you’re not happy now, you won’t be happy later. I don’t want to put off being happy for what might come, but be in the moment now, not when I retire early (or IF I retire early.) I strongly suggest the movie if you have the opportunity to watch it. It might not impact you as much, it might impact you in a different way or even more than it did for me. I knew it impacted people before I watched it, but I didn’t expect to be one of them and I was! My mindset on life is just a little different now, but it completely changes how I look at everything and how I can find my happiness again. If you’ve been having a hard time remembering how to be happy, maybe you can relate to me. My happiness changed as soon as my dreams and goals got bigger – maybe it’s just because I forgot that there is already SO much in front of me. I just needed that reminder from a whole bunch of influences and maybe you could use the reminder too :) Comment below if you saw the movie Soul and share how it impacted you! If not, watch it and come back and share!
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