"Time is on my side." The Rolling Stones
I don't know how the Stones did it, but they obviously found a way to keep time on their side. In an age of planes, trains, cars, and buses...people still find it hard to get to places on time, or to find time to accomplish things. Whether you want to go to the movies with friends, or watch your favorite TV Show, it seems like something always comes up...no matter how prepared you try to be. Maybe one of your friends finds out they had a prior engagement that totally slipped their mind, or perhaps you get caught up working late and miss that episode of Modern Family you were so looking forward to watching all week long. We can budget our time all we want to, but the truth is there will always be something that comes up where we have to make a choice. Do I go and work ahead on my homework, or go out to the football game with my friends? Should I go see her tonight even though I'm sick? Or do I get some much needed rest and not risk feeling worse tomorrow? Life is all about making choices. Whatever those choices may be, it's about sacrificing one thing for something else. Like right now...I could be working on homework, but instead I have decided to write a blog entry. Likewise with regards to you, instead of reading my blog right now you could be watching TV, spending time with your family, having fun outside in the rain...bottom line is that things always seem to come up, decisions always have to be made, and so many times when these two things occur we get stressed out.
We always strive to make the right choices. It's human nature to want to be right all the time, and desire to have control over all aspects of our lives. Therefore when something doesn't go our way, or we miss out doing one thing for something else we can feel pressure, and with the pressure comes stress, which can be extremely unhealthy. Bottom line is this...you only have so much control over your life. I don't care who you are, there's only so much you can control. However, in order to maximize controlling potential, one must be confident in the choices they make and not think too much over those choices. So what you decided to study instead of go workout? DEAL WITH IT..and move on. Life is only so long, so why spend most of it worrying about the decisions you've already made, and the little things you have no control over?
I don't know how the Stones did it, but they obviously found a way to keep time on their side. In an age of planes, trains, cars, and buses...people still find it hard to get to places on time, or to find time to accomplish things. Whether you want to go to the movies with friends, or watch your favorite TV Show, it seems like something always comes up...no matter how prepared you try to be. Maybe one of your friends finds out they had a prior engagement that totally slipped their mind, or perhaps you get caught up working late and miss that episode of Modern Family you were so looking forward to watching all week long. We can budget our time all we want to, but the truth is there will always be something that comes up where we have to make a choice. Do I go and work ahead on my homework, or go out to the football game with my friends? Should I go see her tonight even though I'm sick? Or do I get some much needed rest and not risk feeling worse tomorrow? Life is all about making choices. Whatever those choices may be, it's about sacrificing one thing for something else. Like right now...I could be working on homework, but instead I have decided to write a blog entry. Likewise with regards to you, instead of reading my blog right now you could be watching TV, spending time with your family, having fun outside in the rain...bottom line is that things always seem to come up, decisions always have to be made, and so many times when these two things occur we get stressed out.
We always strive to make the right choices. It's human nature to want to be right all the time, and desire to have control over all aspects of our lives. Therefore when something doesn't go our way, or we miss out doing one thing for something else we can feel pressure, and with the pressure comes stress, which can be extremely unhealthy. Bottom line is this...you only have so much control over your life. I don't care who you are, there's only so much you can control. However, in order to maximize controlling potential, one must be confident in the choices they make and not think too much over those choices. So what you decided to study instead of go workout? DEAL WITH IT..and move on. Life is only so long, so why spend most of it worrying about the decisions you've already made, and the little things you have no control over?
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