{"id":1145,"date":"2011-06-23T05:56:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T12:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewliberty.com\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2011-06-23T05:56:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T12:56:54","slug":"all-i-can-do-is-all-i-can-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threeadventure.com\/matthewliberty\/2011\/06\/23\/all-i-can-do-is-all-i-can-do\/","title":{"rendered":"All I Can Do IS All I Can Do"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Time is precious!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Do you ever go through those times where you feel like you don\u2019t have time to catch your breath? I\u2019m sure you do, seems fairly common nowadays. I\u2019ve been feeling that way lately because I\u2019m trying to split my time between two careers that are quite different and demand a lot of my time. So I am writing this to remind myself (and hopefully others find this useful) that all I can do IS all I can do.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve seen our wine blog (www.hootnannieblog.com), or followed some of my writings on this blog, you know that it has been my goal to downsize and find my ideal life. It\u2019s been working great, but this last couple weeks has been so busy that I feel that fog again.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I can typically catch myself before I get to deep into that fog\u2026if I don\u2019t, the fog consumes me and things just get ugly. I like that I can monitor myself most of the time, but I must say it has gotten far easier to do so. As I\u2019ve become committed to living MY life and living a life that is one of fulfillment\u2026I am motivated to stay \u201con task\u201d.<\/p>\n

So, when I started noticing that my mood was sub-par the other day, I stepped back and realized that I was allowing other peoples deadlines and anxiety get to me\u2026of course I did, I want to please people, I want people to be content; and I will usually do whatever I can to make that happen even if it means I suffer. I am here to say NO to these people today and live a life that is stress free, negativity free, and clutter free.<\/p>\n

Whether it is for my business or for me, this is how I operate. There are no deadlines that are worth killing yourself over. There are no deadlines worth having a bad day over. We need to remember that not everybody is reading the same chapter from the same book\u2026so if they expect me to \u201cjump\u201d when they say jump I can\u2019t be angry with them, but I can let them know that I don\u2019t live that way. My life, my marriage, my short time on this Earth, my friends, my sanity, and giving back to my communities are far more important than attempting to meet an unrealistic deadline.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hoping this reminder worked\u2026perspective and priorities. Will this deadline, or issue, or whatever\u2026matter in one year, five years, or ten years? Probably not, but my level of happiness and the little moments I spend with my wife, family, or friends will matter. Don\u2019t let the insignificant things in life rob you of the precious moments that we don\u2019t get enough of anyways!<\/p>\n

Cheers!!<\/p>\n

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