Some day when I …..One day when I……Why not today?

 

I used to make that open-ended promise to myself all the time:

One day when the kids are grown………..

Some day when I have the time………..

Once I am retired……………….  

As a single mom of two kids I lived on a tight schedule. Time was precious, so putting of some great plan into the future was not unusual.

 By the time my kids left the nest, I had postponed so many good ideas I had forgotten what they were. I don’t feel guilty but a little sad that I can’t even remember now what I dreamed about then.

I can’t help but wonder: could they have changed my life?

Should I have made some time to give them some thought?

Don’t make the same mistake I made. Please write them down. Record what triggered the insight and why you thought it was a great idea. It may reveal a part of you, your ingenuity,  your creativity,  that may guide you later on… one day.

Here is my whisper for today:

Keep a little note book or a recorder within reach.

When you want to put something on that -Some Day- list, capture it right then and there.

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