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What Happens Next?

Allentown, Not Helsinki
Allentown, Not Helsinki

How often do we spend time taking a moment looking ahead?

Not talking about mid-morning, trying to decide where to go for lunch and with whom, even though that can qualify as an important decision.

Rather, looking ahead ten years.

What?

It’s hard isn’t it? That’s why we rarely, if ever, give it considerable thought.

Considerable thought.

Substantial thought.

The long and hard discussion with ourselves about our future.

It’s like reaching the top of Maslow’s pyramid.

I’ll be spending several precious days with a couple of 80-somethings. Wonder what we’ll talk about.

Geek, Jock, Monk, King

Geek, Jock, Monk, King
Geek, Jock, Monk, King

How much time do you spend on your back up plan?

Is your future dream your backup plan?  So like, when you retire, then are you planning to get cracking on the next stage of your life?

Too late!

Much too late.

As I was sharing the Mid Life Celebration vision with my banker two days ago, it simply came out of my mouth:

“People think balance is either/or, when actually, it’s all four. Too much focus in this one makes you a geek, too much here makes you a jock, here, a monk, and here, a king.”

How Much Is Enough?

What Does Balance Mean To You?
What Does Balance Mean To You?

How much is enough?

Was speaking with my Banker friend yesterday.

As he was listening to the vision of Mid Life Celebration, you could see and feel his interest in it’s long-term dream.

The Mid Life Celebration dream is so far out there, it seems impossible.

And yet, at it’s very core, it’s so ridiculously simple and painfully obvious.

It’s the solution to life.

The Banker reminded me that “wealth” in one area doesn’t mean overall wealth, doesn’t mean balanced wealth.

And without balanced wealth, what do you think you get out of life?

At What Cost?

Life Changing Transformational Changes
Life Changing Transformational Changes

At what cost will we agree to make significant change?

This question is based on the painfully obvious assumption that most adults are searching for meaning in at least one, if not all, of these big life choices:

  • Mental Clarity
  • Physical Wellness
  • Spiritual Peace
  • Financial Security

What makes this nearly impossible for well-intentioned adults is how overwhelming it feels to begin making life changing transformational changes.

Because of this, most give up, even though they never admit it.