Mid Life Wednesday

Mid Life Wednesday. Hump day is the traditional term many Americans use to describe the middle day of the work week.

Just get over the hump. Get through Wednesday. Then the weekend will be almost here.

There have been jobs in my life where I felt like that and jobs where I didn’t.

“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night.  In between, I occupy myself as best I can”. Cary Grant

Mid life is sort of like hump day.  We try to get through life as best we can. If we’re careful, we can get to mid life and have a good grasp on who we are and where we’re headed.

However, if you’re like me, you’ll find yourself asking, “Is this all there is? There’s got to be more”.

Whether it’s hump day, Monday, Friday or even the weekend, I promise to live in the moment.  As best I can, I make that promise with good intentions.

What I have discovered, by the way, is that there is so much more than I ever thought was possible.

I’m the CEO of Me, Inc.

Same with you. It’s up to you to feel this way. Mid life is about accepting responsibility for your outcomes and then working very hard to choose the right path for the outcomes you seek.

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

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Mid Life Tuesday

Mid Life Tuesday. Two-fer Tuesday.

During my college years 1977 – 1983, there was a classic rock station in Philadelphia, WMMR 93.3. Zeppelin, The Who, Doors, Rolling Stones, Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Genesis, Foghat, CCR, BTO, ELO, REO, Bad Company, Black Sabbath – you get the picture.

Tuesdays were a double shot, or two songs by the same artist for the price of one. Here ya go, two-fer Tuesday:

“One’s action ought to come out of an achieved stillness; not a mere rushing on”. — D. H. Lawrence

“I think in every country that there is at least one executive who is scared of going crazy”. — Joseph Heller

Makes me wonder,  “How many people are walking around, just a few steps away from a meltdown”?

If we can’t learn to be still, we can’t heal ourselves from the mid life crisis that leads to going crazy.

If not today, when? If not this week, when? If not this month, when? This year? Then when?

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Carpe Diem and Be Inspired

Carpe diem and be inspired.

Mid Life is a wonderful opportunity to challenge yourself to do things you’ve always wanted to, but were:

  • Too busy
  • Too scared
  • Tried but failed
  • Thought were impossible
  • Foolish
  • Blah, blah, blah

There’s always going to be reasons to make you hesitate, quit, or chicken out.

What would it take for you to overcome this?  These are the questions and the challenge I place before myself.

Would you like a seat at the same table?

If so, then make today the day you stretch yourself. Do one small thing you’ve always wanted to do.

Do it. You can. You can do it.

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

PS.  Personally, I think regret stinks.

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