What do you do with your 86,400?

29/03/2010 by admin.

All We Have is Now

I know it is sad to admit to this, but yes, I do the Facebook thing occasionally. Well, I went for a visit recently and a good friend of mine had asked the following question:

“OK for those of you who answered the last comment about what you would do with the £86,400 you received daily! The next installment…You all gave it some thought, you seem to have a plan, think about the number, 86,400 why was I so specific? you get 86,400 of these every day….do you place as much thought into planning what you would do with these as you would with £86,400…think about it…what could they be?”

Well, my first attempt was, “Negative Thoughts”, because I know when people are stressed or suffering from anxiety, they activate a lot of ruminative thinking patterns. So feeling fairly pleased with myself I posted my response.

Alas, I was off track and had to rethink my answer and then it occurred to me, it’s all about time. We have 86,400 seconds every day, no more, no less and what do we do with that time to maximise our lives?

That set me to thinking “What do I do to maximise my 86,400?” I thought about how easy it is to just put things off for another day or to make some weak excuse for not following through. It caused me to do a lot of thinking.

I thought about my reasons for being a therapist and helping people to overcome anxiety, fears and phobias, letting go of stress and gaining confidence. I thought about the people I have known and some of whom I loved who have passed away in the recent past. I thought about how in real terms our time is very limited on this stage of our journey. I thought about the “Rocking Chair Test.”

I heard about the Rocking Chair Test while listening to Tony Robbins, a very inspirational and motivational speaker. In short the test is, if you imagine going out into your future and seeing your life through those eyes as you sit in your rocking chair and then reflect on your life.
What would you be pleased about?

What would you regret not having done?
What did you always dream about, but did no more than dream?
This very simple, yet powerful exercise will give you a real wake up call, particularly if you are procrastinating every day.

As Mark Twain once said:

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

Explore…Dream…Discover…

So, start now.

I know now what I am going to do to maximise my 86,400…do you?

Until next time

Take care

Pete

LTW

www.the-confidence-company.co.uk

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