09/08/2022
You need to decide when you want your life to be hard?!
Now or later?
I listen to Mindset Mentor podcast every morning, even if there is not a new episode out that morning, I will go back and listen to a old episode that I haven't listened to yet. I absolutely love the podcast.
I have learned so much from Rob Dial on his podcast but I think one of the biggest things I have taken away and appreciate that he talks about is how we get to choose when we want our lives to be difficult. He talks about this all the time and it is so true.
Throughout our life, we make thousands and thousands and thousands of decisions. Some are small such as what are you going to wear or eat that day and others are big as buying a house or getting married. But there is one decision that is just as important. That decision is are you going to have your life be difficult now in your younger years or later in your older years?
Unfortunately, often in today's society, lots of people choose for their lives to be easy now. They want to only have fun, not have to experience anything too challenging or anything that takes them out of their comfort zone and want to just smooth sail. I was guilty of this too until I started my journey of self-development and working on improving myself and my future. What a lot of people don't realize though is by doing this, they are choosing to make their life more difficult when they are older and possibly not as healthy/or able to work. Yikes!
By choosing to not work harder now, not grind more now, and not spend less time partying, going out, and just having fun now, they are taking away their "easy" time from their older version.
Lets look at it the other way, what IF you decided TODAY that you wanted to set yourself up to be as comfortable and successful as you could for your older you? What if you decided today that you want to make sure that when you are older/retired that you don't have to work as much or even at all by a certain age? Let's say 65?
By taking risks on things that make you uncomfortable but could possibly bring you financial freedom or time freedom, choosing to work on that side business, put in extra hours working on the weekends, or learn a new skill instead of going out every weekend (or even a week night), you start to better yourself. You start to become a better quality person but also set yourself up to be more successful and be better off in the future. It isn't fun. It isn't easy. It takes making some sacrifices. But you are making it harder now so that it's easier later.
Would you rather have your 20/30/40 year old self have to work a little harder and a little later now or have your 50/60/70 year old self still be having to work at that age? What if you worked really hard, pushed yourself to your full potential and was able to retire by 55? or 50? All because you put in the extra effort now. Would it be worth it!? By sacrificing a couple years of fun, you could possibly save yourself 15-20 years of working more than you have to!
You have to choose what part of your life you are wanting and willing to be difficult. Now? Or later?
