DO NOT BE A PASSENGER IN YOUR OWN LIFE

I know, it has been a while. I set my mind on doing so many blogs in so many days and when I achieved what I set out to do, I stepped away from something that became more of a ‘must’ than a ‘want’. I have decided to get back into my blog because it has become a ‘want’ again. I find it is effective to type out how I feel and things I have experienced or been through because it always turns out to be the case that I am not the only one.

In the changing rooms at work yesterday I was having a conversation about direction in life, as you do. The conversation basically came about when I got asked why I do not do my blog anymore. My response to that since my last post, April 15th, has always been ‘I am thinking about doing it again’. There was always truth in that but ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’ are two very different things. Today is the day though, here I go again.

The conversation about direction in life came about because for the last few months I have felt like a passenger in my own life and not as though I have been in charge of my direction. This is not to say I have been directed by others but I have definitely not taken much control of what I want or seek in life. I want to make it clear that there is no problem with that and I am not frustrated with myself for allowing that to be the case, sometimes, you need to sit back, take everything in and just let life be otherwise you will always be searching never know if you are where you are meant to be.

The key here is I started to notice I have become a passenger. When you reflect on things and notice that they are not quite right, it is time for you to take control of them and make the change. As I have always said and believed, nobody is going to make you do anything for you, you have to do it for yourself. That comes from a ‘want’ to change. For example, imagine your life is a car and you have let somebody into the drivers seat whilst you just sit and allow them to take it wherever they wish. Every so often you will find a reason to enjoy the direction you are headed but deep down you will always know that it is not the way you would have gone had you been the driver.

For the past few months I feel as though I have sat next to a few different drivers and also just been sat on the side of the road for a while whilst other cars drive past. I do not feel like I have wasted time because you are always exactly where you are meant to be but there is definitely a reason why I now notice that something needs to change and that is the plan. Back in the drivers seat I go.

Do you ever feel like a passenger in your own life? Do you ever feel like you are not in control of the direction you are headed?

If so, well done, the hardest thing to do is notice that this is happening to you. The next step is to take control and start yourself off on your own journey or to get yourself back on track. Do not allow yourself to get comfortable being a passenger, then you will die having never really lived.

It is time for you to regain control.

YOU’RE PERFECTLY CAPABLE.