What’s Important to You?
Have you ever played the “If today was your last day” game? Where, with your (pretend) impending death you look hard at your life and priorities? Some may consider the “what-if” morbid (“live every day like it’s your last day!”) or in poor taste (“Why focus on dying?”); I find it a welcome, bracing wake-up call, like jumping into a cold pool. It may be shocking to your system, but it’s also surprisingly refreshing.
What would I do? Well, I’d teleport myself to a tropical island, for one. But when I’m lounging on my deck overlooking white sand and turquoise ocean? I’d be writing. I’m not saying this because I love writing so much that I can’t wait to dive into it every spare minute I have. Au contraire, mes amis. I avoid writing as much as the next, well, writer. 🙂 But there’s a story I love to work on—one I may not even show anyone when it’s complete. It’s a labour of love, that I enjoy without any pressure of finding a publisher or readership or sales or marketing. That’s the story I’d want to finish if today were my last day. That’s the pleasure I wish for you with your own writing.
And if writing isn’t on your list? That’s okay!! Because (God—or Higher Power—willing) you’ll have many, many more days before your last one to write when you want to or when you can. Your stories will always be there waiting for you.