If i’m lucky, in my life, i’ll see snowdrops bloom 80 times. If i’m extraordinarily fortunate, i’ll see a hundred.

80 times to watch fragile flowers pop through the cold soil and welcome in a new year.

I’m over half way through that.

And yet I rush forward, always forward, not paying attention to the world around me, except when I need to, not stopping to pause and actually live.

Drawing our focus to now is challenging. There’s always something demanding our attention, another thing requiring energy. However, you only have a finite existence, a given number of trips around the sun, a single pot of energy to draw from. Therefore brevity is necessary.

Why waste it on trivia and noise, distractions and reactions to stimuli you cannot control? Why allow pain defined by others create the motivation for you? Ignore the news cycle, unplug from social media, take control.

Be brief in your interactions if they are not part of your overall goals, and give that extra time to the things that matter to you. Cut your expenses so you can give more to what matters. Cut your inputs to optimise your outputs.

Seek support if there are areas that do require input. A therapist for physical restrictions, a medical professional for clinical concerns, a psychologist for mental wellbeing, a coach for positive input.

From that you can grow, move forward, be better.

Optimise the body, upgrade the mind.