Live your best life today

It’s Super Bowl weekend, the end of football season, and the beginning of that stretch of winter where it feels spring will never come. It often seems like a period of waiting. Waiting for ice to melt. Waiting for spring break. Waiting for better weather. In the midst of a pandemic, we’re all waiting to get back to the new normal. Waiting to see our friends and family without worrying about infecting them. Waiting to eat in a restaurant without wearing a Darth Vader ensemble.
But this is all a state of mind that is under our control. We don’t have to wait for tomorrow to come. Today is here and we should make the best of it.

The pandemic has opened some unique opportunities. Working and schooling virtually means you can be anywhere! My family and I decided to take advantage of this. We booked a rental in Florida for as long as we could and planned a trip to the Grand Canyon. We could have waited, but we would have missed a great opportunity to experience a warm winter and a trip of a lifetime!

You can do the same. There are many ways to make the most out of today. Whether it’s planning that trip you’ve always wanted to take, doing a body weight workout in your garage, or simply picking up a book and reading a chapter. You can live the life you want today.

Planning for the future is necessary, but living here and now is the path to fulfillment. Don’t wait for the future to come. Make the moments you will remember. Yes, there are obstacles. Yes, we still have to deal with the tail end of the COVID pandemic. But there are an abundance of opportunities for you to take advantage of if you choose to take action.

Seeing how football season is coming to an end, the quote that hangs in the tunnel at Notre Dame stadium comes to mind: “Play like a champion today.” Waiting is wasting time.

Figure out what you want. Plan how to get it. Then, take action! Pursue your dreams. Live your best life today. To steal a quote from an old friend, “this is the moment. The only moment of all eternity.”

What are you going to do with it?