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Reaching the point of consequence

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At some point in life, we all get to the point of consequence.

This point in life is where you realize that your decisions and choices about life have become permanent. They can’t be changed, fixed, done-over, or taken back. What’s done is done.

Your choices of career, life partner, health, and lifestyle are fixed, and realistically it’s too late to start over. The time of long term goal setting has passed.

Hopefully, if you’re lucky, or perhaps particularly wise, this point won’t be until you’re at least well into middle age. And even better, hopefully, you made good decisions up to this point.

But no matter how old or clever you are, this milestone can be sobering and often even unsettling. Suddenly you realize that not only are you not infallible but you also need to accept and do your best with what you have now.

And if any of the choices you made during your life turned out badly now is the time to accept them. It’s the time to grieve lost dreams and goals, maybe cry over mistakes, and mourn opportunities missed.

It’s time to take it one day at a time and to live in the now, like it or not.

One. Day. At. A. Time.

 

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  1. Su Leslie

    December 28, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    Sobering read Amanda. I’m struggling a bit with this at the moment.

    • Amanda Ricks

      December 28, 2019 at 6:16 pm

      Yeah me too. Obviously 🙄

  2. floridaborne

    December 28, 2019 at 6:50 am

    There is a “certain age” for everyone where we stop and take a hard look at our lives. We can choose to laugh at our imperfections and find the beauty in life, or live miserably.

    Strange thing is — a few years back, I played out scenarios in my mind trying to find out what I could have done better. It appears that every mistake and every loss led me to the places I was supposed to be and gave me experiences that helped others later in my life. That provided comfort I can’t adequately explain.

    • Amanda Ricks

      December 28, 2019 at 10:48 am

      I can see how that realization would provide huge relief. I’m currently at a bit of a crossroads on this topic. I’ll keep you updated! Lol

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