One summer, I was invited to six (6) weddings!
Three of those weddings were on the same day. Luckily, I wasn’t close to one of the inviters (an “easy-no”), but I really wanted to attend the other two weddings happening on the same day.
Technically I attended five weddings that summer, but in reality I attended three weddings with presence. I was frazzled with the “two weddings-in-one-day non-choice” and ended up spending more time stuck in traffic than slurping oysters and catching up with old friends.
If you are presented with two worthwhile events that happen at roughly the same time, what do you do?
Do you try to divide your energy and time to do a little of both?
Or do you make a choice and do just one?
Or maybe you do neither and stay at home and enjoy a mug of tea and a great book (just saying, you have choices)!
In life, there are many things that are worth exploring. In reality, you will have more in your “yes pile” than you could ever hope to do in a lifetime.
But if you divide your energy and time too many ways, you also divide your presence, enjoyment, and pleasure.
If I now have a choice between something I love 9/10 with something I love 10/10, I will go with the 10/10 and let go of the 9/10 experience without any disappointment. I’m okay with missing out. I prefer to make a difficult choice upfront, then pour all my attention and energy to the path I’ve chosen.
It’s simpler.
Question: “how will you decide what gets your precious energy and time?”
