Recognising Seasons and Opportunities

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When looking at, and evaluating your life, there can be a lot of frustration and a need for things to happen immediately. This burning desire, which is a positive thing, can easily transform into a doubt about yourself and the reasons why you haven’t accomplished X, Y and Z by now. However, at times we fail to recognise certain seasons within our lives – and the opportunities that are best capitalised during those seasons.

This can be a case of illness preventing you from being at your physical optimum, however, with the right mindset, it can be a season of holistic renewal and healing with a focus on diet and nutrition instead. So, rather than basking in the frustration of the apparent boundaries that accompany life’s many unexpected turns, try to step back and recognise the opportunities for improvement that naturally accompany your ‘season’ that can still lead you to your goal and enable you to build depth and understanding in other ways.

Perhaps you have been single for longer than you would have liked – instead of placing pressure on yourself (and often subconsciously others), learn to develop yourself to become your definition of incredible – new hobbies, new skills – use the extra time that so many don’t have to take incredible steps towards other life goals. This will often distract you so much that you won’t even find yourself thinking about what’s “missing” and you may even find it inconvenient when you DO meet someone!

Perhaps you are in the middle of a study season – at high school or university – and all you feel like doing is travelling and developing yourself physically. Recognise the opportunities to incorporate physical freedom, but also the benefits of applying yourself to the season that you are in within the moment, too. It will soon pass and you will be grateful that you had the mental discipline and stamina to give it your all while the opportunity presents itself.

With this mindset, you will not find yourself ‘wishing away’ your hours, days and weeks, but you will find yourself capitalising on your time and the benefits will pleasantly surprise you!