Opportunities Baby!

Opportunities Baby!
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Time is incredibly fascinating.

Every decision you make is a decision that can never be undone. Every step you take is a step taken, written into your story. Every word you are reading can never be unread, everything said can never be unsaid, and everything done never undone. This is the passage of time. And time is fricking crazy.

Have you ever been wondering what would have happened if you chose another career path? If you'd be in a relationship with someone (else)? If you'd just start travelling somewhere and never come back?

There are so many paths you could choose. Even right now.

Every decision you make has an impact. Even small decisions matter. Because we usually repeat small decisions a lot.

The fact that there are millions and millions of decisions you make every day, mostly unconsciously, is crazy.

All decisions lead you in a direction.

If the direction will be good or bad, you'll see down the road. You try your best to make a decision that will most likely be good (ex. going to the gym), but who knows if this is the right thing for you?

Maybe you'll hate the gym, and therefore assume that you hate sport. Then you'll never do something sportive again, start some unhealthy hobbies instead, become fat and ugly and die. Meanwhile, in a parallel universe you said "I don't like the gym, let's try something else", you discover swimming, and you become a world champion.

However, most big decisions start with small decisions.

The decision to join a singing contest will occur after many daily decisions to train your voice for 20 minutes. The decision to go travelling occurs after making enough money to actually go somewhere. The decision to compete at the Olympics as a swimmer occurs after countless days of training.

Noticed how I always use “Decision” instead of “Opportunities”?

This is because everything you do is a decision, and opportunities are the gateway to a cool decision you can take. Not all opportunities are worth your time, but taking an opportunity is also always a decision.

Great decisions create great opportunities

If you are not in the place in life where you want to be yet, it’s because of the decisions you make every single day. The habits you blindly follow. The path you take.

Take responsibility. Responsibility will set you free.

Responsibility means you have the power to choose. You might be in a great place in life, you might be in a garbage hole. Take responsibility in any case. What can you change? What decisions will lead you into the right direction?

Which decision is fucking you over? Do you need to drop this decision, or just change course a bit?

Which decision didn’t you make yet?

Dreams give you hope. Decisions give you a direction towards those dreams.

If you don’t decide your own fate, someone else will.

You don’t have to start big. Start with actually going to bed when you tell yourself you’ll go.

Small decisions lead to big impacts. Decisions you take every day will change you.

And don’t be afraid of making wrong decisions. It’s better to screw it up a few times and learning from it, then to be stagnant in place and wondering why nothing is changing, and the world is shit.

So be brave enough to take ownership in every part of your life. You are the captain, baby!

My Song of the week

Mirage is crazy. I don't even play Assassin's Creed, but this song is a banger!

Thank you so much for reading today's blog post. I wish you an amazing week!

Much Love,

Kim

P.S: If you had something come up during reading this blog post where you thought “This is something I have been ignoring for a long time”, stop everything you are doing right now, and make a decision: What will you do? Keep ignoring it forever, or do something about it?