2 years of continuous daily blogging and one big lesson.

Yesterday’s blog was my 730th blog in a row. Wow, two years of continuous daily blogs.

This is what I wrote last year, after a year, on the 19 things I had learnt – click here.

The 19 things that I had learnt in the 1st year still remain true.

This year I have learnt one more BIG thing to add to the list.

By blogging every day, it enables me to talk to myself each day and share it. That is powerful.

Hitting publish makes it public and that is great for bravery and accountability and it is scary at times too. But fear is good, it is a motivator and an inspiration.

I feel the good pressure of trying to apply my own advice and trying to live by what I say and that is a hard but a very worthwhile challenge to have in life.

Do I succeed every day? Well, perhaps that is for others to answer, but I know that I don’t every day. However, it is getting even better as the days pass.

Progress is all that we can ask for in life and it is as always the tiny steps and being compassionate to yourself that matter. It is at our own pace and choice.

So in my head, I can say to myself ‘well done Philip’ and give myself a pat on the back.

Now for year 3 and thanks to all of you who take time to read my blogs.

Say what matters now

Today was my Mum’s 80th birthday and we all gathered as a family and celebrated with cards, presents and cake etc.

Afterwards, I took a moment to say some words to celebrate her life and to reminisce and to talk about an amazing life full of achievements and milestones, but also to add about all the things that she had done for me and the family. To thank her and show our collective appreciation.

I’m not saying this to blow my own trumpet, the point is to say the kind things about people now, at this moment, whenever and as often as you can.

Often we wait for funerals to send flowers and more importantly, to say kind words about people who matter.

Show appreciation now, don’t wait, let the people who matter in life hear the kinds words in their ears, as none of us knows what is around the corner.