A Quick Reminder
I am swamped this week, as I prepare for two big “rocks” that I’ve been pushing uphill:
- I am joining the Turquoise Trail Studio Tour the next two weekends. That has involved ordering all kinds of fine art photographic prints, deep cleaning from floor to ceiling, painting new walls to hang art, and massive re-arranging to make room for my guests!
- Tomorrow, I have the first official group critique of Draft 1 for my memoir that I’ve been writing for the past 8 months. I turned in 96 pages and have over 100 line edits to digest before the critique.
So I’m sharing a list I discovered a few weeks ago and have been saving for a post here on Mindset. For now, these are so potent that I believe they can stand on their own, in my time-limited state today.I’d love to hear from you which one you are willing to put some real muscle into this week. It would make for some really fun and useful discussion in next week’s post! Feel free to email me or leave a comment on the post.
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
- “I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
- “I wish I hadn't worked so hard.”
- “I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.”
- “I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.”
- “I wish I had let myself be happier.”
This list is provided by the National Institutes of Health, and is based on a book by Australian caregiver, Bronnie Ware. Read more about Bronnie’s experience here.
Why cultivate an empowering mindset if we can’t take advice from the dying? They have a unique and clarifying point of view, that many of us can conveniently ignore on a daily basis, much to our individual and collective loss.
I’m choosing #1 - the courage to live a life true to myself. And I look forward to practicing the other four, too. Thank you for your ongoing support and understanding! ❤️