WHAT IF MONEY WAS NO OBJECT?

. WHAT IF MONEY WAS NO OBJECT? .

Today my friend sent me this video to watch (I urge you to watch it too), a little inspiration and motivation to live out our lives more happily. The inspiration was mostly triggered by the fact we’re often  feeling seriously over worked, under pressure and as a result super stressed and unhappy … Things go round in circles, but more often than not we find ourselves having lost our work life balance, re-evaluating what we’re doing and wishing we could be living out our wildest dreams instead.

Health and happiness are far more important than work. But that strive for success, progression, achievement keeps us slogging away fighting for opportunity and reward.

But what if money was no object? What if we all put our happiness, our health and our passions first? What if …

If money was no object. I’d be CEO and editor in chief of ️mediamarmalade.com FULL TIME, creating the best content I can for my readers and for brands in turn, I’d get myself a puppy immediately, I’d spend time enjoying the outside getting inspired and taking more photos than my memory card can handle, I may even become a photographer on the side, alongside my freelance communications strategy consultancy business of course … But all on my terms, by my rules, because it’s my life. I’d probably live near the sea, because the sea makes me happy. And i’d never let my stress levels get so high they make me poorly. I’d travel as much as I could, skiing, summer holidays, city breaks, last minute adventures at every opportunity … holidays are one of my favourite things, there’s nothing better than exploring new cultures, soaking up the sunshine, and taking some time out to focus on fun, food and family and friends, i’d do this more, more often and visit more places. And the best thing of all is, the richness of my experiences, the inspiration gained and the photos taken on my travels, they would all feed back into my little enterprise mediamarmalade.com, making it all the more inspiring and enjoyable for you guys to read, and hopefully more people too.

In reality all of this is 100% possible, and actually 100% what i am working towards already. But the thing is, to live the life I love, and am accustomed to, to holiday all year round and spend my days blogging, writing and taking photos, looking after a puppy and living out my dreams … well it does require money. Sadly nothing in life is free, rent needs paying, travel needs funding and most things in life comes with a fee … so it’s all about balance.

Work life balance.

Balancing what makes you happy, with working to fund your living, but what Alan Watts says is true … they don’t have to be mutually exclusive. If you do what you love, then you’re passion, determination and motivation will make it succeed, a better balance is achieved because you’re doing what you love, always.

For me the key is to acknowledge that happiness and health comes first, and inclusive of this, for me, is my passions and my loves, – my blog, my friends and family, the seaside, a puppy, holidays. If I spend enough time focussing on these things, life overall will be more happy, less stressed and all the more positive. Equally if I spend more time on my blog, taking photos and being inspired, then hopefully this little piece of the web will become something a little more, something so successful I am able to do it full time, AND maintain the standard of living i’m used to.

“What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it’s a drag? But you see, that’s what people do.” Alan Watts

Here’s to living our dreams. What would you do if money was no object?