Enjoy the ride

Now, I'm not a big roller coaster fan but Matthew and Amy love them.

Yesterday I had one of those moments of realisation as I sat on a Coaster waiting to be launched around the track.

I had the power to choose whether to get on the coaster or not! I had chosen to get on because I wanted to be part of the family fun. In the past, once I had made the choice to get on, I sat in dread every moment of the ride.

That's when it struck me, I could also choose to enjoy the ride, I was choosing to hate it even though I had committed to going on the journey.

The only thing stopping me enjoying it was the story I was telling myself about how much I would hate it.

I changed my state of mind and relaxed. For the first time I really enjoyed the ride!

For years I have hated these rides because I felt I was out of control. Suddenly I realised I am in total control of my state of mind.

Thinking this through I realised that this is true for everything in life, we decide to commit to things then spend our time worrying about the decision rather than enjoying the experience.

Enjoy your ride

Mark


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Location:Langham Dr,Davenport,United States

Enjoying my Family

We are currently on a Family Vacation in Florida enjoying the Easter School holidays with our two teenage children.

Orlando has been a favourite destination for our family over the past 12 years as it has something for everyone and satisfies Matthew and Amy's need to be doing stuff all day long.

We haven't been here for the past 4 years so we were both excited and uncertain about how our now teenage children would enjoy it.

It has been fantastic so far, it has brought many happy memories back to us and we are enjoying all the big rollercoasters we were too nervous to ride in the past!

It has been very different though. Our children are no longer surprised about what's around the corner and they now know when they have had enough.

We had a great chat last night in the hot tub and we all agreed that the most important thing about a vacation isn't the destination it is about spending good quality time with each other, something we forget to do when we are home!

Enjoy the Easter holidays!

Mark




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Location:Langham Dr,Davenport,United States

Enjoy each step

Five years ago we bought an old, turn of the century, house. It was in a bit of a state and needed a complete refurbishment. We had a clear vision of how it would look when we finished it and for the first six months we lived in a rented house while we got all of the mess out of the way.

Unfortunately we were naive in renovating houses, the builders did a bad job and ripped us off financially. It has taken four and a half years to get back to where we should have been.

I have now adopted a different attitude towards the house. We still have a clear vision of the finished house however instead of beating ourselves up because we haven't achieved it we set ourselves next step objectives.

My next objective is to finish the hall and utility in the basement, I should have this completely finished in a couple of weeks. The house won't be finished but at least we can enjoy finishing that task.

I am always daunted by big tasks so I have decided to focus on the next step, after all each marathon is won one step at a time, each blog is written one word at a time.

Enjoy completing your next step

Until next time, enjoy yourself!


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Location:Worksop

Enjoy old age

Apparently over 10 million people alive in the UK today will live to over 100! That's a staggering increase on the current number of around 9,000.

The good news is that we will probably enjoy good health in old age. I think this is fantastic news and we are starting to think about how we are going to enjoy our time.

One thing we need to consider is how we finance it, most people will work in income paying jobs between the ages of 20 and 65 which means that there are 45 earning years and 55 non earning years assuming they don't live beyond 100 - this got us wondering - are we saving enough?

Enjoy your day

Mark

Location:Glasgow Rd,,United Kingdom

Enjoy iPhone

Here is my first blog from my iPhone. I bought my phone as a bit of a toy if I'm honest but now I don't know how I managed without it. More on phones an life later.

Enjoy yourself

Mark


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Location:Sparken Hill,Clumber and Hardwick,United Kingdom