Post-Fourth, Look Ahead (Not Behind)

After a few days off with some red, white and blue, Independence and freedom have taken on new meaning in my life.

I came across an email a friend had sent me that summed up the glorious holiday to-date. The theme? Looking Ahead—Never Behind. How many road blocks have you come up against on your life’s journey or weight-loss journey? How many excuses have you had? You know, the excuses which keep you from being healthy and truly happy, the best you. We all have excuses, and we all find a way of exercising them which in turn, keeps us from being the best we can be. Amanda Steinberg, DailyWorth founder, made a holiday list of excuses you’ll want to free yourself from in her essay titled: Woman With American Flag.

“So you have $80,000 in student-loan debt for a degree you’re not using.

So you ignored your credit-card payments for three months because you wanted to send your kid to summer camp, and your credit score took a massive hit.

So you got divorced and traded the retirement fund for the house, which is now worth $100,000 less than you paid for it.

So you quit your job only to learn that running a business isn’t as simple as you thought it would be.

And it’s all you can think about.

It’s time to take some liberties:

Liberation from guilt.

Freedom from anger.

Emancipation from self-negating thoughts like, “WHY AM I SO BAD WITH MONEY?”

We’ve all made mistakes. We’ve all made poor choices. And many of us didn’t even realize the consequences of our actions until the Recession laid bare all our excesses, all our ignorance, all our errors.

But it’s time to stop living in the past, regretting your choices and feeling guilty, irresponsible, frustrated, fearful, and stuck.

It’s time to move forward—and create a better, smarter, more empowered future.

This Independence Day, liberate yourself from the past and pledge allegiance to taking a huge leap forward into knowing your worth.”

So… My question to you is, do you think your worth it after this Fourth?

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