Forty eight hours

What are your top priorities in life?

I had a super day at the Vitality show in London last week. I listened to a fellow life coach talk about a subject very close to my heart ‘Making time for yourself’. She posed an interesting question to the group…If we only had 48 hours left how would you spend the time? Blimey, makes you think doesn’t it.

Ideas came rushing into my head immediately, it suddenly became a really fun creative exercise. It would probably be for me something like, wake up early and watch the sun rise with my beloved, organise a fancy dress party with friends and family (always wanted to hire a venue and have a themed fancy dress party), drive to the countryside then have a hot air balloon over some beautiful landscape, eat some of my favourite meals including my mum’s delicious roast dinner followed by lots of pampering and yoga.

Fantastic, feel motivated to organise it right this minute.

So with 48 hours left what would you do? How would you spend your time? How would you make it memorable?

I found it a really great exercise to see what’s truly important in life and where our real priorities lie.

One of my aims for 2011 was to get some balance back in my life again. Although I love my work to bits I also wanted to devote more time to myself and spend more time with my loved ones. It really has paid off, I feel much more connected again and now ready for some exciting new work opportunities.

So, if life is all work and no play, how can you re-balance your priorities? What would you like to be doing more of? What friends would you love to catch up with? A good conversation over coffee, beer (a good English custom!) or dinner is great for putting everything back into perspective.

So get yourself back in the driving seat again (if you fallen into the passenger seat) and enjoy how you spend your time without feeling guilty.

You only live once!