Our lives can be split into so many different chapters, different stages, moving on, moving away, growing up, growing old and ultimately becoming who we are meant to be.  Things seem to go by so quickly, one minute we're here, than all of a sudden our lives are in completely different places.  There is so much that goes on every day, every hour, every minute of every day.  To look back we can think about how much time is wasted, how many opportunities are seized and are we doing things with our lives that deep down we want to do.  The more I think I can't help but wonder; Are we so busy 'living' our lives that we're too busy to experience the things that can make us a better person?

So much has taken place over the past few months I'm really not sure where to start.  I have moved across into the Mobility Device Sales Specialist role within Telstra Business here in Brisbane.  It's a full on job, I feel like I work so much harder in this role than I did as an Account Executive.  The constant emails, the constant requests, Analysis spreadsheets one after the other makes the days flow and things just seem to blur and mix together like a kaleidoscope.  It's like I have woken up and months have passed and I feel like I'm in the same space I was when I shut my eyes.  It's now come to the stage where I have had to make a change.

How many of you have wondered where time has got to?  It seems like as we get older that time seems to move faster and we don't have as much time as we used to?  Why is that?  I think that even though we have the same amount of hours in a day, we have begun to jam so much into it that we lose track of what is really important and expect more from ourselves based on the fact we're older and should be able to handle everything that life throws at us.  We all have gone through a lot this year, we have all learnt, all grown and all become closer to who we want to be. The question we all still face is; are we where we thought we would be at this stage of our lives, or are we lagging behind?

Over the past few months many decisions have presented themselves, many that I have broached before and was able to put out of my mind for some reason or another.  The most recent is that I am going to be relocating my entire life down to Melbourne.  For so long I have wanted to make the move, things were always going to be holding me back and keeping me here, but for some reason things are different, I've lived more and realised that there is more to life and the things that were keeping me here aren't as significant as they once seemed.  After a 2.5 hour plane ride I realised, my old life wouldn't be so far behind, that I am going to be just a few steps ahead of that where I am doing what I have always wanted to do and be the person I want to be.  Yes, I am moving.

All of a sudden there is a whole new world open to me.  I have the opportunity to have a clean slate in a place where I only know a few people and no one knows what I am truly capable of.  Work will be at a stage where all they have heard is stories, they've never experienced who I am and what I can do first hand and I have the biggest opportunity to blow them away.  Here in Brisbane I have impressed so far, with what I have implemented and the way I interact with my team.  Melbourne, really, watch out.. I'm coming..

Although this entry is short and sweet it plays to the theme of really taking opportunities for what they are, living in the moment and really looking into yourself to what you really want to do with your life and truly live.  Life is the sum of all our experiences, and if we are unable to experience those things we truly want to explore, what kind of life is that going to amount to?  I say that we should be taking all these opportunities by the horns, listening to our gut instincts and living in the moment.  Ask yourself, how many things have you let slip by because you just weren't sure?  How much better could your life be if you really did what you wanted to do and actually lived the life that you have been given?  Because really, if you don't and you're disappointed, who else can you blame?

Mik ;)