I’m in much better shape than she was at 60 and even in much better shape than most people years younger than me,īut even that didn’t stop me being scared. So over the years I’ve made an effort to learn from her mistakes, Just because you made the wrong decision once, it doesn’t mean you will next time around.Įspecially if you learn from what went wrong first time around.Īt 60, my mum didn’t really exercise at all and ate incredibly unhealthily. Just because one client said no to you and bought from your cheaper competitor instead, it doesn’t mean the next one will. Just because a marketing strategy didn’t work once, it doesn’t mean it won’t work next time you try it, Just because the last consultant you hired didn’t work out it doesn’t mean the next one won’t, Just because you (or someone you know) has failed or fucked up in the past, it doesn’t mean its going to happen again. I’m not sure where I heard it first, but I’ve heard it several times over the years.Īnd no matter how obvious and simplistic it sounds… It’s true and something we often forget. My mum and I have lived very different lives so there is no reason anything remotely similar would happen to me.Ī popular phrase that has done the rounds in the personal development industry is…“The past doesn’t equal the future” There was no logic to the way I was feeling,
The thought left me feeling very vulnerable, fragile… And extremely old.
She died of a heart attack a few years back,Īnd although we’re obviously different people, and live completely different lifestyles. Thing is… My mum wasn’t much older than 60 when she passed away.
I spent the day with my family… And I’m having a party later today with some more close friends.Ī few months ago I was sitting down thinking about how I’d celebrate my 60th,Īnd all of a sudden a thought crossed my mind that scared the shit out of me.īut it was enough to stop my train of thought and leave a sick feeling at the bottom of my stomach.