In the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Zaphod Beeblebrox made a profound comment.  Life, he says, is wasted on the living.  Life should be all about living and achieving things for oneself and for other people. Life incorporates values, health, spirit, relationships, creativity, community, integrity as well as “play”. Far to often we are so consumed with business, time pressures and money worries that life is literally wasted on us.

Most of us would like to leave our mark on the world in one form or another.  However, many of us get stuck in ruts in life.  We are scared to move out of our comfort zone and develop our true potential.  We are prone to cling to the past and its certainties; these feelings and fears are integrity blocks and the concept of “letting go” is an important part of moving forward

The starting point for life planning is working out our deepest and most profound goals and values and this in itself provides the energy and motivation to move onto a different plane.  However, life needs both time and money, probably more of the former than the latter and it is surprising when we work out what our true goals are how little cash we actually need to achieve them

Maria Nemeth poses an interesting question. Which epitaph would you prefer on your headstone: “He died with his in-box empty” or “ Here lies an adventurer”?