What is your guiding post? What gives you the inner motivation to live in a way that is aligned with your values?

I want to be fully present in my life and find the joy every single day – even when things are feeling hard.

Not wishing or waiting for something to happen. Not stewing about something in the past. Not getting so caught up in goals that I forget to appreciate what I have now.

To connect in a deep way with the people around me in the everyday moments. To be kind to myself and others.

What helps me keep this perspective?

Funerals often remind us that life is short. I try to live with that perspective every single day. This is my guiding post.

I do not want to be a person who needs something bad to happen to slow down, be more present, and be the person I want to be.

So every day and moments when I am feeling frustrated with something I can’t seem to shake, I ask myself: what if this were my last day alive? What if someone I love was gone tomorrow, like my husband or kids?

It instantly centers me. It keeps me grateful for everything I have. And to not settle and keep taking action toward what I want for my life.

This isn’t to live in fear that something bad may happen. It is to live life with more presence and joy. Even when things are feeling hard.

What’s your guiding post?

What Next?

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Stacey L. Olson is a Leadership and Certified Positive Psychology Coach, has 15 years of corporate experience and has gone through her own transformational change from burning out to balanced in life while performing at a high level (both in her corporate career and own business). She works with professionals who want to work less, live more and be their best even with all the demands, high expectations and messiness of everyday life. Stacey is the founder of The Balanced Leader™ program and offers executive and leadership coaching, workshops, and speaking.