Stop Putting Your Life on Hold

We often have a long list of things we want tobefore having a child sounds great if you invest
have in our lives before we think we'll be readyenergy into the "American Dream." You can have
for the main thing we want. As an example,a child while you live in an apartment, and continue
many people say that they don't want to besaving and safely investing your money. At a later
married until they earn "x" dollars. Others say thattime, when you find the right house for the right
they want to own a home before having children.price and you won't be in so much debt, you can
We may state that we don't want to meet thebuy the house then. What's the difference to the
"right" person for us until we are done withchild if he sleeps in an apartment or sleeps in a
school, have been single for "x" years or somehouse?
other variation of these thoughts.Let go of these self-imposed restrictions on your
What we are doing here is like driving down ahappiness. Are you really going to turn down the
street, wanting to get to the end, pulling overright guy or girl when they come into your life
towards the middle of the street, setting up abecause you haven't reached your goal of going
bunch of road blocks for ourselves, and thenon dates with 50 people? Are you going to put
waiting for the roadblocks to "auto-magically"off a marriage you really want to be a part of
disappear. We do this time and time again tobecause your salary isn't where you want it to
ourselves. We know what we want our ultimatebe? (especially if you are already living together?)
destiny to be, but we have 10 other things thatThese types of "needs" get in the way of what
we care much less about that we want in placeyou really want for yourself. In a way, you are
first.putting your life on hold until other things are
Most of the time, those obstacles we put in ourpresent in it. That is not keeping with living in the
own way are things that society at large sayspresent. Let go and flow. It is the only way to live
should be there. For example, owning a homecompletely for today.