What are the Possibilities?

When you consider Life Planning what do you envision your life to be?

When you consider planning for the end, how does it make you feel?

Do you hesitate or procrastinate?... What is your reason? What is your excuse?

Over the past week, I have had the pleasure to speak with several people interested in the work of Living Legacy. Many don't like to consider an end - whether for life or business. Yet when we explore their concern, it is often a perception that this kind of planning should only be done when at the end. The fear of doing it now is often that by starting it might result in them getting it wrong or that they may be opening themselves up to the reality of a worst case scenario.  I had my own accident 8 years ago that I recently realised was stopping me from doing things I had longed to try, as I feared the potential of further pain. I had convinced myself I had to live in pain which couldn't allow me to truly enjoy living my life. I was energetically carrying around the potential of the 'what if' so once I let it go the possibility now is joy. 

Yet end-of-life planning, succession planning, is just life and business planning in and of itself. For life and business we all want to get organised and feel that we are on top of our responsibilities and dream of not having a care in the world. Yet when invited to put that into practice people often hesitate, procrasinate, and not allow themselves the opportunity to be truly free in how they live. Instead of giving it focus now, they energetically carry around this load as a 'should', and the longer they avoid in tackling it, the more stressful the undertaking will likely become. Consider how things could be once you have your plans in place - free from the burden of 'must dos' and 'should dos'. Plans inevitably need to be reviewed and revised, they aren't just a once off, so making peace with this will hopefully alievete the feared sense of finality in undertaking your advance planning's commencement.

Consider the planning that goes in to organising a wedding. The expectation is immense to have a great day. Yet the wedding is just the beginning for a lifetime filled with hoped-for joy. But the work that goes in to planning that one day is enriched with excitement in starting something new, even with its own stresses and dramas, but it's about the possibility. Nothing is plain sailing in starting or in an ending. So start thinking of your life with a sense of wonder and delight to explore, so you can get yourself organised and ready to truly start living.

Yet our attitude to death can be our attitude to living life. In this work, it's really just about taking account of what you have connected to you, what you want to change, let go, and organise. When you consider that end of life planning may have you feeling sad or scared, then how do you feel if you consider planning for your life yet to live? 

I turn 50 this year. When I was younger I was sure I would be doing X, Y, Z’ by now… Yet here is where I am at. And I'm delighted. Some of my earlier life aspirations didn't come through as hoped, yet each detour and redirection led me to incredible experiences and insightful learnings. I am grateful for my life lived to date and excited for my life yet to create.

Last year I had done so much decluttering, planning, and really letting go of what no longer was of value to me, that I realised over the Christmas that there is only so much reflection, planning, and decluttering a person can do, and then it is about getting on with life. So I am now enjoying living and considering the possibilities of what I want to do.

So this motivates me to ask…. What is the possibility for you this year? What are you sure you will do? What are you putting off doing for another day or another reason? What is your excuse not to start? We cannot escape fear, we can however avoid opportunity. Consider the potential of what your life will be like once you have your 'what if' plans in place and create the possibility of fulfillment in the path ahead.

I have many ideas for what I want to achieve with Living Legacy and for my life, so if you want to explore the possibilities and what you want to get done in the year(s) then check out the options below and let's have a call to get started. Also check out the end of this page (on web browser) to access the previous newsletters from last year to help you get started.

I look forward to sharing the journey with you and wish you a fulfilling 2025.

Jen x