A wise boss of mine once said “Make it up? How are you going to ‘make up’ missing sales plan from today? You can’t get those customers back. The new people walking in, sure you can capitalize on them but you can NEVER get back the missed opportunity that walked out the door”.

That was a year and a half ago and every time I miss a goal of mine I think about how true those words are.
How easy is it to become complacent and justify our daily shortcomings with “I can make it up tomorrow”. Or, “I can clean the dishes/study/tackle the ever growing to-do list tomorrow” or “I can be a better wife tomorrow”.

Ouch. Yeah I said it.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been a shitty wife in the (almost) 5 years I’ve been married. I’ve let my frustration & anger get the best of me. I’ve let my husband “put in the work” so to speak in our relationship while I sat back and did what was important TO ME (workout, eat super healthy, play on my phone, etc).
I’ve let attending mass on Sunday morning slide down the list of priorities. I’ve let the laundry & dishes pile up too long before taking care of it. I’ve let the dogs whine in the middle of the night until my husband rolled over to take them out.

I’ve let distractions get in the way.
I’ve let pride get in the way.
I’ve let selfishness get in the way.

Until I decided to stop. What would happen if I stopped thinking I could “fix it later”?

When you get into a heated argument and say things you don’t mean– why feel guilty? You can just make it up to him/her later right?
Why get up and tackle the laundry and dishes when you can do it later? Perusing Instagram and Facebook is way more fulfilling at the moment and chores are a bore. Besides, you can do it later.

But what if you stopped wasting time “making it up”. All those stupid arguments and insignificant distractions are wasted minutes. Minutes you can never get back (kind of like those prepaid cell phones minutes– are those still a thing?!) And I don’t know about you but for me, time is running out & I don’t have minutes to waste!

What if instead, you focused on ADDING minutes to your life.
When you don’t waste time bickering with your spouse, or being consumed in social media, or spending all day shopping (in store or online) for things you don’t need with money you don’t have- you are actually ADDING minutes to your life!
You will have more time to spend with the people who matter most. You will have more money when you stop impulse buying/ overspending and can visit family more or take that trip you’ve been dying to take, and have SOMETHING REAL to share with people.

Stop subtracting minutes.

Start adding time to your life❤