{"id":578,"date":"2009-09-14T09:13:56","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T16:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=578"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:19:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:19:53","slug":"is-there-a-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heatherbarton.com\/?p=578","title":{"rendered":"Is there a Tomorrow?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I suppose I’m in “Mid-Life” and I suppose my personal dissatisfaction with my life can be labeled a “crisis”.\u00a0 But I find myself trying to somehow find the incredibly delicate balance between the following two philosophies:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Live each day like there is no tomorrow.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Plan for your future Today.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And frankly these contradict each other.\u00a0\u00a0 If I was really going to live like there was no tomorrow I’d be out having sex with any guy I could get into a bed.\u00a0 I’d eat ice cream and chips and soooo many delicious and very fattening foods.\u00a0 Oh and I’d PARTY!!!\u00a0 \u00a0 I’d call my grandmother and tell her what I REALLY think of her.\u00a0 Then I’d do the same for a whole hell of a lot of people!\u00a0 I’d hug and cuddle my kids and let them do whatever they damn well pleased.\u00a0 Who cares, there’s no tomorrow.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But we all know that the world isn’t going to end tomorrow (it isn’t, is it? I didn’t get any memo, did you?).\u00a0 We work to make sure we have money to survive our immediate future and wish we had more to sock away for the unknown future ahead of us.\u00a0 We plan what to do in emergencies and we organize ourselves so much every moment seems scheduled and planned, even vacations and sex.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So where is the balance between?\u00a0 I think the reason it never feels like I find it, is because its a fluctuating wave.\u00a0 There are some days that are more about planning the future (work, school and that damned homework!).\u00a0 And there are some days when its living for no tomorrow (vacations and weekends… wait I work on those too, damn!).\u00a0\u00a0 It just never seems I’m balancing well between them, just choosing which I’ll do for that day or moment.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Amazingly everyone agrees both of these philosophies are incredibly important and then expect YOU to come up with a way to achieve it within your own life.\u00a0 But realistically you can’t “live like there is no tomorrow” EVERY day because of the consequences.\u00a0 You’re just supposed to APPRECIATE every day like its your last.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But, hell… if I was going to appreciate a day like it was my last… see above paragraph about what I’d do!\u00a0 Because at the end of that day, I’d surely be appreciating it!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

And probably walking a little funny.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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