If any of you have teenage kids or follow social media, you know they are all out there trying to “live their best life”. Whenever I tell my kids they can’t do something, they reply quite sarcastically, “Mom, why won’t you let me live my best life?” Sounds like great advice to me, so why aren’t we all doing it??
I am fresh off a family vacation in Cabo where I was hoping to live my best life until on my son’s 15th birthday, I took a spill (while Salsa dancing, that’s my story and I”m sticking with it) and fractured my ankle. Good news is the cast will be off before my 50th birthday, so I can live to dance another day 💃🏼 Since that day last week, and before I knew it was broke, I continued to enjoy vacation going on a snorkeling cruise with my family, floating up to the swim up bar and partaking in one of the best Italian meals I’ve had in a long time (yes in Mexico). As a result, I have earned the affectionate title from family and friends of “trouper”. Which of course, got me singing… 🎵 (you too, admit it)
“Super Trouper lights are gonna find me
Shining like the sun
Smiling, having fun
Feeling like a number one”
I’ll be honest, there was a moment in time when I started to feel down while sitting in the orthopaedic office watching the woman put on my red cast. But I made a conscious choice to live up to my name, and persist through the pain without complaining. This setback has given me a week to catch up on administrative duties that I would have otherwise procrastinated on. Also, I read an article on LinkedIn yesterday that said if you aren’t spending at least 5 hours a week learning, you are being irresponsible. Well call me responsible, because not being able to drive to appointments has given me more time to read and listen to podcasts. Last, but certainly not least, there is great satisfaction in having your teenage children wait on you hand and foot (for a change) and be your personal Uber driver. If life has taught me anything, it’s that self-pity and playing the victim is a complete waste of time. It also cramps your style while trying to live your best life which we all should do. Thus, be a super trouper and turn your setback, whatever it may be, into a comeback where you find yourself smiling, having fun and feeling like a number one.
