The Secret of Life: Just Keep Going

The secret of life is easy… just keep going until you get what you want.

Life isn’t over until it’s over. If you just keep going, sooner or later you will get what you want. Sometimes you find a way to shift along the way, but you just keep going.

I got a new job and still have the old job for another two months. I just have to keep going. I’m working without a day off for almost two months. I think my next day off is Thanksgiving, or if I’m lucky the weekend before. I’m good with that. I can make it.

I have the job I want but promised the last job that I would stay on until the end of the year. That’s already changing to look like the middle of November. I’m good with that.

So I just keep going. At first, I thought I was going to have to honor my word and work until the end of the year. My days off would have been Thanksgiving and Christmas. But it’s already looking better. I just have to practice the secret of life, keep going and things will work out.

Pushing forward is the only way to get what you want.

I got my new job two weeks ago and am now putting on weight. I haven’t had the time or energy to work out. That is changing tomorrow. I have a workout scheduled for after work.

My career is back on track, and now I need to keep my workouts, family life, and friendships on track too. Something has to give for now, as I am in a season of work (see my last post on work). If you are going to let one area of your life slip, you have to build up the others and so you can afford some downtime.

I have great family relationships and my friendships are good. If I let those slip a little during my season of work I can pick them up and keep going after this season is over. A season in nature is three months. If you keep to that, you will do fine. When your seasons become longer, it becomes a problem and you might do irreparable damage to those areas.

So master the secret of life, keep going in all areas no matter what happens. Balance yourself in the seven areas of life: Career, Social, Financial, Family, Physical, Mental, and Spiritual.

If you use the secret of life in all 7 areas of life, eventually you will master life. You will love your life and what you are doing.

Now go practice the secret of life. It’s what I’m doing right now.

Ben Branam