Everything Is An Exchange.
Laying here reflecting on my life and my journey to this very moment. All I’ve learned, all I’ve experienced, the people I’ve met, the coaches I’ve had, the teachers I’ve studied under, the results I’ve created, the obstacles I’ve overcome…and one powerful yet simple conversation pops to mind.
When I was in my early 20s, newly married, overly ambitious, naively optimistic, I had a huge fight with my then husband. That fight led me to hiring my first life coach and changing the trajectory of my entire future
While in the moment the fight was devastating, today I feel so blessed that my young innocent, optimistic self was open enough to consider what was said and do something about it.
“You don’t even know what you value!” Was the bold statement from my then husband that infuriated every bone in my body and led me to Gwen, one of my first teachers and definitely one if not the most impactful woman in this lifetime.
Today I’m not going to dive in to the incredible work I ended up doing with her on values, nor how I use similar powerful tools today with every client I have, nor how my then husband was 100% right in his statement. Nope.
Today I want to talk to you about a very simple concept Gwen taught me in a session one day that changed everything.
“Life is simply a series of decisions. In every moment we are choosing how we wish to exchange the commodities we have. Time. Energy. Money. It’s just those three and everything is an exchange!”
I remember having to sit with it a minute questioning its simplicity. Could she be right I thought?! Was love as simple as exchanging one or more of these items for the other so I took a look.
→ I want more money. I trade time and energy.
→ I need more energy. I trade time, money or both.
→ I long for more time. Again I’ll look to energy or money.
Hmmm she was on to something.
Life is simply a choice on what to exchange.
Ok. I’ll take that on as true. But now what.
From that moment on I had a new lens to look at life thru. When I was frustrated with my life or my results or wanted for something, I took a look at the commodities I had (Time. Energy. Money.) and I looked at how I wanted to use them.
Today I giggle (and when I say today please read that as right now, in this moment, mid blog writing) noticing that this simple yet profound lesson from my early 20s truly is the foundation for all I do today. It’s the foundation for a life of freedom I have created and am passionately sharing with others.
Mastering how we view and use our commodities. Knowing what we value and aligning our commodities accordingly. Knowing we all have access to the same commodities. It’s powerful.
So question is how are you exchanging yours? Is it working for you or do you need to look at changing things up!
