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Hey, ladies, welcome back to the Ashlee Jaine Show, I am your host and guide, Ashlee Jaine, sharing advice and actionable tips on self-love, self growth, relationships and pretty much everything else in between.

Today, we are going to be talking about how your life is happening now and the power in the present. And to be honest, the word power is something that I really used to shy away from. It's kind of an ongoing joke with some of my friends because it just made me nervous. I don't know why. I just assumed it to be a bad word, I guess, if you will. I am no longer at that point in my life. In fact, I fully embrace the word power. I actively seek out power and powerful things in my life.

So we are going to be talking about the power that is in the present and it is honestly limitless. There is so much power in living your life in the present moment and in current time, rather than focusing on the future or waiting for X, Y and Z to happen because your life is happening right now at this moment, second by second and minute by minute. You are literally watching your life unfold as you are here with me, as you were listening to this podcast, as you are driving your car, as you are taking a shower, as you are, whatever it is that you may be doing in this moment. Your life is happening right now. It is unfolding before your eyes as we are here together in this space.

I want you to understand the importance and the weight of that and what that truly means, because you right now, your children are growing older, your dreams are coming true. You are actively working towards whatever it is that you want in life right now at this very minute. So please, for the love of all things, holy, please do not focus on the future. Please do not focus on waiting until your dream job comes true or waiting until you have a million dollar mansion or waiting until whatever it is.

I am honestly coming at this from personal experience. I'm a go getter. I love to make my goals happen. I don't know what it is. It's almost like an unhealthy addiction for me. But because that's who I am and who that is who I am at my core, I always focus on the future. I'm always focused on moving forward. I'm always focused on what's happening next month, next year. And so this has been something that I really had to learn from my own personal experience. I learned that I need to appreciate and slow down and honor the present as much as I possibly can, because it is all the actions that I'm taking right now, it is me sitting here and recording this podcast that is going to get me to where I want to be and help me reach my ultimate goals in life. It is me taking the time to show gratitude for my children being at these ages, because next thing I know, they're going to be driving their own cars and going off to college. It's all of these things that we really just have to pause and reflect on and show gratitude for, show happiness towards.

And that, my friends, is just as important as focusing on the future, as writing down your goals, as waiting for you to be a six figure earner or whatever it is, the moment, the second by second, the minute by minute, those things all play a role in helping you get to that, in helping you get to that future point in time when your dreams are becoming your reality and when everything wonderful is happening for you in the world.

So if you're like me, while you're focused on forward movement and all of those things, you have to kind of slow yourself down. Maybe it's setting aside some time at the end of every day to reflect on the things that you did, the conversations that you had, the people who you spoke with, the activities you did with your kids or whatever that may look like in your life and show appreciation for that, honor those things, honor those activities, honor the time feeling like it's going slow as molasses, because truly the days are long, but the years are short. This is my little gentle nudge and reminder to encourage you to slow down, encourage you to embrace the day to day, encourage you to acknowledge the power in the present time to honor yourself in this second and in this minute for working towards whatever it is that you're working towards, for taking the time to say what you're thankful for, to acknowledge and honor each moment and each minute of your day and of your life and the value that comes with that.

I honestly can say that there is so much power, there is no better power move in life, than taking the time to slow down, show appreciation, honor where you're at while embracing and working towards where you want to go. And so I am going to just wrap up this episode with having said that and letting you know that you will be in a better place because you have taken the time to slow down, because you have taken the time to show gratitude and honor where you're at. In addition to where you're going, it will literally change you at your core and unlock so much happiness and probably so many opportunities in life because you are attracting more positive things just by showing gratitude, just by honoring yourself, that you would even venture to realize or that you could even possibly imagine at this point.

Thank you so much for tuning in and listening with me today, ladies. I honor you for showing up as your best self, working towards growth, working towards reaching your fullest potential. And if you haven't already, I hope that you will hit that subscribe button so that you can hang out with me on my upcoming podcast episodes. And I will catch you next week.