The Freedom Illusion

Time gives you a blank canvas - but you still have to paint.
 
 
This week I’ve had a realisation. 
 
I have more time now than I’ve ever had. 
 
And.
 
I have more freedom now than I’ve ever had. 
 
So, logically, I should be learning new skills, blowing up on YouTube, and starting a second business, right?
 
The thing with freedom and time is that it doesn’t come in a package deal with opportunity, motivation or discipline. 
 
Read that again. 
 
Even with all the time in the world, opportunities don’t just appear. 
 
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Before Eden and I started travelling 12 months ago, we thought content would just happen - purely because we were seeing and doing incredible things.
 
Boy were we in for a rude shock when we weren’t growing our personal brands just by existing.
 
Nothing grew, because we weren’t actively creating or seeking out opportunities.
 
Why? 
 
Because opportunities don’t come with free time. 
 
Opportunities come by actively creating or seeking them. 
 
It’s like creating a vision board. 
 
It’s all there to look at and aspire to but you actually need to take action to make your vision board come true. 
 
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I have the time to be writing a few pages of a book every morning, learning to handstand or even starting a second business (okay, maybe I don’t have enough time for this one yet 😂). 
 
But the point of this Boring Issues is that just because you have the time and the freedom, doesn’t mean you’re going to do the thing. 

Time and freedom don’t make things happen. Action does.
 
Nothing will just fall into your lap in life even with all the time and freedom in the world. 
 
In fact, I actually feel like I do more when I have no time - sounds crazy right? 
 
The more I do, the more I want to do.
 
Maybe you’re the same? 
 
Anyway, the crux is - don’t fool yourself into thinking having tonnes of free time and freedom will give you opportunities. 
 
Don’t believe for a second that having all the time in the world is the answer to your problems. 
 
You still have to move the needle.

You still have to make the thing important.

You still have to start.
 
You make time for the things you find important. 
 
And having more time is not going to move those important things anywhere - you need to move them yourself. 
 
And chances are, the people with all the time and freedom in the world… are doing absolutely nothing with it. 😂
 
Lots of love, 
Penelope