Monday Motivational Message: Take Your Time

What’s the Monday Motivational Message?

For those of you who follow the RianeInspires Instagram account you are familiar with the Monday Motivation Message videos. They are short 30-45 second videos posted to help get your week started off right. If you’ve never seen them before start following @rianeinspires on Instagram and catch up. As noted in the New Year’s Eve video, I will not be posting on Instagram in January, but am still dedicated to bringing you all Monday Motivational Messages.

It’s a new year, which is a time many people make resolutions or set goals. This is great. What is not so great, is the pressure we sometimes feel to achieve our goals in X amount of time (usually an arbitrary number).

Don’t just focus on the time it takes you to achieve your goal, focus on the journey and the ways you grow as you achieve your goals. Beyonce said “I see it, I want it…I dream it, I work hard, I grind 'til I own it”, but she did not say she did that all in one day. It takes time. How much? I don’t know, that’s up to you and God. But don’t rush it.

Things I’ve learned:

• Good things take time. Growing up my mom used to tell me nothing worth having comes easy. I often equate ease with quickness. Things that are harder tend to take longer, but are worth it in the end.

• Taking your time is necessary. Taking time allows you to prepare and allows other things to prepare for you.

• There is no reason to rush. Why are you rushing? When you really think about it, there is no reason to rush. So just take a chill pill.

Have a great week. Happy New Year!