27,375

I bet you know a number bigger than 27,375 but 27,375 is the average number of days a human being gets to be on this sweet, sweet planet.

It's a bittersweet thing thinking about how we all have 'banks of time' where we withdraw credit everyday and get to experience all the cool things we love! It's crazy to think how fleeting life is and how one day it will all be unexpectedly over. But there's magic, my goodness there is SO much magic. If it is 23,375 days, that's 23,375 chances to make an impact, its over 20,000 opportunities to make someone smile - and to smile yourself! This number represents almost 30,000 dawns that can be enchanting, sunsets that can be wonderful. Happiness is not found in a destination and is rarely sustained when a dream comes true - the real and honest and sincerest form of happiness is found in the journey - it can be found in hidden corners of 23,735 and in lessons we learn, stories we share, the ways in which we pick ourselves back up after falling and the many, many ways we create magic for those around us. 

Time is the funniest thing, sometimes a day feels like it will never end, other times weeks will fly by before your eyes. Either way, it only goes forward and it is always limited. Make the frickin most of every single damn day. I don't say this lightly, I mean it with all my heart, make time for yourself, your dreams, your family and your friends. Re-connect where you feel distanced, affirm where you feel lost and never ever stop believing that something awesome can change your life in a day. GRATITUDE is everything. See challenges as learning experiences (even the toughest ones!) be real but just know that making the best of each day is a sure-fire way to be the best you and if life is so short then why not be the best versions of ourselves? We do not need to be ordinary - the world is our oyster + we can make it, shape it, break it however we want! Paint it all your favourite colours, talk about health, prosperity, success and happiness wherever you go and I promise, the magic is everywhere - we make it, we maintain it, we are it. 

23,375 days - that's so many small moments that we have to tell that stranger how great their smile is, to listen to someone's story, to ask questions and be surprised. So many moments to be grateful, to follow our dreams - to plan and evolve and keep refining ourselves. By the way, there will be bad days, I am just gonna caveat all this here but I promise, we need those guys, too. Those are the days you find our what you are made of - those are the cross-roads where you choose to be better and to rise above any bulshit and build a life you are fricking proud of. Take a deep breath, ground yourself and remember who you are - your story and how you want it to play out. The lessons are SO precious and they help us as we grow and learn and change for the better. Adapt yourself because change is the only constant on this crazy planet and guess what, you have a whole 27,375 days to wake up and try again, to hit it again, to change again. 

To your success, to 27,375 absolutely Godamn magical days,

Ux