I don’t like to play the “What If?” game when it comes to things in the past. If I’m doing that, it means I’m battling regret and unforgiveness. However, when it comes to the future…I play “What If?” quite a bit. You and I could make a thousand different decisions this week. What if one of them turned out to be the beginning of something new and amazing?
Here is a recent photo of Moxie. She’s over 40lbs now, yet she still tries to curl up in to my lap. When she was a baby puppy we’d do this a lot. Now that she’s bigger, I’ve been sitting in a chair at a desk…and she hates that. She’d rather I sit on the floor so she can be in my lap. In fact, sometimes sitting on the floor with my laptop on a coffee table is the only way I get anything done. The problem is she doesn’t really fit in my lap anymore. So after a few uncomfortable minutes of her trying to make it work, she gets up and goes elsewhere to lay down.
Point?
I’m like my dog. Or she’s like me? As life changes and I grow, some things I like to do must change also. I can be slow to accept that. I suffer from the delusion that I can still do all the things! The old ones AND the new ones. So I try to keep fitting a square peg into a round hole. Truth is I’m like my giant puppy, growing out of my comfort zone and refusing to acknowledge it.
What If?
So this is why I play the “What If?” game about future things. What if I let go of this thing so that I may have THAT thing? That could be cool, right? It helps me see how letting go of something I like in exchange for something else might be beneficial.
Right now I have two big What Ifs:
- What if I killed runninghutch.com so I could focus on RTY & faith and fitness?
- What if we cut loose and moved to Oregon where we could own a house and land?
If I look into the future…the “Where do you want to be 5 years from now?” question, I automatically think of the possibilities that come from these two big What Ifs. What if I made room for the things I want most to happen? What would I need to change in order to do that?
What’s Yours?
What are some of the future “What If?” questions that you have right now?
Cameron Young says
September 17, 2014 at 10:40 amGreat topic and very close to my life at the moment. Thank you for writing about the “What if”!
Running Hutch says
September 17, 2014 at 11:12 amYou are welcome! Glad to hear it resonates with you also. 🙂
cheriarmour says
September 17, 2014 at 10:55 amSo after I got married like a month ago, I really got into paper and stuff, so I’ve been doing a lot of research on paper and letter press. So my big what if is what if I purchased a letter press, started playing with it, and opened a little letter press shop? Could I be successful? That is my big what if.
Running Hutch says
September 17, 2014 at 11:12 amThat’s a fun What If! Sounds really creative, too.
cheriarmour says
September 17, 2014 at 1:09 pmIt is SO relaxing to do something creative sometimes!
mommygorun says
September 18, 2014 at 12:23 pmThe great thing about this is that you have actually taken the time to think about “what if”s
I won’t lie, I would be sad to not see Running Hutch blog posts anymore but you have to go where your heart and your passion lead you and if that’s RTY, then you better believe you’ll be bringing the Running Hutch cheering section with you!!! You are a fabulous blogger and I love reading your posts because you are genuine. You don’t try to be anyone or anything you’re not and I really appreciate that! Your posts make me feel like you’re having a conversation with me, and I look forward to them all!
Running Hutch says
September 18, 2014 at 1:25 pmThanks so much! So good to hear. If I go that route I’ll still write blog posts but less frequently and on two separate sites. Running stuff on RTY and faith stuff on a new website.
Jody R. Goldenfield says
September 18, 2014 at 3:45 pmI have had a lot of what ifs & still do Tiffany. I say go for it while you are young cause as we age, things get in the way!!! HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!