‎''The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now.”

I love quotes a wee bit too much; but I don't care 'cos they provide me with philosophical meaning at the best and worst of times, when all else is at loss.

I've been reading Ben Hart's e-book's and re-reading his one on shaping plan, I bought myself a pretty little notebook and it's now my 'shaping' book. I enjoyed reading how he highlights the importance of creating a shaping plan- I'm guilty of never really planning it and doing it in my head- and it makes me a prime candidate for falling into the category of forgetting stages- particularly crucial ones and missing things out- as well as not being able to write it down, log it and record progress. ( I'm quite a forgetful person as it is naturally!).

When I create shaping plans, I am in essence planning my future- but whilst I'm a huge advocate of living in the present moment, and living each day as it comes, I'm also contradicting my beliefs- I spend a lot of time dwelling on my past- not so much any more, but every now and then, I reflect upon my past. I think this is both good and bad. Bad because it impairs my appreciate for the present moment, but it is good because I can highlight where I went wrong, I can make sure I don't make those same mistakes again and find my way.

I look at my future and tend to worry about it too much sometimes- it's a habit I wish I didn't possess- I like to ponder on my future and help create a strategy to work towards my goals- but I don't wish to spend all my time planning for next year- when I have now to focus on and create.

Hopefully, by becoming a lot more organised ( another resolution of mine!) I can begin to develop our work a lot more, so it has more structure, consistency and we can track our work a lot more efficiently!

Sometimes one could say that spending all the time on the ground, not getting up and going riding is tedious but to me, it isn't that any more- I'm having so much fun planning things out and not really knowing where life is going to take us.

So here's to living for the moment!