If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?

WordPress writing prompt (NI version). If you had an advertising hoarding beside a busy road what would it say?

This is a really tough question, not because I don’t have something to say, I’ve lots of things to say, but because it really needs to be concise, simple and understandable. So I sat and thought, them from somewhere in my mind the words, “do what matters” appeared.

Looking back I realised that many of life’s negatives happened because I didn’t do what mattered, instead I did what was easy, or what was the quick fix. I also realised that many of the most positive things in my life were accomplished because I did what mattered.

The key word on my advertisement is ‘matters’ – and this is were it becomes a lot more tricky. You need to know yourself and the world around you.

As I was writing the thought came to me should I add the word ‘really’? There are plenty of voices that will tell us what we should believe what matters: culture, social media, celebrities / influencers, advertising, agenda driven news reporting, and on and on the list could go. You need to discern what matters.

Somethings always really matter, others need a lot of work, thought, and adaptions. But retrospectively you’ll know if you did what mattered or not. But being conscious of your thought processes will make a huge difference!