I’ve written before that we don’t know how long we’ve got and we should be making the most of our time, not putting off the things we really want to experience. I call this choosing the bigger life. It’s a phrase that Gretchen Rubin, the writer and podcaster uses a lot. She says that when she has a tough decision to make she tells herself to choose the bigger life. It's a wonderful phrase that, for me, encapsulates the idea of a richer and more expansive life. I know that I’m always at my happiest when my life feels expansive rather than contracted, but sometimes I feel that despite being busy my life feels like it has contracted.