What do you want to be remembered for?

Does this question ever come to your mind ? Well, it does to mine.

First impression is the last impression is a cliché which holds true many a times. But what about times when you have opportunities to leave an impact personally or professionally.

There are various descriptions we use like the leader, creative genius, people’s person, knowledgeable, optimistic or the crazy one, rebel, misfit, troublemaker and so on… Also, the choice of descriptions/adjectives one wishes to be remembered as evolves over time, just like people’s perceptions. What you want to be remembered for today might be different from what you want to be remembered for in the next 6 months or 5 years.

Being aware can help us adapt our daily actions to become who we want to be remembered as. It’s not an overnight process but continuous one.

Here is a watercolor painting of a girl with Orcas (killer whales), guess she wants to be remembered as a daredevil :P

Every second that you live you are never going to get back. You are never going to get to change what you said, didn’t say, did, or didn’t do. Live how you want to live. Act how you want to be remembered, because you never know how long or short you are going to be here. – Emily Doberstein