Life is Passing By

Today, I had the sinking feeling of life passing me by. Then I couldn't help but ask how exactly do you seize the day. How do I make a day feel as if it had worth? The answer as far as I can tell is to work on my goals. The little things like learning Japanese. Even so I often feel lazy, like my motivation has gotten up and gone, which make working towards those goals hard. Its the paradox of life. On the one hand we want to give life meaning through doing something worthwhile, yet doing something worthwhile is hard, and we often just let life slip us by as we enjoy our pastimes.