You Don’t Need to Reinvent Yourself or Change Your Life

And other life advice

Eve Arnold
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Photo by Charles DeLoye on Unsplash

I’m fairly sure the weather wreaks havoc with my emotions.

Not that I ever clock on. Of course, mid-emotion, I tally it down to a mid-life crisis and determine that I need a life overhaul to get back on track. A few days (or if it’s bad, weeks) of fulfillment and I’m on the road to a life rewrite.

I concluded I needed a new job, house, and life balance, and I definitely needed to meditate. I spend that time in desperation. Searching for the answer.

I’ll write, journal, trying to work out what it all means, but the truth? I probably just need to come back tomorrow after a good night’s sleep.

Most of the time, things aren’t that bad

It’s been a revelation in my life that most of the time, life isn’t half as bad (or even 1% as bad) as I think. Rather, I just need a change of perspective and a new attitude.

Honestly? Probably what I need to do is just do a few things that help me feel like I’ve got my life in order.

My life hasn’t ever really been a total disaster. It’s felt like it on multiple occasions but what feels like a car crash of a situation usually is just a mild inconvenience or something that needs a bit…

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