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MENTAL HEALTH | LIFE LESSONS
Thinking Too Far Ahead Makes Me Feel Left Behind
Training my mind to work for me and not against me
Procrastination used to be my main station. I know it well and still visit from time to time, but I do not like to linger. I’m a person who plans and enjoys checking activities to be done off of my never-ending list of things to do. This includes life goals such as surfing.
While talking to a friend the other day, I admitted out loud, that it is highly unlikely I will surf in my lifetime. That ship has passed. I had a few opportunities. I didn’t take them, and now my physical ability to be able to surf, along with my courage, only seem to wane.
Growing older has meant coming to terms with what I can do versus what I will most likely do under various circumstances. When I was younger, I wanted to take the world by storm! I had dreams galore, some of which I wrote out in full detail, including who and how I’d share my riches.
Being in the thick of middle age means taking an honest look at my life, seeing where my priorities lie, and making any necessary adjustments I believe will help me live in ways that are more important to me until my death.