We tend to be future oriented
The majority people who read this blog – and folks I know – are future oriented. That’s a great thing. The are willing to put in sacrifice now for a better future. This is GREAT and what we’ve trained ourselves to be:
- Diligently studying in school; getting multiple degrees
- Grinding through late nights, doing great work to gain valuable skills
- Saving (instead of spending) and investing those funds for retirement
- Sharing what they know with others; mentoring, apprenticing
- Sacrificing for their kids, parents, spouse, company, everyone
focusing on now is hard
I am a victim of routine; it’s even more true now than ever before. We do what we did. It’s comfortable, friendly, and predictable. What’s the fault in that?
Eckhart Tolle is an author and thinker who writes a lot about being present, not over-thinking. He argues that we over-think and spend too much of our lives regretting the past, and worrying about the future. Sound familiar? Busy-ness does not equal happiness. Power of Now (affiliate link). There is a lot of new age-y stuff in the book, which I don’t agree at all. . . but that’s okay. I don’t have to agree with everything to appreciate his main point.
- Fundamentally, right now is all we will ever have
- Most of the time we shuffle through each day without real recognition of the “now”
- “The present moment is life itself.”
- Now is not a stepping stone to tomorrow
- Who says that you have to “wait to live a life?”
Thanks for the notes published here, I always recomend for my friends at university.
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Nice blog dear, after all we look for change in life. thanks for sharing your vision. –
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I understand how important “NOW” is, but how many people you really know that are happy and enjoy life living only the present? Most people that I know that focus only the present are very frustrated these days.
In the other hand, I’m a very anxious person, afraid and frustrated with my life planning (consultant dilemma maybe). That’s because I get sometime over-thinking about the future too.
We should never get out of balance in life. We shouldn’t minimize or overate Past, Present and Future, we need to balance it all together.
My theory is that we should live our life as a project, you need a PLAN , a PLAN B, u need to review your plan, sometimes look at the past to understand and of course, make it happen and make it done.
Happiness is complicated. But who cares, I’m not a best seller! (laughs)
That all makes sense. Consulting skills, network, attitude gives you strategic flexibility which I like. Financially, need to be future focused (save, invest). I would say emotionally and relationally, focused on now.
The big one for me. Being grateful.
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Thanks for sharing this great list.
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