Look at the date.
Now add 60 days.
Birthdays? Vacations? Marketing campaigns? Product launches? Holidays? Changes in season?
Yes, living in the present should always be the goal.
But don’t forget to consider what’s ahead and get ready for it.
Winter is coming.
Feeling lost? Or like you’re just treading water?
Put yourself in front of people who will ask you where you’re going.
An interview. Some media. Partners. Whatever.
Assuming you don’t want to tell them “No clue. The journey is the destination.”, you’ll have to have a good answer.
An answer that’s the truth. That’s inspiring (to you and them).
The answer to where you are going.
If someone wants to do something nice for you, what do you say?
Notice nowhere in there are there open-ended follow-up questions assessing how much of a burden it will be for them to complete said nice thing.
Why?
They want to do it.
So let ’em or don’t.
Control what you can control.
Accept what you cannot.
Laugh at it all.
You can spend your time dissecting people’s actions.
Why are they doing that? What are they up to? What are they gonna do next?
Should I be doing that, too?
But, c’mon.
Do the thing you set out to do.
Dissecting people’s actions, I’d imagine, is not it.
You know, sometimes there are so many reasons to hate a day.
You can’t believe THIS is how you’re gonna spend it.
The day is gonna be gone forever.
You’re never gonna get it back.
But what about the three or four lovely things that happened?
A laugh with a coworker?
A good meal?
How about recognizing that most days of yours are hardly like this?
On those hateable days, the tiny, sweet things are extra special.
Perhaps they make the hateable days actually wonderful?
It’s your status call. Or your workout. Or your breakfast. Or loving on your spouse. Or playing with your dog. Or hanging with your kids.
Those things.
They might not seem like the priority right now.
After all, you’re busy. You’re stressed. You’re under pressure. You’re on deadline. You’re whatever.
But just then, that’s when they ought to be.
It’s lonely at the top.
And unattached.
And on the road.
But that’s what you wanted.
And that’s where you thrive.
So get over it.
And get a dog.
How do you decide if something’s worth your time (or not)?
Ask yourself some questions.
Each of these questions is a sufficient condition. So yes to any of them means it’s worth your time assuming one thing: It doesn’t hurt your relationships with your friends or family.
What does that mean?
Aimlessly scrolling social media, working too much, watching sports alone, etc. are probably not worth your time.
Sometimes things stick with you.
Those things.
When they’re genuine, they’ll win your heart and mind forever.