I don't know about any of you, but I sure know what it feels like to constantly be living in the future.
I am always thinking about what tomorrow will bring, or the next day or next month or even ten years from now. It's stressful and exhausting, especially when you know deep down inside, somewhere in the back of your mind that the truth is we don't know what tomorrow will bring, for tomorrow, let alone five seconds from now is never promised.
We live in such a fast paced, cut throat world that living in the moment, trying to be happy right here and now seems next to impossible. For example, awhile back I had gotten time off from my job, mind you I never call out and I am always picking up extra hours and covering shifts, so this was my one weekend to just chill. First day off and my boss is already calling me to join in on a conference call at 8am on a Sunday morning while I am in bed with my boyfriend at the time trying to sleep, so already my mind went from peaceful, relaxing weekend to "oh my god the sales are too low, how are we going to boost them in such a short amount time" blah blah blah. So you see, it's never a dull moment, as I'm sure almost all of you have gone through this a million times yourselves.
But it's more than just work, it's pressure from your family and friends as to when you are going to settle down with someone and get married and have kids, are you going to live in Florida forever, am I ever going to find a job with the degree I am seeking and so much more. What I am learning to do is breathe in and breathe out and just take things as they come, one step and one day at a time, because I can promise you this, if you live in the future and you not only let the current stress in your life but the possible stress in the future you may or may not face get to you? Then you, my friends, are going to have a nervous breakdown (which I have like 6 of those a week).
Life is too damn short to be worrying about tomorrow, worry about right now, live right now and be happy right now, for you might let a beautiful life changing moment pass you by. There is this quote I had come across on Instagram and it couldn't have rang more true. It said: "We spend our whole lives worrying about the future, planning for the future, trying to predict the future, as if figuring it out will somehow cushion the blow. But the future is always changing. The future is the home of our deepest fears and wildest hopes. But one thing is certain when it finally reveals itself, the future is never the way we imagined it. So cease the moment, live laugh and love, for we only have approximately one hundred years to live, make those years count.
