Numbers. Something that we see every single day. The infinite term that we let run our lives every single day. But why? Why do we let this inanimate thought of numbers run our everyday lives?
For example, GPA, the saying of "pain is temporary, GPA is forever," which shouldn't be true. If you live by that, you are letting your thoughts about grades run your life. GPA is not forever. By the time you're 30 years old, I promise you, your high school, even college GPA won't even be memorable. I'm not saying this is a reason to completely disregard your studies, but don't let the grades be the reason you miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
This is over stated and overdone, but your weight, the number that you see on the scale, is not a definition of yourself. Your personality is who you are. Your smile is who you are. Your attitude is who you are. Your family, your ancestry, your DNA is who you are, not your weight. Weight is a number, not a life sentence.
There's a great saying that goes, "If you didn't know how old you were, what age would you act." As an undergraduate college student, personally I know that we are constantly wishing to be another age, whether it's wanting to be in high school again, or to be out of college. For our entire lives, we've been wishing we were any age but our own. At 10, we wanted to be 13 to be a teenager. At 13, we wanted to be 16 to get a car, to be able to drive. At 16, we wanted to be 17, to get into R-rated movie. At 17, we wanted to be an "official" adult, 18 years old. And at 18, we want to be 20, to no longer be a teenager. And at 20, we want that one more year to drink "legally". Finally, when we're almost 30, we wish we were 10 again. We constantly wish for something we aren't or can't have. Unfortunately, time never stops and everyone ages. It's life, there's no stopping it and certainly no reason to let it stop you from living your life.
Money. Money is the biggest motivation in the economic world. We consistently worry about the quantity of money that we obtain. Worrying how much we have to pay for food, drinks, clothing, rent, car payments etc. You need to worry about necessities, especially if you're the supporter. Take a second to breathe. The number on the price tag isn't you, it's not your heart, soul and/or brain.
Time. "Early is on time, on time is late, and late is no good." Something, personally, that my parents embedded into my brain. But people are too often worried about how much time is left, how much time until. Just enjoy the present, enjoy the "now". I know it sounds like some guru talk, but it's true. Live in the now.
