Living For The Future
Many people would say that the future holds everything.
When you look forward to the future, life seems greater, grander, more extravagant. You picture yourself having everything you want and hanging out with everyone you’ve ever wanted to hang out with.
I know that’s what I do.
The future seems so real, it seems like it’s the be-all-end-all and that it will make it or break it faster than you ever know. Like it’s the only thing you’ve ever worked your ass for. And you do work your ass off for it.
Every day, you slave to make tomorrow better than today. And it seems like the more you put in, the more you get out in the future.
It’s always about the future. Future, future, future.
But have we forgotten how the future is created?
The future is only any good if what we do in the present prepares the future for it.
I’m tired of believing the future is the only way to make things happen. When all our energy should be in the present, where we can actually change something, and actually make sure that the future is everything that we promised ourselves it would be.
You see, we think that the future is promised. That what people tell us it’s going to be is always how it turns out. But the truth is, what you do today, and how you imagine today, is the differentiator between having a future based on nothing, and the future being something that you can look forward to.
If you’re not living for the present, you’re living for the future or the past. Either alternative is inferior in salience because they are uncontrollable.
I get it, you want your future to be perfect, and there is no reason that it shouldn’t be.
I’m just the guy reminding you that if you want it to be everything that you promised yourself it’s going to be, it’s going to take more than just hard work. Your present moment needs to be so damn good that the future can’t wait to get here.
