Many of us live our lives stuck somewhere “back when,” fixated on days–or people, or circumstances–gone by.
In todays economy, the “good old days” can be hard to let go of…but living in the past, it is absolutely holding you back from living your very best life now.
Remember….the past is nothing more than a story we tell ourselves. Continuing to tell that story, verbally or non-verbally, eventually turns it into your reality.
Moving forward isn’t about forgetting. It is about accepting things for what they are. It’s about coming to an understanding that what already happened doesn’t need to be a part of your present or future to be successful.
Times are tough right now, we’re all feeling it. Some have family members that have lost jobs, others are loosing their home….families are trying to figure out how to pay the utilities and still have money for gas to get to work.
To move forward you must change the way you think! Don’t ask yourself…. “How did this happen to me?” and “How do I get my business back to 2005?” etc…no pity parties. You know that your a hard working individual, todays economy has devastated many lives.
Did you know that many people have made their “wealth” in bad economic times? It’s time to read Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
If YOU Can answer yes to these 6 statements, your probably addicted to the past…..
1. You Constantly Talk About the Past and the Way Things Used to Be
2. You Resist Change
3. You Continually Fail to Plan for a Better Future
4. You Argue for the Past that Things Used to Be Better
5. You’ve Allowed Relationships to Become Stale, Uninteresting and Without Passion
6. You think you have Physically or Mentally Peaked
If you think you’re unhappy now, think about your life 10 years from now if you choose to do nothing and remain the same. Now amplify those feelings times 20 years. Knowing what you know about your past, are you willing to let it go and work toward planning a better future?
