I spent years wishing I was already there, somewhere, a completely made up situation that I would obsess over in my head and it made the current moment excruciating to exist in, years later I’ve realised how fast time actually goes, I’ve wasted years being somewhere else in my head only to end up looking back on my 20s not remembering half of it because I wasn’t actually there. Now I try to be mindful every time I notice myself getting lost in the future and drag myself back by putting my phone down, doing something creative, going out in nature and literally just, you know, touching grass instead of obsessing over what’s to come or what’s not to come in the future.
Sep 25, 2024
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it seems like time fly faster and faster and i realised maybe it's because i always live in the what coming instead of the now. so i'm trying to slow things down a little, slow my mind down and enjoying the day for what it is. sounds cliché, i know, but i feel less anxious about life since i stopped projecting myself into a future i didn't want.
Jan 24, 2024
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i used to (and still do) freak out so bad thinking about the future and whatnot, but i have found that if i make myself focus on the present moment, i am almost instantly calmed. AND, this forces you to savor the time you are currently in so you’ll hopefully remember it better. i try and notice little details in the moment because that’s what will bring me back to the memory easiest later on. i think you just kinda have to remember that there’s only so much you can actually control with the passage of time (that being how you choose to experience the present moment), and what you can’t control will eventually work itself out if you let it.
Oct 3, 2024
i think settling into your life is a feeling that creeps up on you. as someone who struggles with being present, i need to constantly practise gratitude or even my dream life kinda passes me by. i think it's human nature to be constantly looking for the next best thing, but it takes a lot of awareness to realize you've already made it on so many facets. thinking about my younger self and the pride they'd feel looking at present me is grounding and brings me lots of perspective.
Feb 18, 2025
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For the shopping list, breakup text, a movie recommendation you never plan on watching, that way too long of an heartfelt essay you wrote to a emotionally stunted man you wished would change, who’s name you have already forgotten a year later, the carrot cake recipe from that hot girl at the dinner party, for the list of debt you owe to your friends after nights out including a fiver and a vape.
Sep 25, 2024
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It wasn’t meant for me, something better will come along that will guide me to another path meant for me. Everything always redirects to the right path in the end.
Sep 25, 2024