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Living in the NOW

fustercluck

fustercluck

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I worry too much about the next event in my life and never live in the NOW. Whether good or bad, all I'm thinking about is the next thing I have to do (say, a Doctor's appointment or Dentist checkup), even if it's a week away. I need to find a way to live in the now (wayne's world quote 😛 ) and be happy where I currently am. Anything besides medication that could help me to do that? It's not so much an anxiety problem, just the way I think.

If I knew I was going to go out to see a movie tomorrow, I'd be thinking about it all night tonight and be worried about it for no reason. I think I just need to start thinking differently or something...

any ideaRs?
 
Originally posted by: Excelsior
I definitely find it difficult to live in the now. I am always thinking about the future and/or the past.
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yep. dont care what i'm doing right now, i'm wondering what i'm doing tomorrow or regretting the past.
 
Everytime I think I'm living in the now, it's already the past. So now I try to live in the 20 seconds future and try not to blink.
 
Originally posted by: wankawitz
I worry too much about the next event in my life and never live in the NOW. Whether good or bad, all I'm thinking about is the next thing I have to do (say, a Doctor's appointment or Dentist checkup), even if it's a week away. I need to find a way to live in the now (wayne's world quote 😛 ) and be happy where I currently am. Anything besides medication that could help me to do that? It's not so much an anxiety problem, just the way I think.

If I knew I was going to go out to see a movie tomorrow, I'd be thinking about it all night tonight and be worried about it for no reason. I think I just need to start thinking differently or something...

any ideaRs?
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Sometimes you just have to say fuck it
 
It's something you cannot really change about yourself, but you can try and adapt as best as possible.

Sounds like you're like me.
You're likely introverted and intuitive. Focusing on your self, and on the future, rather than the here and now.
It's a dangerous combination imho. As I'm an introverted intuitive person, and always think about these grand plans to make myself better, but it's in the future. And I don't make decisions/changes to put them into effect now, as I rather enjoy how I live now, though I do realize that it's going to have a negative impact on the future, which is what I'm always focused on. I'm a terribly successful procrastinator. So damned good at not doing things until I have no choice at that very last minute, and even then it's rarely done well.
Though when it comes to writing papers, my best papers are the ones I focus all of my energy on at the last minute. It flows so well, that nervousness/pressure takes away my ADD, at least it takes away a good amount of it, and allows me to really focus on my creative processes. Though, then again, my type of mind is paper oriented. I'm not good at communicating my ideas verbally, but on paper... oh damn the instructor if I get a bad grade on a paper, looking for something unimportant in the scheme of things. 😉
 
It is difficult but it is so important to really live in the moment if at all possible.

As John Lennon said... "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans".
So true.

I don't have a real way to focus on the now, rather than the past, but just remember to stop and smell the roses. Don't always think about what has happened or what will/could happen. If you do that, you will, all of a sudden, realize you are 85 years old and question if your life was really what you wanted it to be.

CARPE DIEM!
 

1. buy used delorean
2. invent flux capicator
3. steal plutinium from terrorist organization
4. find open road and accelerate to 88mph
5. ...
6. profit
 
I used to worry about things that were far in the future. But, then some events happened in my life that made me realize that planning on things in the future doesn't always work out. This ultimately made me much more laid back and not worried about things that are in the future.
 
serenity prayer?

well, you don't have to call it a prayer, you can call it a meditation and leave out the God part.
 
I can only live in the now. I cannot plan ahead and I cannot remember past events. I'm extremely spontaneous and it drives me insane.
 
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