Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?

I’ve talked about this topic here on the blog a couple of different times in different ways over the last few months, and I don’t feel like rehashing the same information. So instead, I’ll keep today brief and invite you to read one of those previous posts

In particular, should you feel inclined to, please read my post Past Forward where I answer a prompt regarding what historical events I find fascinating. It’s a short read, I promise, but maybe it’ll help you understand even a little bit more of my perspective on things.

For those who would prefer I provide SOMETHING of substance in this post that isn’t a totally obvious plug for my own blog (I have to try, though), I’ll give the short answer.

The future is always my primary concern because time only goes one way. That doesn’t mean I completely ignore the past, because that’s where we came from and it can help inform us of many things that could still happen again in the future. I won’t spend a lot of time thinking about the past without some consideration of what the future will look like because I don’t like the feeling of dwelling there and possibly being miserable. I don’t want to get stuck there, never moving on or getting over things, constantly obsessing over “what if” scenarios. Being stuck in the past means we don’t improve ourselves because we often fail, or straight up refuse, to acknowledge our existence in the present or be concerned with how things will look tomorrow.

The future is always coming, whether we like it or not, and it’s better to face it and not be caught off guard by wallowing in the past.