What are you most excited about for the future?

In the same vein as being worried about the future, I try to remain optimistic and look for the good in whatever tomorrow brings. If all I ever did was wring my hands worrying about tomorrow then I wouldn’t be able to sleep.

What will happen, will happen.

Focus on the possibilities granted by the actions you took today to set yourself up for tomorrow. I’ve always had some kind of inkling about that thought but never truly put it into words.

Admittedly, what solidified the thought was watching a couple of videos from Dr. K (HealthyGamerGG on YouTube) pointing out the very same thing but in a different manner. Procrastination and degeneracy. If I make bad choices today (choosing video games over working on my writing) how will I feel tomorrow? Like I should probably have done something different, and even though I’m naturally upbeat and optimistic these days, I did have the problem in the back of my mind of “if I don’t do this, I’m failing and falling behind” but couldn’t seem to get started on the right foot.

It’s not like I never planned ahead for things, but oftentimes there were very specific goals in mind. Thinking about setting myself up for a better tomorrow is different because nobody really knows what will happen and the goal is elusive and fluid. (The idea of “tomorrow” might be abstract, but you can still aim for it.)

The future can be just as exciting as it can be scary. It’s all in how you frame it for yourself.