Worry Less About Your Future

I think it’s in our nature to be concerned about the future — it is one of those things that we can’t control, so naturally, we really want to understand it, predict it, and shape it. The reality is that the future, for the most part, is completely out of our hands, and obsessing over it or spending too much time worrying about it is not a healthy way to live.

It’s common to hear people say ‘be present’ or ‘live in the moment.’ Both sentiments I agree with and definitely appreciate. That being said, how can we ask ourselves, especially those of us who presumably have so much future ahead of them, to completely embody living in the moment? As a young person, it’s hard to dismiss the fact that you have a whole life ahead of you that society expects you to set yourself up for. From navigating relationships, to sorting out career and finances, the things on most quarter lifers’ minds regard the future in some way.

I think there’s a balance to strike between living for now and thinking about the future. I’d argue that enjoying the process or journey into the future is similar to living in the moment, but at the same time, there is still a journey that you’re on and you are hoping to land somewhere you anticipated. To put it simply, make sure that you enjoy the process of getting to where you want to be and don’t put yourself through hell just for an end result. That way…